Whatever were the deficiencies of the negro race in education, for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, they had exhibited the one vital qualification of an instinctive loyalty, and as far as lay in their power a steadfast helpfulness to the cause of the National Union.
Blaine acknowledges the loyalty and helpfulness of the African American community during the Civil War era, despite educational deficiencies.
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