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I am not prepared to humble the general government at the feet of the seceding States.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “I am not prepared to humble the general government at the feet of the seceding States.”
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Alexander expresses his unwillingness to diminish the authority of the federal government in the face of secession.
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