The long-continued and wanton opposition which had been waged against me in my own party led me to covet it, and in the hope that General Grant's nomination might yet be averted I allowed my friends to urge my claims, and to believe I would accept the honor if tendered, which I meant to do should this hope be realized.
Julian reveals his internal conflict regarding a potential candidacy amidst his party's opposition.
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Come ye who, whatever betide her, To Freedom have sworn to be true, Prime up with a cup of hard cider, And drink to old Tippecanoe.
They thus undermine the morals of the people, and pave the way for violence and crime.
Then ho! for March fourth, forty-one, boys, We'll shout till the heavens' arched blue Shall echo hard cider and fun, boys, Drink, drink, to old Tippecanoe.
The only enthusiasm of the campaign was in the new party, and it was perfectly spontaneous and fervid.
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