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Excerpt from Biographies of Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Third Congress
It was Mr. Blaine's fortune to be somewhat conspicuously asso ciated with the origin and molding of the Fourteenth Amend ment to the Constitution of the United States, and his brief speeches in support of the main provisions of that amendment, relating to representation and citizenship, were valuable contributions to the deliberations of the House. The three great Constitutional Amend ments were completed in three successive Congresses, and each received the cordial support and untiring labors of Mr. Blaine. A Speech made by Mr. Blaine against the expediency Of the cotton tax, as levied in the Internal Revenue laws Of 1862, also attracted great attention, and was believed to be very in?uential in securing Its early repeal after the close of the war.
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