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The North had no business to begin its attack in the first place—no justification for it under the sun.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The North had no business to begin its attack in the first place—no justification for it under the sun.”
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Reid asserts that the North had no legitimate reason to initiate conflict against the South.
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