The applause so heartily given for the soldiers who were present could not be unaccompanied by tears for the fate of that vast host which had gone down to death without even the consolation of knowing that they had not died in vain.
Blaine speaks to the emotional complexity of honoring soldiers while mourning those who died in battle.
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The Northern people shrank from the responsibility of transferring the government of States to the control of men who had already shown themselves capable of desperate deeds.
In all the revolted states, upon the testimony of your ablest generals, there is no safety to the property or lives of loyal men.
Their convention did more to popularize the Fourteenth Amendment as a political issue than any other instrumentality of the year.
Crises often arise in the conduct of National affairs when cherished opinions must be sacrificed and new departures taken.
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