I am clearly of the opinion that Congress has the power to regulate the matter of elections of Members of the House of Representatives and to make suitable provisions for honest elections and an honest ascertainment of the result, and that such legislation ought to be enacted and kept on the statute book and enforced.
Hoar asserts that Congress has the authority to regulate elections and should enact laws to ensure their integrity.
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It would have been a worse civil war than that of the Rebellion, because the country would have been divided not by sections, but by parties.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
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.
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