Because of these admissions the breach in the party of political evasion became irreparable.

Those whom destiny drove first into a corner were the lovers of political evasion.

His temper was still the temper of political evasion.

He was too devoted a Southerner to come out of political evasion except on one side.

The question now was whether it would continue fearful, and whether political evasion would continue to reign.

How was political evasion to brave it?

Furthermore, no man could become enthusiastic about political evasion unless by nature he also took kindly to compromise.

In the mind of every American of the party of political evasion, there now began a sad, internal conflict.

He was a practical politician, but not at all the old type of the party of political evasion, the type of Toombs.

A very powerful section of the Northern democracy, well typified by their leaders at Washington, had thus emerged from political evasion on the Northern side.