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The position of the Republicans is so utterly untenable that they must soon find it out.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The position of the Republicans is so utterly untenable that they must soon find it out.”
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Reid critiques the Republican party's position as unsustainable in the political landscape of the time.
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