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What pretext is given for this alarming condition of affairs?-- for every treasonable act has its pretext.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “What pretext is given for this alarming condition of affairs?-- for every treasonable act has its pretext.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman questions the justifications for the current state of political unrest, implying they are unfounded.
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