A President who has already sunk below any other President, even James Buchanan, madly undertakes to rule a House of Representatives which there is reason to believe is the best that has sat since the formation of the Constitution.
Here, Sumner expresses his disdain for President Andrew Johnson by comparing him unfavorably to previous presidents, particularly James Buchanan.
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