Sentence:  I assert that the attacks directed against the Bank of the United States, originate in the same propensities which militate against the Federal Government; and that the very numerous opponents of the former afford a <WSD>deplorable</WSD> symptom of the decreasing support of the latter. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.