Although now well advanced in years, age had not cowed his spirit or lessened the purity of a character which shone in the gentleness of amiable manners; but his pro-slavery platform hit his consistency a hard blow.
This passage highlights the resilience and character of a political figure despite the challenges posed by his pro-slavery stance.
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The evident purpose of the United States Bank was to create, if possible, the fear of a panic.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
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