It would have been a luxury to unfrock some of them, but it has seemed to me the duty of every sincere Republican to endure a great deal rather than say anything to introduce division or controversy into party ranks....
Alexander emphasizes the importance of party unity and the need for Republicans to endure challenges without causing division.
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Why should we now make any concessions to them?
No, Sirs! we know very little of the art of war, and General Scott a great deal.
People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
The absence of violent democratic innovations was the Constitution's remarkable feature.
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