On the record
Our increased strength and enhanced prosperity would irrefragably demonstrate the fallacy of the arguments against free institutions drawn from our recent national disorders by the enemies of republican government.
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Johnson argues that the nation's strength will disprove arguments against free institutions stemming from past national troubles.
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