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The Whig policy had made Massachusetts known the world over as the model Commonwealth.
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Hoar praises the legacy of the Whig policy in shaping Massachusetts' reputation.
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One of the virtues of General Sheridan was that he knew when to act without orders.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
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