This was not the first case, though one of the most marked and unrighteous, in which the wronged and suffering party were made to bear the reproach of those very traits of character displayed by their strong and false-hearted conquerors.
Garibaldi observes a recurring pattern where the wronged and suffering are unjustly blamed with the very faults of their oppressors.
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