Wars have grown out of less aggravation and dispute between nations; but the Government of the United States had never anticipated such a result as possible, and felt assured that in the end Great Britain would not refuse to make the reparation honorably due.
Blaine expresses confidence that Great Britain would ultimately provide necessary reparations after the war.
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