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record and his democratic manners could hardly have been to their liking.
The Boston aristocracy counted for success on the support of the Grand Army veterans, who were full of enthusiasm for Andrew; but it is not probable that the ex-Governor would have been willing to lead a movement which his best friends disapproved of, and which originated with the same class of men who tried so hard to defeat him in 1862.
Moreover, they would have found a very sturdy opponent in Senator Wilson.
It was Wilson who had made Sumner a Senator, and for fifteen years they had fought side by side without the shadow of a misunderstanding between them.
Under such conditions men cannot help feeling a strong affection for one another.
Besides this, Wilson would have been influenced by interested motives.
Sumner cared nothing for the minor Government offices — the classified service — except so far as to assist occasionally some unfortunate person who had been crowded out of the regular lines; and this afforded Wilson a fine opportunity of extending his influence.
If Andrew were chosen Senator in the way that was anticipated Wilson knew well enough that this patronage would have to be divided between them.
Andrew could not have replaced Sumner in the Senate.
He lacked the physical strength as well as the experience, and that extensive range
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