Caddy Buddy books

Freedom is the best schoolteacher.
Sometimes a political leader in New York who had got power
by forbidden ways, has used it for the good of the Republic.
I suppose the worst examples of all low political leadership
were the Pelhams, the Duke of Newcastle and his brother; yet
without them, Lord Chatham's glorious career would have been
unknown to the history of English liberty. Chatham used to
say: "The Duke of Newcastle lends me his majority to carry
on the Government."
Let me not be understood as meaning to compare Roscoe Conkling
with such characters. He was fearless. He was a powerful
debater. He never flinched in debate from the face of any
antagonist. There was something almost sublime in his lofty
disdain. He was on the side of the country in her hour of
peril. I like Charles Sumner and John Jay and John Adams
better. Neither of these men could have lived long on terms
of friendship with Conkling. I do not think George Washington
could have endured him. But let what was best in him, after
all, be remembered, even if we do not forget his great faults.


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