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George Julian: “Garbled extracts from my old war speeches were plentifully scattered over the State, as if we had been still in the…”

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Garbled extracts from my old war speeches were plentifully scattered over the State, as if we had been still in the midst of the bloody conflict, and I had suddenly betrayed the country to its enemies.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian describes the manipulation of his past speeches to misrepresent his political stance.

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