If it had been practicable to adhere rigidly to the specie standard, the national expenditure might have been materially reduced; but the exactions of the war would have been all the time grating on the nerves of the people and oppressing them with remorseless taxation.
Blaine reflects on the potential financial benefits of adhering to the specie standard amidst wartime pressures.
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Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
It is to the eminent credit of the Republican members of Congress that they stood in a crisis of this magnitude true to principle, firm against all the power and all the patronage of the Administration.
Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
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