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Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 May 1864
(ed; 16 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.1
~ View at ChronAm
2272 - L May 20: ed: 2/1 - At the beginning of the Civil War, the North-
erners felt unduly sensitive to the opinions of European nations, be-
cause they wanted that solid growth of history which gives a permanent
character to a people. So reads Goldwin Smith's letter to a Whig mem-
ber of the Southern Independence association.
"But all this is changed by our Civil War. The American people have
compressed centuries of history into months. That immortal valor of our
soldiers which outshines the most splendid achievements of England's
armies, and which is known and honored throughout the world, has made
a history for the young republic." (16)