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But I also believe that the rising sense of justice and of manhood in the South is already finding expression in indignant remonstrance from the lips of governors and preachers, and that the justice and manhood of the South will surely make their way.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar expresses his belief in the moral progress of the South following the Civil War.

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