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If the Union were to be saved, it must be saved by the united loyalty and the unflinching resolution of the people.
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Blaine emphasizes the necessity of unity and determination among the people to preserve the Union during the Civil War.
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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.
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