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Do not longer employ the harsh language which you can command in denunciation of Southern traitors.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Do not longer employ the harsh language which you can command in denunciation of Southern traitors.”
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Boutwell urges against using harsh language towards Southern traitors, advocating for a more measured approach.
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Shall your representative stand for Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, or for William McKinley and Despotism?
Of all the eminent men that you have sent forth into the service of the State and the country, he must be accounted the chief, when we consider the value of his contribution, historically, and on the side of freedom and civilization.
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.
By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.
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