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Principle will re-assert itself; local and state interest will command a change.
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Blaine expresses confidence that principles will prevail over local interests in political matters.
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It was the insane folly of the South, in drawing the sword against the life of the Nation, that led irresistibly to the abolition of slavery.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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