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Everybody knows what a dollar in gold is worth.
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Boutwell asserts the common understanding of the value of a gold dollar.
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That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interests of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned, that the proposition should be received favorably.
They were relived from the disparaging distinctions that came into existence with the system of slavery.
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