Whereas it appears that a partial restoration of such intercourse between the inhabitants of sundry places and sections heretofore declared in insurrection in pursuance of said act and the citizens of the rest of the United States will favorably affect the public interests.
Executive Order—License of Commercial Intercourse
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If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slave for his selfish meanness.
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?
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