In the South, though always resting under the imputation of not being so devoted to the support of Slavery as their opponents, they yet maintained themselves, by the power of intellect and by the prestige of chivalric leadership, in some extraordinary political battles.
Blaine notes the Whigs' ability to engage in significant political battles in the South, despite accusations of disloyalty to slavery.
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