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Speech of Senator Morton on Republican mission and amnesty
Senator Morton of Indiana spoke in St Louis August 16 detailing the Republican Party record and aims. He argued the party must implement the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Amendments in spirit, oppose new third parties, and support reform while warning against granting broad amnesty to rebel leaders like Davis, Toombs, and Breckinridge. He urged civil service reform and condemned liquor traffic, urging unity under Republican principles and the fight for durable national unity and liberty.
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Republican Party
Amnesty —Civil Service Reform, &c
St. Louis
Morton
Indiana
Temple
Hon. T. Blow
Schurz
Govenor Brown
Mit Blow
Mr. Morton
Jetter
Reform Party
United States
Jeff Davis
Mississippi
Missouri
Senate of the
Congress of the United States
Davis
Toombs
Breckinridge
Congress of
Senate of the United
States
Grant
Act of Congress
Friends of Temperance
Commonwealth