The people expected the shameless Erie ring and its legislation to be wiped out, corrupt judges to be impeached, a new charter for New York City created, the purity of the ballot-box better protected, canal management reformed, and a variety of changes in criminal practice.
This statement outlines the public's expectations for political reform and accountability in New York City during the 1870s.
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The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
He set the custom of dictating bills in chancery to an amanuensis, doing it with such accuracy that a word had seldom to be changed.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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