May I venture to urge that your presence with us will have a beautiful significance in its relation to the good feeling which so happily obtains in all our land, and a past event which associates your honored Father's name so memorably and sadly with our City?
Hoar expresses the hope that a visit will symbolize reconciliation and goodwill in Charleston.
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