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To such men it seemed that all the trials of the war were merged in this grand issue, and that it involved the existence of Free Government on this continent.
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Julian reflects on the significance of the impeachment trials as a pivotal moment for the future of free government in America.
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The withdrawal of the slavery question from the strife of parties has changed the face of our politics as completely as did its introduction.
The fate of the men involved in it seems like a perfect travesty of justice and fair play.
The tyranny of industrial domination, which borrows its life from the alliance of concentrated capital with labor-saving machinery, must be overthrown.
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