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Moreover, it pronounced the investigation a shameful effort to convict the Democracy of crimes that were really the result of the long-continued misgovernment of the Republicans.
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Alexander critiques the investigation as a politically motivated attack on the Democratic Party, deflecting blame onto Republicans.
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