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I-------# o 1! lie said lie had come here as a mere spectator, with no expectation that the testimony would bring out suchi horrible revelations. The question was above politics; it was above the Presidency. The people owed it to themselves and to humanity to silt this thing to the bottom. lie had seen thousands of men lying dead on the tield of battle, but the simple story of this black woman and her gaping wounds affected him more than the sight of any battlefield, or anything he had experienced in his life. It was not the Presidency which was at stake; it was civilization. The most rigid investigation must be made in the name ot humanity. It could not rest here; it must be sustained or disproved. Gov.it i............ ..a*.. 4,.d .....1 I...
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Independence Buchanan County Bulletin
Independence, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1876
Page 4
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