The fate of the country, certainly the fate of a great political party, was at stake, and, more than that, the selection of the ruler of a nation of fifty millions of people--a question which in other countries could not have been determined, under like circumstances, without bloodshed or civil war.
Hoar emphasizes the critical importance of the political decisions being made at the convention, likening it to life-and-death stakes.
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