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They were willing to fight for the right of the Abolitionists to do a certain thing, and then willing to fight the Abolitionists for aimlessly and uselessly doing it.
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Blaine reflects on the contradictory attitudes of those who supported abolition while simultaneously opposing abolitionists.
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