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George F. Hoar: “They have been compelled, each in his own way, to chastise and punish him because he deserved to be whipped.”

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They have been compelled, each in his own way, to chastise and punish him because he deserved to be whipped.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar asserts that various political figures had to discipline Butler for his behavior.

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