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t us to speak of them with respect."
-- Augustus J. Foster, the British Minister (ambassador) to the United States, 1815
"The freedom achieved by their swords, and the institution established by their wisdom, are now left in our hands...
For the price of that blood which sealed the independence of this great, this powerful, this Independent Republic."
-- Robert H Goldsborough, Senator for Maryland, commenting in 1827 on the veterans of the War of 1812 |