On the record
If it was true on the 30th day of last month that the people of this country ought to take immediate efforts for the cessation of hostilities, then, gentlemen, we have cause to mourn rather than to rejoice.
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Boutwell reflects on the implications of public sentiment regarding the cessation of hostilities during the Civil War.
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That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
He had no policy to impose upon the country against the popular will.
On the other hand, I claimed that all thought of the further use of silver should be postponed until the attempt to secure the co-operation of other countries had been tried faithfully.
Does anybody contemplate such a qualification to the elective franchise, in the case of black people or white?
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