If their work cannot be traced in the National statute-books as prominently as that of their opponents, they will be credited by the discriminating reader of our political annals as the English of to-day credit Charles James Fox and his Whig associates--for the many evils which they prevented.
Blaine draws a parallel between the Whigs' unrecognized contributions and those of historical figures like Charles James Fox.
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