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He was remembered as the great War Governor; and the up-state leaders, representing the old war party, thought he could rally and unite the opposing factions better than any one else.
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This reflects the historical significance of Tompkins as a War Governor and his ability to unite factions in New York politics.
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No, Sirs! we know very little of the art of war, and General Scott a great deal.
Perhaps, on the whole, nothing in Van Buren's official life showed greater political courage or discernment.
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.
Thoughtful men who reverenced the safeguard known to civil judicial proceedings were appalled.
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