In the workshops, the barrooms and other popular resorts the laugh was turned against the slave-owners; the ground was prepared for the popular enthusiasm which recruited the armies that exhausted the South, and Lowell must share with Lincoln and Grant the glory of the crowning victories.
Boutwell highlights the cultural shift against slave-owners and acknowledges the contributions of notable figures to the abolitionist cause.
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But our cause being almost lost something decisive and great must be done.
But I am more anxious to deal justly by them because they are men.
That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
This fact furnishes a pretext for efforts to make money while in the public service.
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