. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ssness of the country—upon the cer-tainty that Eussia would not part with it were it otherwise thanworthless—that its want of population sufficiently illustrates its lackof value—that with an area of 570,OUO square miles it has but 9,000inhabitants, Indians, and all told—that there is no demand of thepeople for this annexation—that tlie press for the most part ridiculesthe acquisition, and that the country has no money for such a his Eeconstruction speeches, Mr. Peters is equally earnest andfearless in the u
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ssness of the country—upon the cer-tainty that Eussia would not part with it were it otherwise thanworthless—that its want of population sufficiently illustrates its lackof value—that with an area of 570,OUO square miles it has but 9,000inhabitants, Indians, and all told—that there is no demand of thepeople for this annexation—that tlie press for the most part ridiculesthe acquisition, and that the country has no money for such a his Eeconstruction speeches, Mr. Peters is equally earnest andfearless in the utterance of his convictions, as the following passagefrom one of them will show: We have as much right to pass this(Eeconstruction) bill now as we liad to force our armies over thePotomac, or to capture Eichmond. If we had the right to putdown the rebellion, why, in the name of God, have we not theright to keep it down? VVe have the same right to take care ofthese after-births of the rebellion that wc have to seize and try , or any other traitor. 243.
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