George Julian: “The party was buried forever in the grave it had dug for itself.”

The fate of the men involved in it seems like a perfect travesty of justice and fair play.

The system of spoils and plunder must also be destroyed, in order that freedom itself may be rescued from the perilous activities quickened into life by its own spirit, and the conduct of public affairs inspired by the great moralities…

He carried his religion courageously into politics, and while arraigning slavery as the grand rebel, he also severely criticised the management of the war and the Border State policy of the President.

The legalized robbery now carried on in the name of Protection to American labor must be overthrown.