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With all the respect and affection for the illustrious commander of the Union armies, there was a deep and earnest feeling against a third term.
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Blaine reflects on the public sentiment against a third presidential term for General Grant, emphasizing the respect for him but the strong opposition to extending his presidency.
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He had placed himself in a position from which he could not with grace retreat, and to go forward in which was still further to blight his hopes of promotion in his party.
The need of action and of energy so pressed upon him that he found no time to utter lamentation, none to indulge even in the most sacred personal grief.
The wonder excited by the raising of the vast army which saved the Union from destruction was even surpassed by the wonder excited by its prompt and peaceful dissolution.
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
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