But, in general, wherever I go I find that intelligent men of both parties are satisfied with the righteousness of the decision, and admit that a different judgment would have wrought the destruction of the Republic.
Hoar notes that most informed individuals from both political parties accepted the decision of the Electoral Commission as just and necessary for the Republic's survival.
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The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
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