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Excerpt from The Biography and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine: Giving a Full Account of Twenty Years in the National Capital The first term in Congress. - His address to the Convention - His con temporaries. - Service on Committees. - His support of Lincoln. Tilts with S. S. Cox. - Free Trade. - Protected States - Blaine of Maine - Negro troops - Their bravery. - Ought they to be retained? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.