To receive this brother with laws that might send him back to death, was to despise the national sentiment of Irishmen; and the men, Clinton declared, who had been indisposed or unable to take account of the force of a national sentiment, were not and never could be fit to carry on the great work of government.
In this quote, Alexander reflects on the importance of national sentiment in governance, particularly regarding the treatment of Irish immigrants.
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Gross and unfounded charges of fraud are made by them against those high in authority.
This Administration cannot now save this Union, if it would.
This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
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