The Government under their disastrous influence has gradually ceased to fertilize the fields of domestic and useful legislation, and pours itself, like an impetuous torrent, along the barren ravine of party and sectional strife.
Boutwell criticizes the government's failure to engage in meaningful legislation due to divisive politics.
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