Senator Sherman particularly objected to the high exemption, declaring, "In a republic like ours, where all men are equal, this attempt to array the rich against the poor, or the poor against the rich, is socialism, communism, Devilism."
"Contemporary American History, 1877-1913"
Charles A. Beard
But every fresh instance of your Devilism weakens that resolution, and makes me abominate the thought of a reunion with such a people.
"Benjamin Franklin"
John Torrey Morse, Jr.