The sequitur is obvious,--the case is proved because, inasmuch as the Constitution provides that there shall be no aristocracy, no oligarchy, no monopoly, therefore Congress has resolved that there shall not be any thing of the kind.
Blaine argues against the existence of aristocracy and monopoly in the context of the Constitution's provisions.
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