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The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?

Robert Dale Owen

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Robert Dale Owen
Age: 75 †
Born: 1801
Born: November 7
Died: 1877
Died: June 24
American Politician
Diplomat
Politician
Glasgow
Scotland
People
Comfort
Failing
Exercise
Rebels
Cutting
Forbidden
Power
Fails
Give
Rebel
Government
Aids
Giving
South

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