I have been assured by many Southern men that that measure, and the report and speech in which I advocated it, had a very strong and wide influence in restoring good feeling toward the Union in the minds of the people of Virginia.
Hoar reflects on the positive impact of his advocacy on Southern sentiments toward the Union after the Civil War.
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You said the people of Lowell would not think very highly of me when they saw me riding through the streets in my carriage and knew it was paid for by the money of this bank.
There has probably never been a man in our history upon whom so few people looked with indifference.
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But I cannot see it to be my duty to join in a secession from the Whig Party for the purpose of putting Mr.
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