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De Alexander: “The question was, would the State be safer in the hands of a well-known Democratic statesman like Dix than in the…”

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The question was, would the State be safer in the hands of a well-known Democratic statesman like Dix than in the control of Fenton and the Radicals?
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

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Alexander raises a critical question about the safety of the state under different political leaders.

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