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Franklin Pierce Speech at Concord July Fourth
Ex President Franklin Pierce addresses a Concord mass meeting on the Fourth of July praising the Declaration of Independence, warning against extreme central power, and urging reliance on moral force to restore the Union amid Civil War turmoil. He contrasts past unity with present sectional strife and envisions enduring liberty through constitutional law.
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