It was absolutely without acrimony, it contained no harsh word, it made no personal reflection; but the whole duty of the United States, and the whole power of the United States to do its duty, were set forth with absolute precision of logic.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of clarity and precision in discussing the responsibilities of the United States without resorting to personal attacks.
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Of course the Rebellion will never be suppressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor permit the Government to do it without their help. . . .
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
In my judgment our sole authority for the acts which we have done during the last four years was the authority communicated to Congress by the Constitution to suppress insurrection.
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