This phase of the question was presented with great force in certain States, and the industrial classes, by a sort of instinct of self- preservation as it seemed to them, began to consolidate their votes in favor of the Republican party.
Blaine notes the consolidation of votes among industrial classes in favor of the Republican party during economic distress.
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