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The power of party discipline and the tempting bait of the spoils were to be employed as never before in swerving men from their convictions.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The power of party discipline and the tempting bait of the spoils were to be employed as never before in swerving men…”
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Julian warns about the dangers of party loyalty undermining personal convictions.
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No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
Moreover, men absorbed in a feverish and hazardous industry, and stimulated by the hope of sudden wealth, are not disposed to consider the advantages of permanent ownership and security of title.
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.
It rallied the Whig masses like a grand battle-cry.
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