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Can we get a united North upon a theory that the Constitution can be set aside at the will of one man, because, forsooth, he judges it to be a military necessity?
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Alexander questions the legitimacy of overriding the Constitution for military purposes, highlighting his commitment to constitutional principles.
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Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
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.
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