But the old political leaders, whom the people most trusted, were more and more strangers to his presence, and ambitious and designing men, adventurers who had gone South to make fortunes by holding office, men interested in jobs and contracts, thronged the ante-chambers of the White House.
He observes that the old political leaders trusted by the people became increasingly distant from Grant, replaced by opportunistic figures.
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