The next day, I heard that, in the organization of a new club, expressly intended to be established on a loyal basis, the word “Union” had been stricken out of the title by an overwhelming vote.
This statement reveals the political tensions and divisions within the community regarding loyalty and identity after the war.
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But, in the main, they are surprisingly orderly, and cases of serious violence among them are quite rare.
It seems to me, then, idle to thresh over old straw when the grain is not only winnowed, but gone to the mill.
Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?
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