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De Alexander: “Suppose this offensive ring, with its unfinished courthouse and its thousand other schemes of robbery and plunder…”

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Suppose this offensive ring, with its unfinished courthouse and its thousand other schemes of robbery and plunder, controls the political power of the State and nation as it now dominates the metropolis, what honest Democrat can charge corruption to the opposite party?
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Alexander questions the integrity of Democrats if they allow a corrupt ring to dominate political power.

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