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The distinct and avowed marshalling of a solid North against a solid South had begun, and the result of the Presidential election of 1856 settled nothing except that a mightier struggle was in the future.
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Blaine points out the growing sectional conflict between the North and South in American politics.
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That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
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.
I am in no boastful mood: I shall not do more than I can, but I shall do all I can to save the Government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination.
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