For the moment the fierceness of the fight excited the hopes of Republicans that the State might be carried, and to spread the influence of the warring Democratic factions into all sections of the commonwealth, Republican journals made a combined attack upon Allen C.
This quote reflects the strategic efforts of Republicans to capitalize on Democratic factionalism to gain political advantage.
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