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The tariff therefore had a controlling influence not only in deciding the contest for political supremacy but in that more momentous struggle which was to involve the fate of the Union.
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Blaine argues that the tariff played a crucial role in determining political power and the fate of the Union.
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Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
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