The almost criminal indifference with which the masses of the people regard these examples of the power of money over the consciences of those to whom they have intrusted their most sacred political rights, speaks badly for the safety of republican institutions, as now operated.
Woodhull highlights the dangerous apathy of the public towards political corruption and its implications for democracy.
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