Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely be used to close the door of advancement, and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost." If Mr.
Blaine warns against the dangers of surrendering political power, which could lead to the loss of liberty.
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Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
Their pirates burned your unarmed commerce upon every sea.
An attempt to guarantee and protect a revived State government constructed in whole or in preponderating part from the very element against whose hostility and violence it is to be protected is simply absurd.
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