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It will furnish an enormous outlet for the energy of our citizens, and give another example of the rapid development to which our system leads.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid argues that the war will provide new opportunities for American citizens.
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They appeared at times when public men often seemed to be groping in the dark on an unknown road, but it is now evident that the road which has been taken is substantially the road they marked out.
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
Extravagant living left nearly every planter enormously in debt when the war came.
Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.