George Julian: “Moreover, he had had no training whatever in civil administration, and no one thought of him as a statesman.”

If it had been morally possible, I would have supported him gladly.

The only enthusiasm of the campaign was in the new party, and it was perfectly spontaneous and fervid.

Its prizes are often rich and suddenly gained, and when they are sought through the forms of a law which compels a man to choose between an expensive and hazardous litigation and robbery, human nature is severely tried.

The system of public plunder inaugurated by Jackson was in full blast, and an organized effort to reform it was the real need of the hour; but here was the weak point of the Whigs.