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Rutherford B. Hayes: “Every step in this direction is welcomed with public approval, and every interruption of steady and uniform progress to…”

On the recordDecember 1, 1878
Every step in this direction is welcomed with public approval, and every interruption of steady and uniform progress to the desired consummation awakens general uneasiness and widespread condemnation.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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Second Annual Message

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