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It gives me pleasure to add that the appeal to our common constituents was not taken in vain, and that my confidence in their wisdom and virtue seems not to have been misplaced.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson expresses satisfaction that the appeal to the public was effective and that he trusts their judgment.

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