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Even Erastus Root, then just entering his first term in Congress, saw nothing in the transaction to shock society's sense of propriety or to break the loftiest code of morality.
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Alexander points out that even new legislators did not find the corrupt transaction troubling, reflecting societal norms of the time.
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