Abraham Lincoln : a biographical essay . d Lincoln, after somehesitation, then formally authorized the use of hisname. The matter was managed with such energyand excellent judgment that in the convention hehad not only the whole vote of Illinois to start with,but won votes on all sides without offending anyrival. A large majority of the opponents of Sewardwent over to Abraham Lincoln, and gave him thenomination on the third ballot. As had been fore-seen, Douglas was nominated by one wing of theDemocratic party at Baltimore, while the extremepro-slavery wing put Breckinridge into the field asit
Abraham Lincoln : a biographical essay . d Lincoln, after somehesitation, then formally authorized the use of hisname. The matter was managed with such energyand excellent judgment that in the convention hehad not only the whole vote of Illinois to start with,but won votes on all sides without offending anyrival. A large majority of the opponents of Sewardwent over to Abraham Lincoln, and gave him thenomination on the third ballot. As had been fore-seen, Douglas was nominated by one wing of theDemocratic party at Baltimore, while the extremepro-slavery wing put Breckinridge into the field asits candidate. After a campaign conducted with theenergy of genuine enthusiasm on the anti-slaveryside, the united Republicans defeated the dividedDemocrats, and Lincoln was elected President bya majority of fifty-seven votes in the electoral col-leges. The result of the election had hardly been de-clared when the disunion movement in the South,long threatened and carefully planned and pre-pared, broke out in the shape of open revolt, and. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 89 nearly a month before Lincoln could be inau-gurated as President of the United States, sevenSouthern States had adopted ordinances of seces-sion, formed an independent confederacy, frameda constitution for it, and elected Jefferson Davis itspresident, expecting the other slaveholding Statessoon to join them. On the 11 th of February, 18 61,Lincoln left Springfield for Washington; having,with characteristic simplicity, asked his law partnernot to change the sign of the firm Lincoln andHerndon during the four years unavoidable ab-sence of the senior partner, and having taken anaffectionate and touching leave of his neighbors. The situation which confronted the new Presi-dent was appalling: the larger part of the South inopen rebellion, the rest of the slaveholding Stateswavering, preparing to follow; the revolt guided bydetermined, daring, and skillful leaders; the South-ern people, apparently full of enthusiasm and mili-tary s
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