Confidence of strength is as potential an element in a political canvass as in a military campaign, and never was a more defiant sense of power exhibited than by the Chicago convention of 1860 and by the vast throng which surrounded its meetings.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of confidence in political campaigns, comparing it to military strength.
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