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affects a courtly mode.
Unlike the mass of carpetbaggers, who are not received in society, Warmoth aspires to social consideration, and is sometimes honoured by a card from leaders of fashion in New Orleans.
This difference is at once his merit and his curse.
Society has brought him into friendly intercourse with men as stern in their Conservatism as McEnery and Penn.
Wiltz has received him; Ogden has visited him in jail.
By his charm of manner and his moderation of view, Warmoth has half-reconciled the upper classes to his presence in their town.
But his successes on a ground forbidden to his comrades, fill the scalawag ranks with fury.
When Warmoth came to New Orleans, with the reputation of a brave soldier and a cunning politician, he was elected by the loyal citizens President of the Grand Army of the Republic in Louisiana.
The Grand Army of the Republic is a patriotic association of men who fought in the war; troops now disbanded and dispersed, yet held together by the brotherhood of arms and by the memory of service in a great cause.
A Grand Army of the Republic exists in every State, enjoying the patronage of
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