He was justified in his boast that, after all the bitter agitation which followed the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, the Republicans adopted his principle and practically applied its provisions in the first Territory which they had the power to organize.
Blaine asserts that despite the controversies surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Republicans ultimately embraced his principles.
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