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If the struggle then in progress had been with a foreign power, popular opinion would have overthrown any administration that would not at once make peace.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “If the struggle then in progress had been with a foreign power, popular opinion would have overthrown any administration…”
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Blaine argues that public sentiment would have demanded peace if the conflict had been with a foreign nation.
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The right of the General Government to preserve itself in its whole constitutional vigor by repelling a direct and positive aggression upon its property or its officers cannot be denied.
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Is any portion of the people bound to contribute their money or their blood to carry on a contest like that?
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