The loyal Congress of the United States had refused to do his commands; and whenever you have a Congress that does not resolutely and firmly refuse, as the present Congress has done, to merely act as the recording secretary of the tyrant at the White House, American liberty is gone forever.
Blaine warns against a Congress that submits to presidential tyranny, highlighting the importance of legislative independence.
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