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Enough has been given to indicate the great influence Van Buren had acquired, for his own political advancement, by an unscrupulous subserviency to the overbearing violence of the President.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Enough has been given to indicate the great influence Van Buren had acquired, for his own political advancement, by an…”
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Quincy critiques Van Buren's political maneuvers and their implications for Jackson's presidency.
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