If the tradition of two terms be overthrown because of his distinguished service, they argued, his election for a fourth term, to which the Constitution offered no bar, could be urged for the same reason with still more cogency.
This passage presents the argument against breaking the two-term tradition for Grant, emphasizing the implications for future elections.
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Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people, until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them.
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
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