The support of Cass was not sincere, but it served for the moment to embarrass the friends of Van Buren, to make the triumph of what Benton called the Texas conspiracy more easy and more sure, and in the end to lay up wrath against the day of wrath for General Cass himself.
This statement reflects the strategic political maneuvering during the nomination process, illustrating how temporary alliances can serve larger conspiratorial goals.
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The feeling in many portions of the country toward the emancipated slaves, especially among the ignorant and uneducated, is one of vindictive and malicious hatred.
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
It was the insane folly of the South, in drawing the sword against the life of the Nation, that led irresistibly to the abolition of slavery.
He was a lawyer in full practice, a man of the highest integrity, without fear and without reproach.
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