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De Alexander: “I do not think you were at liberty to humiliate me in the eyes of my own and your public as you did.”

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I do not think you were at liberty to humiliate me in the eyes of my own and your public as you did.
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Alexander criticizes the humiliation he felt from a public decision, emphasizing his sense of dignity.

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