They made the distinct and unmistakable issue that a war for the abolition of slavery could not have their support; that the Government of the United States was made for white men, and that negroes could not be admitted to terms of equality in civil rights.
Blaine critiques the Democratic party's stance on civil rights during the Civil War era.
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