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George F. Hoar: “Brave soldiers, honored Republicans, were turned out of post-offices, to be replaced by incompetent and dishonorable…”

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Brave soldiers, honored Republicans, were turned out of post-offices, to be replaced by incompetent and dishonorable adventurers, odious in the neighborhoods from which they came, to please this ambitious and unscrupulous man.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar expresses his discontent with the replacement of capable officials by unqualified individuals for political gain.

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