. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times. Some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . on our side, and adds: Heseemed a quiet, good-natured man; did not aspire toleadership, and seldom claimed the floor. For tenyears after these two memorable characters separated asmembers of Congress Lincoln was little known or heardof outside of his State of Illinois, and when his greatcontest with Douglas for the Senate attracted the atten-tion of the whole country in 1858, Greeley, with hispowerful Republican organ, vastly the most potent polit-ical journal in the coun
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times. Some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . on our side, and adds: Heseemed a quiet, good-natured man; did not aspire toleadership, and seldom claimed the floor. For tenyears after these two memorable characters separated asmembers of Congress Lincoln was little known or heardof outside of his State of Illinois, and when his greatcontest with Douglas for the Senate attracted the atten-tion of the whole country in 1858, Greeley, with hispowerful Republican organ, vastly the most potent polit-ical journal in the country, took positive grounds in favorof the return of Douglas to the Senate by the Republi-cans of Illinois, because of Douglas open hostility tothe Lecompton policy of the Buchanan attitude of Greeleys Tribune was one of the mostserious obstacles that confronted Lincoln in his greatcampaign against Douglas, and it is possible that theinfluence of the Tribune may have lost Lincoln the leg-islature. He carried the popular vote and elected theRepublican State ticket, but Douglas won the legislature 288. HORACE GREELEV, 1S72. LINCOLN AND GREELEY. 289 and was re-elected to the Senate. Thus did Greeleyantagonize Lincoln in the first great battle he made fornational leadership in politics, and with the exceptionof a single act of Greeleys, in which he served Lincolnto an extent that can hardly be measured, when in theearly part of i860 he opened the broadsides of theTribu7ie against Sewards nomination for President, hewas a perpetual thorn in Lincolns side, seldom agreeingwith him on any important measure, and almost con-stantly criticising him boldly and often bitterly. The first assault made on the Seward lines that at-tracted any attention from the countr>- was the unex-pected and aggressive revolt of Greeleys Tribune againstSeward some months before the meeting of the ChicagoConvention that nominated Lincoln. It attracted specialattention from considerate Rep
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