When therefore the nation by subsequent change in its Constitution declared that the State shall not exclude the negro from the right of suffrage, it neutralized and surrendered the contingent right before held, to exclude him from the basis of apportionment.
This statement reflects Blaine's view on the implications of the Fourteenth Amendment regarding suffrage and representation.
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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.
The wisdom of maintaining that institution was abundantly vindicated by the results of the war.
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