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It was the spirit of enmity to the Union itself, and the emphatic demonstration of this feeling was the invasion of Mexico for the purpose of converting the republic by force into an empire.
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Blaine identifies the invasion of Mexico as a demonstration of Europe's enmity towards the Union during the Civil War.
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