Let the party split,” says the President, “I will not renounce my chance of a second term.” The extent of this personal pressure and the subordination of the party to the will of an individual compel us to consider his pretensions.
Sumner quotes the President to illustrate the personal ambitions affecting party unity.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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