I begin to doubt whether anybody can be President, of either party, who is not a slave of the same ring... Associated capital brought in contact with the Government by the war naturally affiliated with the Republican party then being in power, not because of any principle of the Republican party, but because the Republican party was in power... as soon as it is apparent that the Democratic party is to be in power, the same associated capital will become connected with that power, and will control its action. 

Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy Fearless Life

Elizabeth D. Leonard