Perhaps his nature required a relief from its high-strung irritability in some sort of violence, and resignation backed by the assurance that he would soon be restored to office and to greater power on the shoulders of the party offered the seductive form which that violence could take.
Alexander reflects on the psychological state of a politician, suggesting a need for dramatic change amidst political pressures.
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His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
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