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De Alexander: “It was moved by panics and fears to emulate the Democratic party in its practised subserviency; and it yielded in spite…”

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It was moved by panics and fears to emulate the Democratic party in its practised subserviency; and it yielded in spite of your remonstrances, and of mine, and now there is neither Whig party nor Whig south of the Potomac.
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

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This quote discusses the decline of the Whig party due to its failure to stand firm against the Democratic party's influence.

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