He feared that European influence might become dominant in the new republic, and, as a consequence, that anti-slavery ideas might take root, and thence injuriously affect the interests, and to some extent the safety, of the Southern States.
Blaine expresses concerns about European influence on the new republic and its implications for Southern interests.
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I believe that if it should pass it will receive the sanction of nineteen-twentieths of the loyal people of the country.
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
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