The rejection of the Rebel debt, and at the same time the adoption, in just proportion, of the national debt and the national obligations to Union soldiers, with solemn pledges never to join in any measure, direct or indirect, for their repudiation, or in any way tending to impair the national credit.
This quote discusses the rejection of the Rebel debt while affirming obligations to Union soldiers.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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