"Taxes increased to a level fourteen times as high as normal in order to support the extravagances of the reconstruction government.Lamar, meanwhile, was cast as a “statesman” for whom “no partisan, personal or sectional considerations could outweigh his devotion to the national interest and to the truth”—a selfless patriot who had helped reconcile the nation.The truth of the matter was very dif..."
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