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England was however neither consistent nor candid in her advocacy and establishment of free-trade.
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Blaine argues that England's advocacy for free trade was marked by inconsistency and lack of transparency.
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Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
I am in no boastful mood: I shall not do more than I can, but I shall do all I can to save the Government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination.
The Northern people shrank from the responsibility of transferring the government of States to the control of men who had already shown themselves capable of desperate deeds.
An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
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