The reappearance at Washington in the character of a leader deposed by his own party, in the hour of organisation for decisive battle, thank God is past--and so the last of the humiliations has been endured," he wrote his wife.
This quote reveals Alexander's reflections on personal and political humiliation, conveying a sense of relief at overcoming past struggles.
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Let us agree to put contentions aside and complete our task.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
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.
Public sentiment generally sustained the Administration in such action, but many persons, including conservative Republicans, frequently questioned the right or justice of such procedure.
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