Then the
papers were full of compliments for Mr. Sawyer, who had so successfully
fought corruption and bribery in his own party, and won such a glorious
victory.
But Quincy never knew that the Hon. Nathaniel Adams Sawyer had used all
his influence to secure his son's election, and for every dollar
expended by Dalton, the Hon. Nathaniel had covered it with a two or five
if necessary.
The publication of Blennerhassett had been heralded by advance notices
that appeared in the press during the month of October.
These notices had been adroitly written. Political prejudices, one
notice said, would no doubt be aroused by statements made in the book,
and one newspaper went so far as to publish a double-leaded editorial
protesting against the revival of party animosities buried more than two
generations ago. The leaven worked, and when the book was placed in the
stores on the eleventh of November, the demand for it was unparalleled.
Orders came for it from all parts of the country, particularly from the
State of New York, and the resources of the great publishing house of
Hinckley, Morton, & Co.
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