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He knew, the accused men declared, as much about their character when their names were before the Senate, as he knew now when he sought, behind the protection of his privilege, to brand them with infamy.
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Blaine discusses the defense of accused individuals in the Senate regarding their character.
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In turn, the course of the National Administration would certainly be influenced, and its fate in large degree determined, by the conduct of the Southern men, in whom the President was placing unbounded trust.
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
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