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The Government of the American Nation is, then, "emphatically, and truly, a government of the people.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The Government of the American Nation is, then, "emphatically, and truly, a government of the people.”
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Beveridge emphasizes the democratic nature of the American government, highlighting its foundation on the will of the people.
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These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
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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