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Each year this condition becomes more and more the controlling element of Congress and Legislature, and unless soon remedied, it will lead the country on blindly to its destruction.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull warns that the growing self-interest in Congress could lead to national destruction.
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