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Whitelaw Reid: It all resolves itself back into this: we honestly thought we had a right to go out.

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It all resolves itself back into this: we honestly thought we had a right to go out.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid reflects on the Southern perspective regarding their right to secede from the Union.

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