He made it appear that the South was saved from anarchy by the military, and that the North, to the sincere regret of many Republicans and their ablest journals, was no longer controlled by the sober judgment of the dominant party's safest leaders.
Alexander critiques the portrayal of the South's political stability and the North's leadership during Reconstruction.
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And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
I discerned also unmistakable evidences of stern integrity, earnest patriotism, and unswerving fidelity.
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