This strange turn in events has but one example in history, and that was the restoration of Charles II, after the brilliant but brief Protectorate of Cromwell, and, like that restoration, is a reproach to the civilization of the age.
Sherman draws a historical parallel between the political restoration of former Confederates and the restoration of Charles II, suggesting a troubling precedent.
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