Whitelaw Reid: “But I tell you what our people will do; I say it with shame; but even…”

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But I tell you what our people will do; I say it with shame; but even South Carolinians, of whom I am particularly ashamed, will do it.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid expresses shame over the willingness of South Carolinians to comply with external demands.

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Whitelaw Reid: “But I tell you what our people will do; I say it with shame; but even South Carolinians, of whom I am particularly…”