. The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling : orator, statesman, -Vv V. >^>^.^!>^ »^>»i>j^ ^\. .^iiv v»-».>^^ ^5^ ^^^^is^^^sci^ COMKUNG AND GARFIELD. 6oi The latter replied, I3y speakiiii?^ very deliber-ately, and carefully pronouncing the vowels* In answer to a similar question, Daniel Websteronce said: I take grood care of the 71021nsT A gentleman who was present at the Conven-tion says: No other man in the broad land—not Grant himself — wouldthe 306 have followed. They stood by Conkling. Marveloussight! Will and honesty triumphing over intrigue and small
. The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling : orator, statesman, -Vv V. >^>^.^!>^ »^>»i>j^ ^\. .^iiv v»-».>^^ ^5^ ^^^^is^^^sci^ COMKUNG AND GARFIELD. 6oi The latter replied, I3y speakiiii?^ very deliber-ately, and carefully pronouncing the vowels* In answer to a similar question, Daniel Websteronce said: I take grood care of the 71021nsT A gentleman who was present at the Conven-tion says: No other man in the broad land—not Grant himself — wouldthe 306 have followed. They stood by Conkling. Marveloussight! Will and honesty triumphing over intrigue and small am-bition! He was the only man in that grand Convention who struckme. More than twoscore of times I saw him walk down the aisleto his place amid the huzzas of ten thousand throats. Stalwartin form, graceful in movement, proud from honest feeling andconscious superiority, he came into that Convention daily, thedeerhound of grand politics and not the mongrel of spoils. Popu-lar sentiment was against his views, but the crowd rose to theman. The audience recognized the man and his moral greatness.^Whatever may
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