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If the statute was anything but one of those cobwebs which catch the weak, but yield to the rich, this was the occasion for it, and the President should have yielded to no temptation against it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If the statute was anything but one of those cobwebs which catch the weak, but yield to the rich, this was the occasion…”
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Sumner critiques the President's disregard for the law regarding the influence of wealth.
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