. Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated : a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits. This the insiders heard, and to it theyreplied. Thus deep called to deep with such afrenzy of sympathetic enthusiasm, that even thethundering salute of cannon was unheard bymany on the platform. When this burst of enthusiasm had expendeditself, it was moved that the nomination shouldbe unanimous; and it was made so. Mr. Lincolnwas at this time at Springfield, two hundredmiles distant, anxiously awaiting th
. Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated : a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits. This the insiders heard, and to it theyreplied. Thus deep called to deep with such afrenzy of sympathetic enthusiasm, that even thethundering salute of cannon was unheard bymany on the platform. When this burst of enthusiasm had expendeditself, it was moved that the nomination shouldbe unanimous; and it was made so. Mr. Lincolnwas at this time at Springfield, two hundredmiles distant, anxiously awaiting the result ofthe ballotings. He was in the office of TheSpringfield Journal, receiving the telegraphic dis-patches. At last a messenger came in with a dis-patch in his hand and announced,— The Convention has made a nomination, andMr. Seward is—the second man on the list. The joyful scene which ensued with Mr. Lin-colns friends must be imagined. When the ex-citement had a little subsided, he said, Thereis a little woman on Eighth Street who has someinterest in this matter; and, putting the tele-gram into his pocket, he walked home. Littledid he then dream of the weary years of toil. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 11 and care, and the bloody death, to which thattelegram doomed him; and as little did he dreamthat he was to render services to his countrywhich would fix upon him the eyes of the wholecivilized world, and which would give him aplace in the affections and reverence of his coun-trymen, second only, if second, to that of Wash-ington. The following day a committee of the Con-vention waited upon him with the announcementof his nomination. As it was known that theywere to come, some of Air. Lincolns friendssent in several hampers of wine for their enter-tainment. But he was not only a temperance man,but a total-abstinence man. Resolved not toallow that new temptation to induce him toswerve from his principles, he returned the giftwith kindest words of gratitude for the favor in-tended.
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