Thoughtful men, wise in the administration of government, skilled in the management of parties, would have found in these figures food for reflection and abundant reason for hoisting cautionary signals along the shores of the political sea.
Blaine suggests that wise political leaders would find caution in the electoral figures presented.
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Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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