One of the great problems imposed upon the founders of the Union was to remove the burdens and embarrassments which obstructed the development of the Western States, and thus to render their inhabitants as loyal by reason of material prosperity as they already were in patriotic sympathy.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of addressing the challenges faced by the Western States to ensure their loyalty.
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Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
The deep-seated prejudice against color is assiduously cultivated by the public journals and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
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