Note 273 — Chapter XXXIV · VAN BUREN’S ENEMIES MAKE HIM VICE PRESIDENT 1829-1832
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"To this celebrated and execrable defence Van Buren owes much of the later and unjust belief that he was an inveterate spoilsman. Benton truly says that Van Buren's temper and judgment were both against it."—Edward M. Shepard, Life of Martin Van Buren, p. 233.