In an able review of the whole question he sustained the Comptroller, maintaining that the Vice President must seek relief under the law like other parties, and instructing the Comptroller to sue for any balance due the State, unless Tompkins reimbursed it by the following August.
This statement reflects Alexander's analysis of the legal obligations of the Vice President regarding state debts.
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Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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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.
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