The slashes

"My hopes were more than realized"

"Puppyism"

The hawk and the gambler

Uncompromising compromiser

"I injured both him and myself"

A thousand cuts

Losing the bank, saving the Union

Whig

"I had rather be right than be president"

Three campaigns

Four letters

"Death, ruthless death"

The last gamble

"What prodigies arise"

"The best & almost only true friend".