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The people of Massachusetts elected Gardner Governor in 1854,
1855 and 1856. But in the autumn of 1857 he was beaten under
the leadership of General Banks. The party lingered until
1856 when there was an attempt to keep it alive in the Presidential
campaign of that year when Millard Fillmore was its candidate
for the Presidency.
But it was destroyed in the consuming fire kindled by the
Civil War, and has not since been heard of by its old name.
The proscriptive and intolerant opposition to Catholicism,
especially against men of foreign birth, has shown its head
occasionally. It appeared in its most formidable shape in
a secret organization known as the A. P. A., of which I shall
speak later. It is utterly uncongenial to the spirit of true
Americanism, and will never have any considerable permanent
strength.
CHAPTER XII
ELECTION TO CONGRESS
In the year 1868 one chapter of my life ended and a very
different one began. In the beginning of that year I had
no doubt that what remained of my life would be devoted to
my profession, and to discharging as well as I could the
duties of good citizenship in the community to which I was
so strongly attached.
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