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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