. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . bids its reproduction entire. Afew paragraphs will show its tenor. He said: The great questions that have been before the people for thelast four years are now settled; the rebellion is suppressed;slavery is forever dead ; the power of this great Government hasbeen felt and is well understood, not only at home, but abroad ;the supremacy of the laws of the country, with its Constitution,has been maintained by the prowess of Americans ; the people ofAmerica have satisfied
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . bids its reproduction entire. Afew paragraphs will show its tenor. He said: The great questions that have been before the people for thelast four years are now settled; the rebellion is suppressed;slavery is forever dead ; the power of this great Government hasbeen felt and is well understood, not only at home, but abroad ;the supremacy of the laws of the country, with its Constitution,has been maintained by the prowess of Americans ; the people ofAmerica have satisfied themselves—for there was once some doubtof it—that they can maintain the laws and the Constitution ofthe land, suppress rebellion, and cause all men to bow in humblesubmission to the constituted authorities. Alluding to the object of the meeting further on, he con-tinued : My friend General Blair suggested an idea to me on this sub-ject [the object of the meeting], that this meeting was called forthe purpose of approving the administration of President John-son. [ Yes, Yes, and cheers.] So far as his administration. THE PERIOD OF RECONSTRUCTION. 523 has developed itself, I certainly have no fault to find with it.[ Good, Good.] What there may be to object to in the futureI dont know ; but if there is anything objectionable, then, as amatter of course, as the questions arise the country will have aright to decide for itself whether the President is in the right orin the wrong. After discussing those foreign affairs, then uppermost in thepublic mind, and advising the demand of an indemnity fromEngland on account of the depredations of the rebel privateers,and the expulsion of Maximilian from Mexico, he recurred tothe agitation for national repudiation, and said : Let us then, when our country is restored, when the Uniononce again is seen rising before us in all its majesty and beauty—let us look upon it with pride, and remember with gratitudethat in the hour of trial we foun
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