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The truth is, sir, that we’re very much obliged to you for all you Northern gentlemen have done; but now that you are successful, you had better go home.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid expresses a sentiment reflecting the attitude of some Southerners towards Northern intervention after the Civil War.
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