The South and the National Government By The Honorable William Howard Taft President-elect of the United States An Address Delivered at the Dinner of the North Carolina Society of New York, at the Hotel Astor, December 7, 1908 Introduction [Pg 3] [Pg 3] The speech of the President-Elect at the recent annual banquet of the North Carolina Society, New York, found a warm response in the hearts of the Northern people, who have not failed to sympathize deeply with their Southern fellow citizens during their long years of affliction. The orator expresses our feelings with rare felicity, and so keenly did his sentiments touch our hearts, it was resolved to publish his address and send it to our fellow citizens of the South as the messenger of peace and perfect reunion from their Northern countrymen. Our
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