I am quite sure that but for the determination of the people of Massachusetts not to endure Butler and Butlerism any longer, and probably but for the appointment of Simmons, I should never have been elected Senator.
Hoar reflects on the political climate in Massachusetts and the factors that contributed to his election as Senator.
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However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
It is utterly impossible for me to support the Buffalo nomination.
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