The very spirit of liberty is sustained by our action in behalf of this Government. and there is no license. there is no wrong. there is no injustice in the administration of the affairs of this splendid Republic. The people intrust their representatives as the almoners of their bounty in a national sense to all of those objects which draw to them the national sympathy and national regard. and we have never hesitated on any occasion to meet the requirements not of the few who are assembled in this Chamber. or of the men who happen to hold office under the Government of the United States. but the requirements of the great body of the people of the United States in being just and in being generous to thosewho are our public servants and those who need our help and our assistance. I remember in the State of Alabama a beautiful tract of country. now one of the most fertile and prosperous of all that splendid State. was set apartfor the refugees from the French revolution. called the vine and olive grant. and I have never known any man to object to the libation of wine that the Congress of the United States expected to pour out for the comfort of the distressed who came from France. our former revolutionary friend. and the olive branch of peace that they brought with them to this country. I have never heard that any man in the South begrudged that they should enjoy all of that beautiful benefaction of the Government of the United States. We are not doing injustice to any man because we can not invite every human being to come into this Chamber and take his seat and enjoy the splendors that surround us tonight.
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