On the record
Standing on this great resolve to accept nothing but Victory or ruin, Victory is ours!
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Blaine emphasizes the resolve of the nation to achieve victory in the Civil War.
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Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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.
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.
As slavery had been the chief inciting cause of disunion, slavery should die.
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