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These are extenuating facts; but the mischiefs of this ill- starred legislation are none the less to be deplored.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “These are extenuating facts; but the mischiefs of this ill- starred legislation are none the less to be deplored.”
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Julian acknowledges the mitigating factors surrounding the legislation while lamenting its negative impacts.
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It was completely at war with the genius and spirit of democratic government.
In the light of this fact alone, it is impossible to account for the perfectly unbounded and irrepressible enthusiasm which swept over the land during the campaign, and so signally routed the forces of Democracy.
Custom, and the faculty of adaptation, have a very reconciling influence upon communities as well as individuals.
If it had been morally possible, I would have supported him gladly.
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