On the record
Let the high-toned and chivalrous sons of the south,--those “who feel a stain upon their honor like a wound,”--think of all this, as one in the long catalogue of “hazards” upon which they are rushing.
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Mann challenges Southern men to reflect on their honor in light of the injustices they perpetuate.
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