That privilege was indeed, still denied him in a majority of the loyal States, and it seemed illogical and unwarrantable to expect a more advanced philanthropy, a higher sense of justice, from the South than had been yet attained by the North.
Blaine critiques the inconsistency in the treatment of African Americans between the North and South regarding their rights.
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