A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

[583] Congressional Globe, January 30, 1872, p. 699.

[584] Pierce, Life of Sumner, Vol. 4, p. 477.

[585] New York Tribune, April 13, 1872.

[586] George F. Hoar, Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 306; Vol. 2, p. 77.

[587] New York Tribune, April 13, 1872.

[588] Cary, Life of Curtis, p. 213.

[589] Letters of, Vol. 2, p. 57.

"There was undoubtedly great corruption and maladministration in the country in the time of President Grant. Selfish men and ambitious men got the ear of that simple man and confiding President. They studied Grant, some of them, as the shoemaker measures the foot of his customer."—Hoar, Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 197.

[590] Springfield (Mass.) Republican, November 12, 1870.

[591] New York Tribune, May 31, 1870; February 27, 1871; May 1, 1872.