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Albert Beveridge: “Will not this, or something like it, be the wretched fate of our country?...”

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Will not this, or something like it, be the wretched fate of our country?...
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Beveridge reflects on the potential dire consequences for the nation if certain political trends continue unchecked.

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