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Series statement on electronic version: The Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature. Vol. 4 published as Four famous New Yorkers (Holt, 1923).

Author: De Alva Stanwood Alexander; Category: History; Price: Free. Index to volumes i-iii. Footnotes to volume II. A political history of the state of new york.

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By. Dealva stanwood alexander, . Member of Congress, Formerly United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. It would be hard to find in any Commonwealth of the Union a more interesting or picturesque leadership than is presented in the political history of the Empire State. Rarely more than two controlling spirits appear at a time, and as these pass into apogee younger men of approved capacity are ready to take their places. None had a meteoric rise, but in his day each became an absolute party boss; for the Constitution of 1777, by creating the Council of Appointment, opened wide the door to bossism.

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DeAlva Stanwood Alexander . History and Biography English 26/05/14. WHILE politicians indecently clamoured for office, as indicated in the concluding chapter of the preceding volume, President Lincoln, whenever escape from the patronage hunters permitted, was considering the wisdom of provisioning Fort Sumter. Grave doubt obtained as to the government's physical ability to succour the fort, but, assuming it possible, was it wise as a political measure? The majority of the Cabinet, including Seward, voted in the negative, giving rise to the report that Sumter would be abandoned.

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The patriot government of New York had not been wholly satisfactory. It never lacked in the spirit of resistance to England's misrule, but it had failed to justify the confident prophecies of those who had been instrumental in its formation

The patriot government of New York had not been wholly satisfactory. It never lacked in the spirit of resistance to England's misrule, but it had failed to justify the confident prophecies of those who had been instrumental in its formation