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He would not permit the plea of unsound mind to be made on his behalf, and to the end he behaved with that calm courage which always attracts respect and admiration.
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Blaine admires John Brown's courage and refusal to claim insanity during his trial.
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In my judgment our sole authority for the acts which we have done during the last four years was the authority communicated to Congress by the Constitution to suppress insurrection.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
Their success as civil magistrates, as legislators, as executives was not less marked and meritorious than their illustrious service in war.
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