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He was the most conspicuous public rascal of his time, but was far from being alone in his odious notoriety.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “He was the most conspicuous public rascal of his time, but was far from being alone in his odious notoriety.”
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Julian criticizes Samuel Swartwout as a prominent figure of corruption in government.
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He hated slavery with the animosity of a regular Puritan, and when he talked about it everybody listened.
The legalized robbery now carried on in the name of Protection to American labor must be overthrown.
The tyranny of industrial domination, which borrows its life from the alliance of concentrated capital with labor-saving machinery, must be overthrown.
The withdrawal of the slavery question from the strife of parties has changed the face of our politics as completely as did its introduction.
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