The greatest measure of the 19th century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.
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No one's loved as much as you, no one's ever been loved so much, by the people. You might do anything now. Don't, don't waste that power on an amendment bill that's sure of defeat.
You think I'm ignorant of what you're up to because you haven't discussed this scheme with me as you ought to have done? When have I ever been so easily bamboozled? I believe you when you insist that amending the Constitution and abolishing slavery will end this war. And since you're sending my son into the war, woe to you if you fail to pass the amendment.
But all that was not enough for this dictator, who now seeks to insinuate his miscegenist pollution into the Constitution itself!
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