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Roscoe Conkling
American
Politician
About the author
He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.
Roscoe Conkling,
American
Politician
#Right
#Will
#May
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win.
Roscoe Conkling,
American
Politician
#State
#Country
#Republican
#Party
#Conviction
Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others.
Roscoe Conkling,
American
Politician
#Man
#Name
#Facts
The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics.
Roscoe Conkling,
American
Politician
#Will
#American
#Politics
Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt.
Roscoe Conkling,
American
Politician
#Effort
#Sentiment