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We see other high officers receiving pay for services to the government, and yet, at the same moment, plotting its destruction.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “We see other high officers receiving pay for services to the government, and yet, at the same moment, plotting its…”
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Sherman points out the contradiction of government officials being paid while conspiring against the government.
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