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No country ever exercised a more complete control over the destinies of another than did England over those of Ireland for three-quarters of a century after the Revolution.
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Blaine emphasizes the extent of England's control over Ireland post-Revolution.
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Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
In my judgment our sole authority for the acts which we have done during the last four years was the authority communicated to Congress by the Constitution to suppress insurrection.
In turn, the course of the National Administration would certainly be influenced, and its fate in large degree determined, by the conduct of the Southern men, in whom the President was placing unbounded trust.
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