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As matter of fact, a Republican Congress, largely composed of the same members who had enacted the law, indirectly confessed two years later that it could not be maintained.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “As matter of fact, a Republican Congress, largely composed of the same members who had enacted the law, indirectly…”
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Blaine notes that a Republican Congress acknowledged the unsustainability of a law they previously enacted, indicating a shift in political consensus.
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