Grave regrets. The spirit of Tweed. "If I hadn't been to previous, and had only belonged to the Republican party, and had been a big enough boss to get myself nominated, what a brilliant, intense American statesman I might have been!" J.G.B. "And besides, I had the Star Route Defender, Bob Ingersoll, christian me the Plumed Knight, and have the New York Tribune defend me through thick and thin." : James Blaine spricht mit dem Geist von William Tweed / Th. Nast