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“a rather dismal joke”

From The New-York Times June 13, 1863: IMAGINARY FEARS. — One of our neighbors affects great alarm over the “fearful danger of a centralization and consolidation of the Government.” Just at this moment this sounds like a rather dismal joke. … Continue reading

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