On the record
In this cabal, the several local bands of robbers--the slaveholders of the South, the iron monopolists, the woollen monopolists, and the money monopolists, of the North--were represented.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “In this cabal, the several local bands of robbers--the slaveholders of the South, the iron monopolists, the woollen…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner identifies various factions within the government as local bands of robbers representing different interests.
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