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He could not endure Mr. Sumner's
piling precedent upon precedent and quotation upon quotation,
and disliked his lofty and somewhat pompous rhetoric. He
used sometimes to leave his seat and make known his disgust
in the cloak room, or in the rear of the desks, to visitors
who happened to be in the Senate Chamber. But he was strong
as a rock, true as steel, fearless and brave, honest and incorruptible.
He had a vigorous good sense. He saw through all the foolish
sophistries with which the defenders of fiat money, or debased
currency, sought to defend their schemes. He had no mercy
for treason or rebellion or secession. He was a native of
New Hampshire. He had the opinions of New England, combined
with the directness and sincerity and energy of the West.
He had a very large influence in making the State of Michigan
another New England.
He was a sincere, open-hearted, large-hearted and affectionate
man. He was the last man in the world of whom it would be
proper to speak as a member of an intrigue or cabal. His
strategy was a straightforward, downright blow.


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