American - Politician | October 30, 1829 - April 18, 1888
The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics.
Roscoe Conkling
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He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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