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He was sometimes charged,
though unjustly, with being a demagogue. He sometimes erred
in his judgment. But he was a man of large and comprehensive
vision, of independence, and exerted his vast influence with
the people for high ends. He might justly be called, like
the negro Toussaint, L'Ouverture,--The Opener. His election
as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
His election as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
was part of the first victory over the Whig Dynasty which
had kept the State, contrary to its best traditions, in alliance
with slavery. His election as Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives was the first National Republican
victory. His taking a little slave girl on a cannon during
the War in his march through the Shenandoah Valley was hailed
throughout the country as an omen that the War would not end
until slavery was abolished. He rendered a special service
to the Commonwealth and to the cause of good learning which
I think never would have been accomplished without his personal
influence.


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