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July 3, 1880
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
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In a speech two years ago at Faneuil Hall, Boston, General Garfield articulated the Republican party's conditional reconciliation with former Confederates, insisting on acknowledgment of the Union's moral rightness in the Civil War.
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Garfield's Creed
Two years ago, in Faneuil Hall, Boston, General Garfield addressed a large audience, making a speech which was listened to with rapt attention throughout. It was a masterly and memorable piece of oratory, and in it occurred these memorable words:
The Republican party of this country has said, and it says today that, forgetting all the animosities of the war, forgetting all the fierceness and the passion of it, it reaches out both its hands to the gallant men who fought us and offers all fellowship, all comradeship, all feelings of brotherhood, on this sole condition, and that condition they will insist on forever: That in the war for the Union we were right, forever right, and that in their war against the Union they were wrong, forever wrong. We never made terms, we never will make terms with the man who denies the everlasting rightfulness of our cause. That would be treason to the dead and injustice to the living; and on that basis alone our pacification is complete. We ask that it be realized, and we shall consider it fully realized when it is just as safe and just as honorable for a good citizen of South Carolina to be a Republican there as it is for a good citizen of Massachusetts to be a Democrat here.
Two years ago, in Faneuil Hall, Boston, General Garfield addressed a large audience, making a speech which was listened to with rapt attention throughout. It was a masterly and memorable piece of oratory, and in it occurred these memorable words:
The Republican party of this country has said, and it says today that, forgetting all the animosities of the war, forgetting all the fierceness and the passion of it, it reaches out both its hands to the gallant men who fought us and offers all fellowship, all comradeship, all feelings of brotherhood, on this sole condition, and that condition they will insist on forever: That in the war for the Union we were right, forever right, and that in their war against the Union they were wrong, forever wrong. We never made terms, we never will make terms with the man who denies the everlasting rightfulness of our cause. That would be treason to the dead and injustice to the living; and on that basis alone our pacification is complete. We ask that it be realized, and we shall consider it fully realized when it is just as safe and just as honorable for a good citizen of South Carolina to be a Republican there as it is for a good citizen of Massachusetts to be a Democrat here.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Garfield Speech
Republican Party
Civil War Reconciliation
Faneuil Hall
Political Oratory
What entities or persons were involved?
General Garfield
Where did it happen?
Faneuil Hall, Boston
Story Details
Key Persons
General Garfield
Location
Faneuil Hall, Boston
Event Date
Two Years Ago
Story Details
General Garfield delivers a speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston, outlining the Republican party's offer of fellowship to former Confederates on the condition that they acknowledge the Union's rightfulness in the Civil War.