On the record
She has bent the tyrant's rod, she has broken the yoke of slavery, she stands to-day redeemed.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Blaine celebrates Tennessee's emancipation from slavery and its return to the Union.
Share
More from James Blaine
Many Northern Democrats had indeed given the assurance that if any attempt at coercion should be made by the Republican National Administration, they would themselves meet it with force, and that, if war should come, it would be in the…
Emboldened by the support of the National Administration, the Southern leaders believed that they could carry their designs through, and, instead of being restrained by the protest or the advice of Republicans, they chose with apparent…
With whatever strength or prestige the President left Washington, he certainly returned to the Capital personally discredited and politically ruined.
The feeling in many portions of the country toward the emancipated slaves, especially among the ignorant and uneducated, is one of vindictive and malicious hatred.
Other voices in this conversation
