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The three great Amendments to the Constitution were bought with a great price--even the blood of the slain--and they will assuredly, in their letter and in their spirit, be vindicated and enforced.
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Blaine acknowledges the sacrifices made for the Constitutional Amendments that protect civil rights.
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