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I still think he would have been, and that the work of reform would thus have been thoroughly inaugurated, and the whole current of American politics radically changed.
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Julian reflects on the potential impact of a different candidate's nomination on American politics.
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The legalized robbery now carried on in the name of Protection to American labor must be overthrown.
The system of spoils and plunder must also be destroyed, in order that freedom itself may be rescued from the perilous activities quickened into life by its own spirit, and the conduct of public affairs inspired by the great moralities…
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