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George Julian: “No situation could well be more deplorable than that which obliges a man to pay heavy black- mail as the only means of…”

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No situation could well be more deplorable than that which obliges a man to pay heavy black- mail as the only means of saving his property from legal confiscation by another; and the moral ravages of a code which allows this can not be computed.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian condemns the moral degradation caused by laws that force individuals into extortionate situations.

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