Political Machine Quotes
George Barnsedale Cox, 1853–1916, was the corrupt, Republican, political boss of Cincinnati where he amassed a fortune of millions of dollars—hundreds of millions in today’s money—as a city party official in the early 1900s.
Tammany Hall was the political machine that controlled New York City in the first half of the 20th century.
those engaging in civil disobedience This was written in Scotland before Witherspoon emigrated to America. A major issue of political and religious debate at the time in Scotland was civil disobedience. “Reform” religious advocates argued for the moral propriety of civil disobedience where the protester’s conscience felt that the laws were immoral and unjust. The were referred to as “Moderates.” Witherspoon, early in his career, was one of the conservatives who argued then, against the Moderates, that civil disobedience should be punished very severely. The conservative rhetoric at the time sarcastically referred to protestors as having “tender consciences.” The issue was contentious then, later in America, and is so even today.
