But the wounds inflicted on the mother State by her separation will never be healed until Virginia is relieved from the odium of having been specially selected from the eleven seceding States for the punishment that struck at once against her prosperity and against her pride of empire.
Blaine reflects on the lasting wounds Virginia suffers due to its separation from West Virginia.
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