Special Message
07/19/1866
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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.
The Union and the Constitution are inseparable.
The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them tog...