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The war and reconstruction periods were receding, and with the lessening stress of their demands, the popular conviction of the necessity of Republican rule was losing much of its force.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “The war and reconstruction periods were receding, and with the lessening stress of their demands, the popular conviction…”
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Blaine argues that as the nation moved away from war and reconstruction, the urgency for Republican rule diminished.
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