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But I require money to make war on the richest nation in the world.
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Blaine emphasizes the financial demands of engaging in conflict with a powerful nation.
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Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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Their pirates burned your unarmed commerce upon every sea.
The wonder excited by the raising of the vast army which saved the Union from destruction was even surpassed by the wonder excited by its prompt and peaceful dissolution.
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