But now, by the chances of war, the same men who desired to create the new State were wielding the entire political power of Virginia, and they would naturally grant permission to themselves to erect a State that would be entirely free from the objectionable jurisdiction which for the time they represented.
Blaine explains how the political power dynamics shifted in Virginia, allowing for the creation of West Virginia.
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But in the treatment of the colored man, now proposed, there was absolute heartlessness and rank injustice.
This ratio of influence went into the Electoral College, and gave to the white men of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana double the power of that enjoyed by white men in New York, Illinois and California.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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