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In the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery they went forward without distrust, with complete approbation of conscience, with undoubting belief in the expediency of the act.
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Blaine highlights the unanimous support for the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, showcasing a moment of collective moral conviction.
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I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
The deep-seated prejudice against color is assiduously cultivated by the public journals and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
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