. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . of his con-stituents. A collision was inevitable. The question was,would he unaided and alone carry the day in the contest thatwas to come, or would he be borne down by the avalanche ofhostile public opinion, which only a short time subsequent tohis re-election, began to be dominant in his district. While these fires were smouldering in Southern Illinois, hedeparted for Washington and at once entered, with all theintensity of his nature, into the conflict of opinion as t
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . of his con-stituents. A collision was inevitable. The question was,would he unaided and alone carry the day in the contest thatwas to come, or would he be borne down by the avalanche ofhostile public opinion, which only a short time subsequent tohis re-election, began to be dominant in his district. While these fires were smouldering in Southern Illinois, hedeparted for Washington and at once entered, with all theintensity of his nature, into the conflict of opinion as to thewisest course to pursue in meeting the demands of the hour. He was opposed to a war, which is saying little more thanthat he was a patriot. He knew what war was. He had seenits desolation. He foresaw the tremendous shock to our in-stitutions that would ensue. He realized that the greatestcivil strife of modern times, with its fearful cost of blood andtreasure, was the inevitable result of a clash of arms. As astatesman he knew that Progress is the twin sister of Peace,while war and human misery stalk hand in FROM CONGRESS TO THE BATTLE-FIELD. 385 In this emergency, however, he never faltered as to his duty,should the worst become inevitable. He tore off the insigniaof party, and stood upon a platform with but a single plank,— The Union forever. In season and out of season, privately and publicly, heopposed secession. In December of that year Mr. Morris offered the following :^^Besolved, By the House of Representatives, that we areunalterably and immovably attached to the Union of theStates ; that we recognize in that union the primary cause ofour present greatness and prosperity as a nation; that wehave seen nothing, either in the election of Abraham Lincolnto the Presidency of the United States, or from any othersource, to justify its dissolution, and that we pledge to eachother our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honors tomaintain it. Mr. Logan voted in the
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