And how was it possible to fall from political grace by withdrawing from the fellowship of the knaves and traders that formed the body-guard of the President, and were using the Republican party as the instrument of wholesale schemes of jobbery and pelf?
Julian critiques the idea that leaving corrupt political circles equates to betrayal.
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