The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . a conven-tion, yet felt obliged to call one,Toombs, Cobb, and Iverson laboredwith tireless zeal throughout the State;but, in spite of all their proselytizing,Unionist feeling ran high and debatewas hot. . Alexander H. Stephensspoke for the Union wTith a warmth andlogic not surpassed by anything thatwas said at the North. He and Her-schel V. Johnson both voted againstsecession; yet, on January 18, when the vote Was taken, it showed 208 ayes against 89 nays. On Jan-uary 26 Louis
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . a conven-tion, yet felt obliged to call one,Toombs, Cobb, and Iverson laboredwith tireless zeal throughout the State;but, in spite of all their proselytizing,Unionist feeling ran high and debatewas hot. . Alexander H. Stephensspoke for the Union wTith a warmth andlogic not surpassed by anything thatwas said at the North. He and Her-schel V. Johnson both voted againstsecession; yet, on January 18, when the vote Was taken, it showed 208 ayes against 89 nays. On Jan-uary 26 Louisiana followed; . . but it refused to submit theOrdinance to the people for ratification. The action of Texas, the only other State which seceded priorto the inauguration of Lincoln, was delayed until February Governor Houston was opposing secession with such vigor asremained to a broken old man, whereby he provoked SenatorIverson to utter the threat of assassination: Some Texan Brutusmay arise to rid his country of this old hoary-headed traitor. Abraham Lincoln, John T. Morse, Jr., Vol. I, page 184,. 366 THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN A Stormy Session of Buchanans Cabinet One day, Secretary Stanton referred to the meeting of theBuchanan Cabinet called upon receipt of the news that MajorAnderson had evacuated Fort Moultrie, and gone to Fort Sumter. This little incident, said Stanton, was the crisis of ourhistory,—the pivot upon which everything turned. Had heremained at Fort Moultrie, a very different combination of circum-stances would have arisen. The attack on Sumter—commenced bythe South—united the North and made the success of the Confed-eracy impossible. I shall never forget, he continued, our comingtogether by special summons that night. Buchanan sat in his arm-chair in a corner of the room, white as a sheet, with a cigar in hismouth. The despatches were laid before us; and so much violenceensued that he had to turn us all out-of-doors. Six Months in the White Ho
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