Those anti-democratic voters of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, and Illinois, who could not be induced to vote for Governor Seward, have derived their notions of him in some measure from the Times, but in no measure from the Tribune.
In this passage, Alexander discusses the influence of media on public perception of Governor Seward among voters in several states.
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