The real question--which the above is asked only to shuffle out of sight--is this: Does General Scott contemplate the same ends, and is he animated by like impulses and purposes, with the great body of the loyal, liberty-loving people of this country?
This statement questions the alignment of military leadership with the sentiments of loyal citizens during the Civil War.
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