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Albert Beveridge: “The thunderbolt has at length been launch'd at the heads of the leading members of the legislature & has, it is greatly…”

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The thunderbolt has at length been launch'd at the heads of the leading members of the legislature & has, it is greatly to be fear'd, involv'd in one common ruin with them, the constitution & liberties of their country....
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge describes a significant political upheaval in France, highlighting the potential consequences for the constitution and liberties.

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