Whatever harm he may have done in that decision was speedily overruled by war, and the country can now contemplate a venerable jurist, in robes that were never soiled by corruption, leading a long life of labor and sacrifice, and achieving a fame in his profession second only to that of Marshall.
Blaine acknowledges the complex legacy of a jurist who faced criticism yet maintained integrity throughout his career.
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In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
But in the treatment of the colored man, now proposed, there was absolute heartlessness and rank injustice.
In turn, the course of the National Administration would certainly be influenced, and its fate in large degree determined, by the conduct of the Southern men, in whom the President was placing unbounded trust.
If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
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