The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . eglimpse of the Chicago Republican Convention of i860. The popu-lar current had, at first, set very strongly in favor of Mr. Seward,who, many supposed, would be nominated almost by evening before the balloting the excitement was at the highestpitch. Mr. Lincoln was telegraphed at Springfield, that his chanceswith the Convention depended on obtaining the votes of two delega-tions which were named in the despatch; and that, to secure thissupport, he must pledge h
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . eglimpse of the Chicago Republican Convention of i860. The popu-lar current had, at first, set very strongly in favor of Mr. Seward,who, many supposed, would be nominated almost by evening before the balloting the excitement was at the highestpitch. Mr. Lincoln was telegraphed at Springfield, that his chanceswith the Convention depended on obtaining the votes of two delega-tions which were named in the despatch; and that, to secure thissupport, he must pledge himself, if elected, to give places in hisCabinet to the respective heads of those delegations. A reply wasimmediatelv returned over the wires, characteristic of the was to this effect: / authorize no bargains and will be bound by none. A. Lincoln. Six Months at the WJiile House, F. B. Carpenter, page 119. How Lincoln Was Nominated The Republican National Convention met, according to appoint-ment, at Chicago on May 16 (i860). A large temporary woodenbuilding, christened The Wigwam, had been erected in which. C3i9) 32o THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN to hold its sessions, and it was estimated that ten thousand personswere assembled in it to witness the proceedings. William. H. Sew-ard of New York was recognized as the leading candidate, but Chaseof Ohio, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Bates of Missouri, and severalprominent Republicans from other States were known to haveactive and zealous followers It was almost self-evident that in the coming November elec-tion victory or defeat would hang upon the result in the fourpivotal States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and . There was a chance that one or more of these four pivotalfree States might cast its vote for Douglas and popular sovereignty. A candidate was needed, therefore, who could successfullycope with Douglas and the Douglas theory; and this ability hadbeen convincingly demonstrated by Lincoln. As a mere person
Size: 1420px × 1761px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherphiladelphiathejcw
