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A large share of the responsibility for the dangerous development of the Rebellion must therefore be attributed to John Bell and his half million Southern supporters, who were all of the old Whig party.
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Blaine assigns significant blame for the Rebellion's escalation to John Bell and his supporters, who were part of the old Whig party.
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