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Horatio Seymour on Civil War Powers and Restoration Prospects
In a January 1864 message to New York legislators, Horatio Seymour warns that federal military authority erodes state rights and risks national bankruptcy. He contrasts plans to subjugate the South with a constitutional path to restore the Union, urging prudent, statesmanlike peace and preservation of the Union through lawful means. He stresses the dangers of ongoing military decrees, centralized power, and inflated debt.
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Horatio Seymour