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The system of slavery has perished, the institutions of the country have been reconciled to the principles of freedom, and in these changes we have additional guarantees for the perpetuity of the Union.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The system of slavery has perished, the institutions of the country have been reconciled to the principles of freedom…”
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Boutwell notes the end of slavery and the reconciliation of American institutions with freedom principles.
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