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Van Buren's methods had no such drastic discipline; yet his letter became the subject of much animadversion by the Clintonians, not so much because they disapproved the suggestion as because Van Buren wrote it.
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Alexander discusses the criticism faced by Van Buren, indicating the political tensions of the time.
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