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Those who most admired his honesty, courage, and power in the realm of his true greatness, most distrusted his fitness to hold the reins of administration.
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Blaine reflects on the complexities of political admiration and distrust regarding leadership qualities.
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In my judgment our sole authority for the acts which we have done during the last four years was the authority communicated to Congress by the Constitution to suppress insurrection.
But in the treatment of the colored man, now proposed, there was absolute heartlessness and rank injustice.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
The deep-seated prejudice against color is assiduously cultivated by the public journals and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
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