At the North we think little of loyalty; here loyal men, and especially those in the service of the Government, seem drawn toward each other, as are men who serve under the same flag in a foreign country.
Reid reflects on the bonds formed among loyal individuals in the South, comparing it to camaraderie among soldiers in foreign service.
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These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
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.
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