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It meant that Kelly, in his inevitable desire to defeat his enemy, would trade, combine, and descend to other underhand jobbery, which usually benefited the opposite party.
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

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This quote comments on the political maneuvering and underhanded tactics often employed in party politics.

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