On the recordMarch 5, 1864
Reputation is the shadow of conduct.
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Letter to William H. Herndon
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These three thousand five hundred and two thousand five hundred make precisely six thousand, which the supposed case requires from the two States, and it is just equal for Vermont to furnish one thousand more now than New Hampshire.
He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.
Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending call of troops to fill up the armies
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.