Their efforts now to clothe the Southern conspirators with fresh power and to take no note of the crimes which had for four years drenched the land in blood, constituted an offense only less grave in the eyes of the Republicans than the aid and comfort given to the Rebellion in the hour of its inception.
Blaine condemns the Democratic Party's actions post-Civil War, arguing that they sought to empower Southern leaders while ignoring the consequences of their rebellion.
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