I had pretty good company, not in the least due to any merit or standing of my own, but only because the men who were enlisted for the war in the great political battle against slavery were bound to each other by a tie to which no freemasonry could be compared.
Hoar acknowledges the strong bonds formed among those who fought against slavery in the political arena.
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And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
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