. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . From the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, Esq., New York City Life Mask of Lincoln Made by Leonard W. Volk in Chicago in i860. THE STANDARD BEARER At last the scepter was passing from their the Presidents thus far had been born in the oldstates of the seaboard. In Lincoln, the rail-splitter,the West beheld itself typified, and its people ralliedto his standard. As, with an easy assurance of command, the delega-tions of distinguished men came out from the Eastunder the banners of Seward, they were dazed bythe rising and boisterous enthusiasm
. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . From the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, Esq., New York City Life Mask of Lincoln Made by Leonard W. Volk in Chicago in i860. THE STANDARD BEARER At last the scepter was passing from their the Presidents thus far had been born in the oldstates of the seaboard. In Lincoln, the rail-splitter,the West beheld itself typified, and its people ralliedto his standard. As, with an easy assurance of command, the delega-tions of distinguished men came out from the Eastunder the banners of Seward, they were dazed bythe rising and boisterous enthusiasm for his almostunheard-of rival. The New Yorkers slapped their pockets andboasted of the money they could raise for the election,if their man should be nominated. Their brilliantbands and drilled clubs marched and counter-marched in the dusty streets, but their lines waveredunder the cheering onslaughts of the Lincoln David Davis was on the scene, tirelesslymoving from headquarters to headquarters in hismissionary efforts, aided by a devoted group ofLincolns comrades on the old circuit. Before the assembling of the Convention, Indi-ana, a doubtful state
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