I claimed, however, further, that Congress had, in my opinion, the power of controlling the whole matter, by reason of its right to prescribe terms on which any corporation, created by State authority or its own, should engage in interstate or international commerce.
Hoar asserts Congress's authority over corporations in matters of interstate commerce.
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And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
It would have been a worse civil war than that of the Rebellion, because the country would have been divided not by sections, but by parties.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
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