You don’t know what you’re talking about,” he exclaimed, impetuously, to some one who was haranguing against the tyranny and cruelty of the government; “I tell you, sir, you have got and I have got the most merciful government in the world.
Reid defends the government against accusations of tyranny, asserting its merciful nature in a passionate response.
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