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AMERICA'S SYMBOL

CALL FOR REPEAL

In our zeal to be all things to all men, we Americans have undertaken to exterminate the American eagle, for that it has proved itself displeasing to certain of our citizens in a limited portion of the republic.

This continent is the habitat of the American eagle. We found him here when we came, and avid of liberty and freedom as we then were, so much did the wild, free, and bold life of this creature appeal to us

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