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Let it be said that he has set up Presidential pretensions without number, constituting an undoubted Cæsarism or personal government, and what Republican can reply?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Let it be said that he has set up Presidential pretensions without number, constituting an undoubted Cæsarism or…”
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Sumner warns against the dangers of a President who exhibits excessive personal power and ambition.
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