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To prevent the calling of a constitutional convention, therefore, or at least to have confined it within limits approved by the Hunkers, was the Governor's great opportunity.
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Alexander emphasizes the importance of preventing a constitutional convention as a key opportunity for the Governor.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
Why should we now make any concessions to them?
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