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With all these matters I have had something to do.
As to some of them my part has been a very humble one. As
to others I have had a part of considerable prominence. As
to all I have had full and intimate knowledge at the time
and have been in the intimate counsel of the men who were
responsible for the result.
Beside all these things there has been during a large part
of my public service, especially the part immediately following
the Civil War, a battle to maintain the purity of elections
and the purity of administration and government expenditure
against corruption. The attempt to get possession of the
forces of the Government for corrupt purposes assumed its
most dangerous form and had its most unscrupulous and dangerous
leader in Massachusetts. It was my fortune to have a good
deal to do with maintaining the ancient honor of the Commonwealth
and defending and vindicating the purity of her political
organization.
Upon all these matters I formed my opinions carefully in the
beginning. I have adhered to those opinions, and acted on
them throughout.


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