He will be rejected by his old friends and associates, and discountenanced by his new ones.

He will incur the odium, and merit the displeasure and censure of his former friends, associates, and companions with no compensating advantages for the sacrifices thus made." The Senator spoke with deep feeling.

He could see that his efforts to build up a strong Republican party at the South must necessarily fail under such conditions, and that it was useless to make any further effort in that direction.

Under his influence and leadership very many of the best and most influential white men in his state had identified themselves with the Republican party.

His efforts in that direction would have been continued, in spite of the temporary defeat of the party at the polls, however severe that defeat might have been, if those efforts had been appreciated and appropriately recognized by the national leaders of the organization.