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Men who afterwards attested their loyalty to the Union by their lives, took part in this dangerous scheme of encouraging a revolt which they could not repress.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement reflects Blaine's criticism of those who supported secession while claiming loyalty to the Union, highlighting the contradictions of the time.
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That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
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.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
He was a lawyer in full practice, a man of the highest integrity, without fear and without reproach.
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