If peace will restore and secure these blessings to the people of the United States, even though a number of their former associates have gone off under a new and independent organization, in the name of Heaven let us raise our voice for it!
Blaine advocates for peace, even if it means accepting the independence of former associates, urging a collective voice for harmony.
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The haste with which the question was brought to a decision can hardly be justified, and is a striking illustration of the intense party-feeling which had been engendered by the war.
But in the treatment of the colored man, now proposed, there was absolute heartlessness and rank injustice.
The feeling in many portions of the country toward the emancipated slaves, especially among the ignorant and uneducated, is one of vindictive and malicious hatred.
An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
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