We have just arisen mightier than ever from a civil war which was intended by the world’s conservatism to destroy us, and with a population of forty millions we step at once into the front ranks of, and into the lead in, the grand march of progress.
Woodhull asserts that the United States has emerged stronger after the Civil War, ready to lead in progress.
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