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The vital element of that government was Union.
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of unity in the governance of the United States.
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In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
The need of action and of energy so pressed upon him that he found no time to utter lamentation, none to indulge even in the most sacred personal grief.
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
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