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In the resolutions, in the address, and in all the speeches, the one refrain was the right of every State to representation in Congress.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “In the resolutions, in the address, and in all the speeches, the one refrain was the right of every State to…”
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of state representation in Congress following the Civil War.
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Without the exercise of those functions which belong exclusively to the civil service, the laws cannot be executed in any event, no matter what may be the physical strength which the Government has at its command.
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