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The panic of 1837 reached the proportions of a national calamity.
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This quote characterizes the panic of 1837 as a significant national disaster, emphasizing its severity.
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Indeed, he went a step farther in the way of irreconciliation, preferring Hoffman and Tammany, he said, to "the reckless, red-radicalism which rules the present Congress....
I discerned also unmistakable evidences of stern integrity, earnest patriotism, and unswerving fidelity.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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