“The spirit of which I speak creates imaginary and magnifies
the real causes of complaint; arrogates to itself every virtue—denies every
merit of its opponents; secretly entertains the worst designs…mounts to pulpit,
and, in the name of a God of mercy and peace, preaches discord and vengeance;
invokes the worst scourges of Heaven, war, pestilence, and famine, as
preferable alternatives to party defeat; blind vindictive, cruel, remorseless,
unprincipled, and at last frantic, it communicates it communicates its madness
to friends as well as foes; respects nothing, fears nothing.” –Sen. Edward Livingston,
speech to the Senate, 1830
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