I believe if every man of native birth within our borders were to die this day, the men of foreign birth, who have come here to seek homes and liberty under the shadow of the Republic, would carry it on in God's appointed way.
Hoar expresses confidence in the resilience of immigrants to uphold the Republic.
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But I cannot see it to be my duty to join in a secession from the Whig Party for the purpose of putting Mr.
Judge Hoar strenuously insisted that the Judges of the newly created Circuit Courts of the United States should be made up of the best lawyers, without Senatorial dictation.
To yield to him was never the way to win his good will.
Certainly if he had performed the promise of his boyhood he would have been one of the foremost men in American literature.
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