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They are all Union men, in the sense that they submit, (since they can’t help themselves,) and want to make all they can out of their submission.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “They are all Union men, in the sense that they submit, (since they can’t help themselves,) and want to make all they can…”
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Reid explains that the Southern people are compliant with Union authority but are still looking to benefit from their situation.
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