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George Boutwell: “I have reached a point in this discussion when this remark may be justified: No impartial reader of my article of 1859…”

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I have reached a point in this discussion when this remark may be justified: No impartial reader of my article of 1859 can fail to discover that the discussion did not involve the question now raised.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Boutwell reflects on the implications of his earlier article, clarifying the issues discussed.

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