The Reconstruction policy stood upon a strong and enduring principle,--as strong and enduring as the question of human right,--and was sustained with vigor and enthusiasm by the great party which was responsible for the war measures that had saved the Union.
Blaine asserts that the Reconstruction policy was built on strong principles of human rights and was supported by the party responsible for preserving the Union.
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Their pirates burned your unarmed commerce upon every sea.
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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.
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