12/05/1887
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"Any intermediary between the people and their Government or the least delegation of the care and protection the Government owes to the humblest citizen makes the boast of free institutions a glitterin..."
"Departure from the lines there laid down is failure."
"It is the people's cause."
"I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant."