Had Governor Seymour been loyal to his country, and to his country’s cause, in this her moment of need, he would have burned his tongue with a red hot iron sooner than allow it to call these thugs, thieves, and murderers his “friends.
Douglass condemns Governor Seymour's address to the New York Draft Riots mob, highlighting the moral imperative of loyalty to the nation.
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