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So General James Wilkinson, as head of the Army of the United States, began a reign of lawless violence that has no parallel in American history.
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Beveridge condemns General Wilkinson's actions as unprecedented lawlessness in American history.
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That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
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