The Democracy saw at once that a new and dangerous opponent was in the field,--an opponent that stood upon principle and shunned expediency, that brought to its standard a great host of young men, and that won to its service a very large proportion of the talent, the courage, and the eloquence of the North.
Blaine highlights the emergence of the Republican party as a principled and formidable opponent to the Democrats during a critical period in American history.
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