We are all citizens of the Republic, grateful for our high privilege and solicitous that the Republic shall take no harm--all Americans, proud of the name and eager that it shall never be stained by base or unworthy acts.
Reid emphasizes the shared identity and responsibilities of all Americans towards their country.
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In November nothing could exceed the hatred which seemed everywhere felt to the freedmen.
Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.
Extravagant living left nearly every planter enormously in debt when the war came.
I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.