You will credit me, I hope, with sufficient respect for the proprieties of this platform to avoid partizan arguments, under the warrant of your distinguished President to discuss national questions from any point of view that a patriot can take.
Whitelaw Reid: “You will credit me, I hope, with sufficient respect for the proprieties of this platform to avoid partizan arguments…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid expresses his intention to maintain respect for the platform and avoid partisan arguments.
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