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From that hour the Republican party gravitated steadily and rapidly into the position of avowed advocacy of the doctrine of protection.
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Blaine emphasizes the Republican party's commitment to protectionist policies during his time.
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Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
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Many Northern Democrats had indeed given the assurance that if any attempt at coercion should be made by the Republican National Administration, they would themselves meet it with force, and that, if war should come, it would be in the…
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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