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In this crisis Horatio Seymour assumed the leadership that had been his in 1852, and that was not to be laid down for more than a decade.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “In this crisis Horatio Seymour assumed the leadership that had been his in 1852, and that was not to be laid down for…”
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This statement highlights Horatio Seymour's leadership during a critical period in New York's political history.
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