Their joint mission was to secure the Electoral vote of the State, by purchase if need be, not quite as openly, but as directly as if they were negotiating for a cargo of cotton or offering money for an orange-grove.
Blaine describes the lengths to which individuals would go to secure electoral votes during a contentious political period.
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