Henry Wilson, senator and Vice President, declared that he would give ten years of his life if he could blot out his membership in the Know-Nothing party, since it associated him throughout his long and attractive public career with proscriptive principles of which he was ashamed.
This quote reflects Henry Wilson's regret about his past association with the Know-Nothing party, emphasizing the moral dilemmas faced by politicians of the time.
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It cared nothing for the Democratic party except as it contributed to its selfish ends.
This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
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