As the war to maintain Union and Liberty had cost a vast treasure and sacrificed countless lives, the States that had forced the bloody contest should agree by solemn amendment to the Constitution that the National debt and the pension to the soldier should be secured.
Blaine argues that states responsible for the Civil War should secure national debts and pensions through constitutional amendments.
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