But suppose that what some gentlemen desire could be accomplished,--a reconstruction of the Union by diplomatic relations inaugurated between this Government and Jefferson Davis'--suppose the South should return--what follows?
Boutwell discusses the implications of a potential diplomatic reconciliation with the South after the Civil War.
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Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.
You are called to a choice between the doctrines of Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln on one side and the doctrines and policy of President McKinley and his supporters on the other side.
They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.
President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.
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