He was a brave man, who fought a desperate and hopeless fight to his last breath, and who fought almost alone--a man most bitterly hated by many, at whose death many rejoiced loudly and few mourned; and to the shame of many be it said, that his most obstinate adversaries, those who unsparingly heaped abuse upon him during his lifetime, and most unseemingly exulted over his end, were the very men among whom he should have found the most willing supporters and the firmest friends.

But in 1865 he was feared, and those who reckoned without him in the game of politics reckoned badly.
Corona was a woman, and very young.

She had not the knowledge or the experience to understand his value, and she had taken a personal dislike to him when she first appeared in society.

He was too smooth for her; she thought him false.

She preferred a rougher type.