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They believed that Texas had been paid for a baseless claim ten millions of dollars, one-half of which, as a sharp critic declared, was hush-money, the other half blood-money.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “They believed that Texas had been paid for a baseless claim ten millions of dollars, one-half of which, as a sharp…”
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Blaine criticizes the financial motivations behind the acquisition of Texas, emphasizing the moral implications of such transactions.
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