So it became clear to my mind, and to the minds of many other Republicans, that it was better to leave this matter to the returning and growing sense of justice of the people of the South than to have laws on this subject passed in one Administration, only to be repealed in another.
Hoar advocates for allowing the South to develop its own sense of justice rather than imposing laws that may be repealed.
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