If Union and Freedom have been secured through courage, and fortitude, and zeal, displayed by black as well as white soldiers, shall not the former be benefited in due measure as well as the latter?
Reid advocates for equal recognition of sacrifices made by both black and white soldiers.
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Our national experience has demonstrated that public order reposes most securely on the broad base of universal suffrage.
But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
Here was the opportunity for a statesman to grasp.