The people recognised a fighter; the thoughtful distinguished a powerful mind; and politicians discovered such a genius for leadership that Albany became a political centre for the National Republicans as it was for the Bucktails.
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People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
If Joel Weed lived as a beggar, Thurlow thought as a king.
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
It cared nothing for the Democratic party except as it contributed to its selfish ends.
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