Unwillingness to submit to Constitutional authority was the controlling consideration which drove the Southern States to the desperate design of a revolution, peaceful they hoped it would be, but to a revolution even if it should be one of blood.
Blaine discusses the Southern States' unwillingness to accept constitutional authority, leading to revolution.
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Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
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