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polite disagreement

150 years ago Andrew Johnson’s Swing Around the Circle was rolling and floating along. Unlike Cleveland and St. Louis, President Johnson didn’t care to make a stand against the hecklers who confronted him in Indianapolis on September 10th. As some … Continue reading

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Alms for the Poor, Poor CSA

“Mister, can you spare half a dime?” From The New-York Times August 8, 1861: A NEW DODGE. The Louisville Journal of Aug. 3 says: “It is a fact that genteel little girls in this city, nine or ten years old, … Continue reading

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