These great statesmen proceeded in the light of facts which taught them that, though politically separated from the mother country, we were still in many ways dependent upon her, in as large a degree as when we were Colonies, subject to her will and governed for her advantage.
Blaine highlights the continued economic dependence of the U.S. on Britain post-independence.
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As slavery had been the chief inciting cause of disunion, slavery should die.
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. . . .
I am in no boastful mood: I shall not do more than I can, but I shall do all I can to save the Government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
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