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Such action by the Federal Government was the one thing which the South had especially dreaded and which all the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Peace Congress of 1861 aimed to prevent.
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Blaine notes the South's fear of Federal Government action against slavery, which was a key concern during the Peace Congress of 1861.
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