. Review of reviews and world's work . oliticsand oratory—and should add thereto the ambition to be-come a statesman—he may hope to make a high mark THE PROCjRHSS OF THE WORLD. in our public life. But lie will commit a ^rave iiiiH-take if he sells his talents to the over-zealous andfacile service of so unscrupulous an organization asTammany. He w^ould do better to espouse theservice of his party as a whole. Public ojnnion is ofno consequence to a body organized on the absoluteand military model. Mr. Cockran has. doubtless, atleast read a recent article in a leading periodicalcredited to the pe
. Review of reviews and world's work . oliticsand oratory—and should add thereto the ambition to be-come a statesman—he may hope to make a high mark THE PROCjRHSS OF THE WORLD. in our public life. But lie will commit a ^rave iiiiH-take if he sells his talents to the over-zealous andfacile service of so unscrupulous an organization asTammany. He w^ould do better to espouse theservice of his party as a whole. Public ojnnion is ofno consequence to a body organized on the absoluteand military model. Mr. Cockran has. doubtless, atleast read a recent article in a leading periodicalcredited to the pen of Mr. Richard Croker—thoughquite commonly said to have been written by himself—which gives an authoritative ac-count of Tammanys organization. Mr. Cockran isfitted to do battle in the wide, free political arena,where great oratory has its legitimate field ; and heought not to be content w4th making brilliant apolo-gies for so shameless and inexcusable a political con-spiracy as Tammany actually is. Tammany, be it. HON. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, OF NEW YORK. said in passing, having declared at Chicago that New-York could not possibly be carried for Cleveland, isnow professing great enthusiasm for the ticket. The Bigness of Our Political Conventions. Those who sat in the vast wigwamat Chicago through the turbulentsessions of the convention, withstorms of a tropical violence raging outside andtwenty thousand people vociferiously taking part inthe proceedings within, while the amiable chairmanwith his dolcefar niente manner languidly fingered thegavel as he chatted wdth the guests of honor on theplatform,—can never forget the mighty show. Gen.
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