Hancock might be the favourite in Pennsylvania, Parker in New Jersey, Bayard in Delaware, Allen in Ohio, and Hendricks in Indiana, but as delegates entered the convention city the dense Tilden sentiment smothered them.
This illustrates the overwhelming support for Tilden as delegates arrived at the convention.
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It is not the bondholder, it is the office holder who sucks the blood of the people.
Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
Gross and unfounded charges of fraud are made by them against those high in authority.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
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