{"id":1349,"date":"2007-06-19T06:28:09","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/1349"},"modified":"2007-06-19T06:28:09","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T11:28:09","slug":"the-flag-nailed-to-the-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/the-flag-nailed-to-the-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flag Nailed to the Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>September 11, 1863<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our nation has made a long step forward in its course toward victory&#8230;.Even if we creep slowly onward, hereafter as heretofore, it is now made certain that we are creeping in the right direction, and that Abraham Lincoln intends to proceed in that direction&#8230;..There was some reason to fear that a man who excused himself for doing justice, on the ground of military necessity, might, in changed circumstances, avail himself of the same plea for perpetuating\u00a0 injustice. ..Now, Heaven be praised! 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