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History of political parties in the State of New-York
History of political parties in the State of NewYork Author:John Stilwell Jenkins Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PREFACE. In a Democratic form of Government, where the people are themselves the sovereign rulers, it is naturally to be expected, that a deep and pervading i... more »nterest in the movements of Statesmen and Politicians, will be at all times manifested. The character and conduct of those individuals who are honored with the public confidence, are subjects in relation to which there always exists a desire to be enlightened. The nature of our Institutions is such, that every man becomes, to a certain extent, a politician; and no one can be exalted so high, as not to feel the popular scrutiny, or yield to the popular will. It is for these reasons, that the History of Political Parties becomes so full of importance to the intelligent and reflecting voter. The Political History of Mr. Hammond has received, as it justly merited, a large share of public favor. While it is invaluable to the professionalPolitician, its size unfortunately prevents its general circulation among the great mass of the people. The following pages have been written, with a view of remedying this difficulty, and of placing within the reach of every elector, a compendium of those lessons of practical statesmanship, and those political organizations and changes, which have marked the brilliant and prosperous career of our noble State. It has been the anxious desire of the Author, to preserve the most rigid impartiality in the preparation of this work, and to render 'equal and exact justice ' to all classes of his fellow citizens. If he has failed in doing this, he trusts it may be attributed, rather to his inability to overcome that prejudice which has been termed ' the besetting sin' of the par- tizan, than to any other, or more censurable motive. It was long since laid down, as an unvarying maxim, that' the logi...« less