Whitelaw Reid: “This, and the disorganization of the labor system, have naturally left…”

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This, and the disorganization of the labor system, have naturally left thousands of families through the State utterly destitute.

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Reid notes the widespread destitution in the South due to the war's aftermath and the collapse of the labor system.

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These Southern Rebels have their fate in their own keeping, and they are nursing their wrath to keep it warm.

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Whitelaw Reid: “This, and the disorganization of the labor system, have naturally left thousands of families through the State utterly…”