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George Julian: “The impolicy and injustice of the warfare which had long been carried on against me in Indiana were so generally felt by…”

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The impolicy and injustice of the warfare which had long been carried on against me in Indiana were so generally felt by all fair-minded Republicans that Senator Morton himself, though personally quite as hostile as ever, was constrained to call off his forces, and favor a policy of conciliation.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian discusses the general sentiment among Republicans regarding the unjust treatment he faced in Indiana.

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