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The purpose of the North would have been strengthened, the public feeling would have been embittered and the friendship of England and of the Continental states would have been suppressed.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The purpose of the North would have been strengthened, the public feeling would have been embittered and the friendship…”
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He argues that the failure of the abduction plot would have had significant negative consequences for the Confederacy.
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