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Grover Cleveland: Any intermediary between the people and their Government or the least delegation of the care and protection the…

On the recordDecember 2, 1888
Any intermediary between the people and their Government or the least delegation of the care and protection the Government owes to the humblest citizen makes the boast of free institutions a glittering delusion.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Fourth Annual Message (first term)

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