Josiah Quincy: “The tendency of all this is to the corruption of popular elections…”

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The tendency of all this is to the corruption of popular elections both by violence and fraud.

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Quincy warns about the corrupting influences on popular elections due to violence and fraud.

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Josiah Quincy: “The tendency of all this is to the corruption of popular elections both by violence and fraud.”