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As a weapon of coercion, exclaimed Cady, embargo has been a failure--as a measure of defence it has been suicidal.
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Cady's statement reflects a critical perspective on the effectiveness of the embargo as a political strategy during a tumultuous time.
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Perhaps, on the whole, nothing in Van Buren's official life showed greater political courage or discernment.
Thoughtful men who reverenced the safeguard known to civil judicial proceedings were appalled.
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
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