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Although a product of the Revolution, framed to meet the necessities growing out of that great event, its general provisions were decidedly conservative.
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Alexander notes the conservative nature of the Constitution, despite its origins in revolutionary ideals.
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Why should we now make any concessions to them?
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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