Special Message
12/07/1866
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The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them tog...
A trust artificially created, not for its own sake, but solely as a means of promoting the general welfare, its influence for good must nece...
To me the process of restoration seems perfectly plain and simple.
On the contrary, candor compels me to declare that at this time there is no Union as our fathers understood the term, and as they meant it t...