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The politicians all opposed it on the plea that it would divide the Republicans and restore the Democrats to power, and that we must wait for the growth of a public opinion that would justify its agitation.
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Julian critiques politicians for delaying suffrage advocacy due to fears of political division.
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Its prizes are often rich and suddenly gained, and when they are sought through the forms of a law which compels a man to choose between an expensive and hazardous litigation and robbery, human nature is severely tried.
The movement of 1840 was necessarily transient and provisional, while underneath its clatter and nonsense was a real issue.
And the misfortune of this legislation is heightened by the probability of its continuance; for it is not easy to uproot a body of laws once accepted by a people, however mischievous in their character.
It tempts civilized men to become savages and savages to become devils.
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