Can we summon now resources enough of civil prudence and of restraint of passion to carry us through this trial, so that whatever result may follow, in whatever form, the people may feel that the Constitution has received no wound?
Blaine questions whether the nation can exercise civil prudence during a trial to uphold the Constitution.
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