A correct apprehension of an evil is the first step towards its remedy, and it is a serious mistake to apply to the interior States and the rural districts the imputations and accusations which justly lie against the service where of necessity a large number of officers are brought together.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of recognizing issues within the civil service to address them effectively.
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That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
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.
It is to the eminent credit of the Republican members of Congress that they stood in a crisis of this magnitude true to principle, firm against all the power and all the patronage of the Administration.
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
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