It soon became evident that the Northern Democrats who had been opposed to the war, and the Southern Democrats who had been defeated in the war, would unite in political action, and that the course of the National Administration would exercise a potential influence upon their success or failure.
Blaine predicts a political alliance between Northern and Southern Democrats in response to the administration's actions.
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This ratio of influence went into the Electoral College, and gave to the white men of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana double the power of that enjoyed by white men in New York, Illinois and California.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
Emboldened by the support of the National Administration, the Southern leaders believed that they could carry their designs through, and, instead of being restrained by the protest or the advice of Republicans, they chose with apparent…
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