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In a few years more we believe it will be ready to elect as its President a man who not only sees but proclaims the whole truth in this respect--in short, such a man as Governor Seward.
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Here, Alexander expresses hope for a future leader who understands and speaks out against the influence of slavery.
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It is not the bondholder, it is the office holder who sucks the blood of the people.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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.
In less than twelve months we shall be in war, and that the bloodiest in history.
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