This told the Mississippi’s guests, wherever and whenever they might meet round her hospitable board, of national unification and peace, giving the lie to sectional malignancy.
Henry Watterson: “This told the Mississippi’s guests, wherever and whenever they might meet round her hospitable board, of national…”
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Watterson reflects on how a silver service symbolized national unity and countered sectional animosity.
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