The conviction deepened, also, that a Republican administration was sincerely impartial in sentiment between the two belligerents, and that the present foreign policy, ineffective as it might be, fitted the emergency better than a bolder one.
This quote illustrates the perception of the Republican administration's foreign policy during a tumultuous period in American history.
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The absence of violent democratic innovations was the Constitution's remarkable feature.
It cared nothing for the Democratic party except as it contributed to its selfish ends.
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
Why should we now make any concessions to them?
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