It was evident from that moment that no one of the Confederate States would ever again be admitted, so long as the Republican party held power in the country, except by giving their assent to the incorporation of the Fourteenth Amendment in the Constitution.
Blaine discusses the political implications of the Fourteenth Amendment for the admission of Confederate States.
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