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George Boutwell: “When you have permitted Jefferson Davis and his associates to come back and take their places in the government of this…”

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When you have permitted Jefferson Davis and his associates to come back and take their places in the government of this country, do you not see that with the help of a small number of representatives from the North whose services they are sure to command, they will assume the war debt of the South.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Boutwell warns that allowing Southern leaders back into government could lead to the South assuming its war debts.

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