Great though the meed of praise is which is due the South for the soldierly valor her sons displayed during the four years of war, I think that even greater praise is due to her for what her people have accomplished in the forty years of peace which followed.
Roosevelt acknowledges the valor of Southern soldiers during the Civil War while also praising their post-war achievements.
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