Albert Beveridge: “We have submitted, completely submitted; & he will not leave us the…”

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We have submitted, completely submitted; & he will not leave us the poor consolation of concealing that submission from ourselves.

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Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge laments the complete submission of the United States in the face of foreign aggression.

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