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Returning Troops
GOVERNOR CRAPO'S WELCOME TO RETURNING TROOPS.
They imagined that you were cowards and cravens, and that by the threatenings alone of a despotic and tyrannical oligarchy you could not only be subdued, but robbed of your inheritance of freedom—of your birthright
. of liberty—those glorious and priceless legacies from your patriotic sires.
"Through the vilest treachery and the foulest robbery, these wicked and perjured
men, whom their country' had not only greatly benefited and favored, but highly honored, believed that by despoiling your country of its reputation, of its treasures, of its means of protection and defense, they had ensured your degradation and defeat.
Michigan in the Civil War
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