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The whole question thus remains open and unsettled, and must again occupy the attention of Congress; and in the mean time the agitation which now prevails will continue to disturb all portions of the people.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “The whole question thus remains open and unsettled, and must again occupy the attention of Congress; and in the mean…”
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Blaine warns that unresolved questions will continue to disrupt the populace until addressed by Congress.
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Under such circumstances, to send a military force into any State, with orders to act against the people, would be simply making war upon them.
But this is a totally different thing from an offensive war to punish the people for the political misdeeds of their State Government, or to enforce an acknowledgment that the Government of the United States is supreme.
Is any portion of the people bound to contribute their money or their blood to carry on a contest like that?
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