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He briefly reviewed what the party had accomplished, in war and in peace, and emphasized the obligation of crowning these triumphs with the permanent establishment of equal and exact justice.
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of establishing equal rights as a culmination of the party's achievements after the Civil War.
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