The people soon perceived that if there was indeed merit in the Compromise measures, it would be wise to intrust them to the keeping of the party that was unreservedly--North and South-- in favor of upholding and enforcing them.
Blaine emphasizes the importance of party unity in supporting the Compromise measures.
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I have long since wished that capital punishment were abolished.
As slavery had been the chief inciting cause of disunion, slavery should die.
The need of action and of energy so pressed upon him that he found no time to utter lamentation, none to indulge even in the most sacred personal grief.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
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