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

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My God! what a situation has our country reached.

The existing American system was a very masterpiece of weakness.

The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others.

The Spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

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