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In the light of this fact alone, it is impossible to account for the perfectly unbounded and irrepressible enthusiasm which swept over the land during the campaign, and so signally routed the forces of Democracy.
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Julian reflects on the overwhelming enthusiasm that characterized a political campaign, highlighting the shift in public sentiment.
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The feeling against him became perfectly relentless, as I distinctly remember it, and shared in it myself; but on referring to the message now, I am astonished at the comparative moderation of its tone, and the strength of its positions.
The only enthusiasm of the campaign was in the new party, and it was perfectly spontaneous and fervid.
And the misfortune of this legislation is heightened by the probability of its continuance; for it is not easy to uproot a body of laws once accepted by a people, however mischievous in their character.
The movement of 1840 was necessarily transient and provisional, while underneath its clatter and nonsense was a real issue.
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