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If they were to be outvoted and, as they thought, outraged by free-State majorities, then they would break up the government and form a confederacy of their own.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “If they were to be outvoted and, as they thought, outraged by free-State majorities, then they would break up the…”
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Blaine describes the mindset of Southern leaders who threatened to break up the government if they felt outvoted.
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