Fifty-four forty or fight" had been a good cry for the political campaign; but, when the fight was to be with Great Britain, the issue became too serious to be settled by such international law as is dispensed on the stump.
Blaine critiques the political slogan 'Fifty-four forty or fight' as inadequate for serious international disputes.
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