Abraham Lincoln . and they will obtain an indorsement of their demands ora denial of these de-mands. If indorsed, we sliall have a greater hope of triumph within the Union ; if denied,in my opinion Ihe State-rights wing should secede from the conventiou and appeal to thewhole people of the South, without distinction of parties, and organize another conventiouupon the basis of their jiiinciples, and go into the election with a candidate nominated byit as a grand constitutional party. But in the Presidential contest a Black Republicanmay be elected. If this dire event should happen, in my opinio
Abraham Lincoln . and they will obtain an indorsement of their demands ora denial of these de-mands. If indorsed, we sliall have a greater hope of triumph within the Union ; if denied,in my opinion Ihe State-rights wing should secede from the conventiou and appeal to thewhole people of the South, without distinction of parties, and organize another conventiouupon the basis of their jiiinciples, and go into the election with a candidate nominated byit as a grand constitutional party. But in the Presidential contest a Black Republicanmay be elected. If this dire event should happen, in my opinion the only hope of safetyfor the South is in a withdrawal from the Union before he shall be inaugurated—beforethe sword and treasury of the Federal Government shall be placed in the keeping of thatparty. The people of Charleston were wild in their enthusiasm. Culturedladies flocked to the hall in which the seceders assembled, and wavedtheir handkerchiefs in token of their approval. Bonfires illumined NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY. 187 The rival conventions adjourned without nominating candidates forthe Presidencv. They were to reassemble in I?;iltimoie in the montl; of May. The Whig Party als(^ met in Baltimore. Southern men controlledthe convention. They nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, for Presi-dent, and Edward Everett, of ^Massachusetts, for Vice-president. Publicopinion in the XorthernStates regarded Everettas the greater editor called it the Kangaroo ticket, asits hind legs were long-est. I was present as ajournalist, and noticedthat the antagonism ofthe delegates from theSouthern States wasvery much more intenseagainst the PepublicanParty than against eitherwino^ of the DemocraticParty. At the Capitol (Wash-ington) Jetferson Davis,of Mississippi; PobertToombs, of Georgia ; John M. Mason, of Virginia; and Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, werecrowding Douglas to the wall. Like a stag at \y he confronted them,manifesting marvellous power and Ij
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