The long contest they had been waging with the anti-slavery men of the free States had blinded Southern zealots to the essential strength of their position so long as their States continued to be members of the Federal Union.
Blaine discusses how Southern zealots underestimated their position within the Federal Union during the anti-slavery conflict.
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I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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