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Turbulent 1868 Meeting Attacks and Prophecies Highlighted
A crowded 1868 gathering features Gen Sherwood railing against Vallandigham and the New York Convention, with Garfield repeating his famed lines on debt, taxes, and bonds. Sailors for the Burlington region debate politics and religion, while a Vermont traveler hears a mock prophecy of Jesus becoming president in 1868.
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