He denounced the honorable gentleman from Michigan for preaching a gospel of hate and vengeance, which had heretofore well-nigh wrecked this glorious Government, which if persisted in, would keep open the wounds and sores that under a more liberal and generous spirit were fast healing.
Jacobs critiques a fellow politician's inflammatory rhetoric, emphasizing its destructive potential.
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The power to suspend or modify must exist somewhere, or in the case of disputed jurisdiction, there could be no treaty or conventions.
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