It was, in fact, both a bribe and a menace, and measured at once the political morality of the men who favored it, and the extremity to which the slave-holders were driven in the prosecution of their desperate enterprise.
Julian describes a political maneuver that he sees as both a bribe and a threat, reflecting on the moral character of its supporters.
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