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The action was of transcendent importance,--lofty in conception, masterful in execution.
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Blaine describes the monumental nature of the legislative action regarding emancipation.
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The wonder excited by the raising of the vast army which saved the Union from destruction was even surpassed by the wonder excited by its prompt and peaceful dissolution.
The wisdom of maintaining that institution was abundantly vindicated by the results of the war.
In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
It is to the eminent credit of the Republican members of Congress that they stood in a crisis of this magnitude true to principle, firm against all the power and all the patronage of the Administration.
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