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The United States might well have relieved Virginia and have done justice to her creditors by making some allowance for the division of her territory.
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Blaine suggests that the U.S. could have alleviated Virginia's financial struggles by adjusting its territorial claims.
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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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