Book/Printed Material The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate.
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Image 41 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. HE IS APPOINTED DISTRICTATTORNEY 21 This precision in everything was one of the traits that led to his great success in after life for when meeting as he some times did men…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 42 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 22 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING poems of Whittier Bryant Longfellow Holmes Drake and Prentice as well as many verses by the newspaper poets of the period On September 13 1851…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 43 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. THE BAR OF ONEIDA COUNTY 23 A young lawyer is often retained to oppose his former legal preceptors and counselors It so happened that Francis Kernan was destined to cross swords with…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 44 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 24 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING tion of his cases often disconcerted older attorneys who were disposed to try suits on general knowl edge Ai this early age the young advocate…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 45 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. THE YOUNG CAMPAIGN SPEAKER 25 exclaimed Whats that Mr B then ex plained the parenthesis by placing his arms akimbo The young orator saw the point at once and afterward avoided this…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 46 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 26 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING 9 Fathers biography Noble birth Lamps lit at Mercer street oil house Ohio paper thinks he took possession of Pikes army at York in 1814…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 47 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. HE DISCUSSES THE ISSUE OF 1852 2h There may be those before me who consider the approaching election a mere ripple in the current of political eventswho regard it asa mere choice…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 48 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 28 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING in 1844 came a Locofoco Congress and then followed a repeal of the Tariff of 1842 Thus Mr Conkling described the depression of business The…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 49 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. FRANKLIN PIERCE AND FREE TRADE 29 That General Pierce is running with great popularity among the rich men and capitalists of England is sufficiently manifest from articles in the London Zmes the…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 50 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 30 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING American slavery is spoken of as an unmixed and unmitigated social political and moral evil I believe it is one of the black est and…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 51 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. AN ANECDOTE OF WINFIELD SCOTT st his addresses He was also fond of recitation his favorite pieces being Campbells Lord Ullins Daughter and Belshazzars Feast by Byron In later years he rarely…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 52 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 32 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING 1852 On that occasion there was a contest in the Fourth Assembly District of Oneida County north of Utica It was adjudged to the contestant…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 53 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. RIVAL CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES 33 turnedas though fresh from school and yet no schoolboy and I remember that I liked to hear him His dress was almost foppish It was everything in place…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 54 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 34 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING candidate but had no personal claims of any sort on Mr Conkling Yet Mr Conkling took strong and active ground for Mr Matteson as well…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 55 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. EXAMPLES OF MR CONKLINGS COURAGE 35 The second of November was a disastrous day for the Whigs The result of the national elec tion showed that Franklin Pierce had carried all but…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 56 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 36 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING about him we will fight him and it was the inspiring fighting qualities of Mr Conkling his intrepidity and endurance that carried him through in…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 57 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. A FAVORITE BOOK OF ELOQUENCE 37 the newspaper correspondents at Washington took with his name after he entered the Senate At frequent intervals when short of material for letters they would write…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 58 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 38 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING years he bought an edition of this authors JZs cellaneous Essays which he used much as a vade mecum Looking through this volume we find…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 59 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. A SOCIAL OCCASION 39 dorsement reads Return of thanks at Mr Bry ans supper Dec 6 1852R C GentlemenYou will believe that I am not without hesita tion or emotion in rising…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 60 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 40 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING whereupon the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty It was a great victory for him for his old and able preceptor Joshua A Spencer…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 61 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. THE LRIALT OF SVEVESTER ITADCOCK 4I Supervisor in the county was a welltodo farmer and had always sustained a reputable character and was the father of quite a large family of young…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 62 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 18531858 CHAPTER IW LEGAL PRACTICE AND LOCAL POLITICS OSCOE CONKLING was now known as a campaign speaker throughout the Empire State His reputation asa lawyer gradually ex tended beyond the county of…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 63 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. MR JUSTICE HUNTS OPINION 43 Silver Grays but not for Roscoe Conkling During this period he neither sought nor received political preferment He was heartily in love with his profession Mr Justice…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 64 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 44 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING the party as well as the attorney on the other side were rascals He was disposed to ridicule and browbeat his adversary Hence it followed…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 65 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. A MEMORABLE LAW SUIT 45 Like other members of his family Mr Conk ling detested tobacco in every form If aclient or clerk smoked a cigar in his office he would on…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 66 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 46 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING ceed Joe on redirect examination persisted in his story and said that Roe had forced him to sign and swear to the papers The defendant…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 67 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. HE JOINS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY A nent rose to address the jury he would remark Are you going to sum up fzs case Roscoe Conkling had always been a Whig in politics…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 68 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 48 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING iant oratorical powers and a genius for organiza tion he turned these qualities to account in behalf of the harbingers of the new Republican party…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 69 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. THE CASE OF PARKER AGAINST SPENCER 49 that village The defendant was pastor and had been such since 1841 The action was slander The actionable words were spoken in 1852 and in…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 70 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 50 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING In Mr Conklings garret the biographer found the following reference to the slander suit of Parker versus Spencer It is in his handwriting and is…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 71 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. A PATHETIC ADDRESS TO THE JURY 51 as the grave I might say it was unpardonable malignant mean but tell me gentlemen tell me what I shall say of it when perpetrated…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 72 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 52 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING This extract from Mr Conklings address is the earliest record of the kind that the biographer has found The reader may observe his pathetic appeal…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 73 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. REMINISCENCES BY SAMUEL EARL 53 uncle Suffrenus Snell for slander The words related to San fords dealings as a cheese buyer which the old man did not think quite honest and he…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 74 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 54 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING What little was left of the witness Dodge upon his crossexami nation by Kernan was completely demolished by Conkling The result was a six cents…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 75 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. MR CONKLINGS MARRIAGE 55 Herald proves that this firm inserted a standing advertisement in the columns of these journals Montgomery H Throop the author of the New York annotated code now of…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 76 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 56 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING The firm of Conkling Throop had a large practice The former hesitated to undertake more than three or four criminal causes during the year lest…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 77 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IS ELECTED 57 He made many speeches throughout the counties of Oneida and Herkimer during August Septem ber and October He addressed 3000 then at Trenton August 27 and…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 78 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 58 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLINGC to speechifying as his jealous mistress the law would permit Mr Conkling was one of the members of the bar appointed by the court to…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 79 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. THE TRIAL OF CLARINDA YOURDAN 59 above the usual rates at that time Joshua A Spencer who for many years had been leading counsel at the circuits made small charges for his…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
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Image 80 of The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate. 60 LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROSCOE CONKLING briefs that was no reason for adjourning the trial He then assigned exJudges Samuel Beardsley and Philo Gridley These advocates were allowed one day to…- Contributor: Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald) - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1889
About this Item
Title
- The life and letters of Roscoe Conkling, orator, statesman, advocate.
Names
- Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald), 1850-1917.
- Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- New York, C.L. Webster & Company, 1889.
Headings
- - Conkling, Roscoe,--1829-1888
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
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- - LAC rwp 2019-06-14 review
Medium
- xv, 709 p. front. (port.) pl., facsims. 24 cm.
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- E664.C75 C7
- E664.C75 C7 Gift of Alfred Whital Stern on July 10, 1952.
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- 07020550
OCLC Number
- 445371
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- Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Conkling, Alfred R. (Alfred Ronald)