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If the Republic had been a dependency of Great Britain, like Canada or Australia, engaged in civil strife, it could not have been more steadily subjected to review, to criticism, and to the menace of discipline.
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Blaine argues that the scrutiny faced by the United States during its civil strife was akin to that of a British dependency.
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