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Already has this anticipation, on one important point at least--the impropriety of diverting public money to private purposes--been fully realized.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “Already has this anticipation, on one important point at least--the impropriety of diverting public money to private…”
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Van Buren notes that concerns about misusing public funds for private purposes have already been validated.
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