Conscience does make cowards of us all; and Great Britain, foreseeing the possibility of being herself engaged in a European war, was in a position to dread lest her ill intentions and her misdeed in the time of our civil struggle should return to plague her.
Blaine reflects on the moral implications of war and how Britain's past actions during the American Civil War could haunt them.
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Is any portion of the people bound to contribute their money or their blood to carry on a contest like that?
But what if the feeling in any State against the United States should become so universal that the Federal officers themselves (including judges, district attorneys, and marshals) would be reached by the same influences, and resign their…
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You can use force only to repel an assault on the public property and aid the Courts in the performance of their duty.
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