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The encouragement given by the policy of the administration to the unjust claims and groundless pretensions of South Carolina is exposed.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The encouragement given by the policy of the administration to the unjust claims and groundless pretensions of South…”
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Quincy criticizes the administration's support for South Carolina's unjust claims.
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