The history of political parties in the state of New York, from the ratification of the federal constitution to December, . ore done, with-out becoming a party to the present political controver-sies, which would be quite contrary to my original plan,and would give to these sheets the character of a partizanwork, instead of being what I intend it shall be, an impar-tial sketch of the history of parties. Besides, events maytranspire within a very few years, or indeed within ashorter time, which may materially change, in the view ofan impartial spectator, the aspect of the action and mo-t
The history of political parties in the state of New York, from the ratification of the federal constitution to December, . ore done, with-out becoming a party to the present political controver-sies, which would be quite contrary to my original plan,and would give to these sheets the character of a partizanwork, instead of being what I intend it shall be, an impar-tial sketch of the history of parties. Besides, events maytranspire within a very few years, or indeed within ashorter time, which may materially change, in the view ofan impartial spectator, the aspect of the action and mo-tives of action of the leading politicians, who now are per-forming their parts on the political theatre. I shall,therefore, in this chapter, very briefly review the promi-nent events which have taken place, and allude to theprincipal political actors from the election of Gen. Jack-son, at the close of the year 1832, to the election of , in I840j and shall merely indicate the greatpoints of difference between the two parties, without anysuggestions or discussions in relation to the merits of eithernen or /0(-h <^ W^ XioMAmS-To ? t:,:\ij.,,
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