SPEECHES OF HON. EDGAR COWAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA; HON. JAS. R. DOOLITTLE, OF WISCONSIN; HON. HUGH MCCULLOCH, SECRETARY OF TREASURY; LETTER OF HON. O.H. BROWNING, OF ILLINOIS; AND AN ADDRESS BY A MEMBER OF THE CLUB; ALSO, THE CONDITION OF THE SOUTH; A REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER B.F. TRUMAN.

Washington, D.C. Daily National Republican Print. 1866. 32pp, stitched, untrimmed. Printed in double columns. Light uniform tanning, a few small spots. A few small pinholes through first two leaves with loss of a letter here and there. Light creases from previous folding, else Very Good.

Benjamin Truman's report on conditions in the South is dated April 9, 1866, and is a thorough though excessively optimistic analysis of the state of Southern society in the early days of Reconstruction. He concludes that the returned Southern soldier is the best guarantee of a peaceful and successful Reconstruction; and that the South is far more loyal and patriotic to the Union than at War's end. He asserts that the Southern planter class is the best friend of the freedmen, and predicts a glorious future for the New South. Item #22321

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