The contrast between the boldness with which the Polk administration had marched our army upon the territory claimed by Mexico, and the prudence with which it had retreated from a contest with Great Britain, after all our antecedent boasting, exposed the Democrats to merciless ridicule.
Blaine critiques the Polk administration's contrasting military actions, highlighting the ridicule faced by Democrats due to their decisions.
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Their convention did more to popularize the Fourteenth Amendment as a political issue than any other instrumentality of the year.
This ratio of influence went into the Electoral College, and gave to the white men of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana double the power of that enjoyed by white men in New York, Illinois and California.
An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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