We are in no sense upheld or encouraged by the Government; public sentiment is against us because we opposed the war; or, as they said, because we were tories; but, when the Government triumphed, we were secure because we were on the winning side.
Reid expresses the challenges faced by Union supporters in the South, feeling ostracized despite the war's outcome.
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