Abraham Lincoln . EDWARD BATES. 194 LIFE OF ABRAHAM REPUBLICAN WIGWAM, CHICAGO, 1S60. represented the culture of the older East. Stimulating and triumphantstrains of music burst upon the morning air, blown from clarionet, cor-net, and trombone by the band from New York. A great crowd in theinterest of Seward was marching in procession to the Wigwam. lieutenants had made a mistake. The procession never wouldenter the Wigwam, for a dense mass already crowded every avenue?leading to the building. The interior was filled. Candidates were putin nomination. At the mention of the
Abraham Lincoln . EDWARD BATES. 194 LIFE OF ABRAHAM REPUBLICAN WIGWAM, CHICAGO, 1S60. represented the culture of the older East. Stimulating and triumphantstrains of music burst upon the morning air, blown from clarionet, cor-net, and trombone by the band from New York. A great crowd in theinterest of Seward was marching in procession to the Wigwam. lieutenants had made a mistake. The procession never wouldenter the Wigwam, for a dense mass already crowded every avenue?leading to the building. The interior was filled. Candidates were putin nomination. At the mention of the name of Abraham Lincoln, , of Ottawa, standing in a conspicuous place on the platform,w^aved a white handkerchief, and a stentorian voice broke forth at theeastern end of the buildmg, answered by one equally loud from thewestern end, followed by the shouts of the assembled thousands—con-tinuino till the white handkerchief ceased to wave. The man fromChicago and the man from Ottawa, with voices like fog-horns, werecarrying out their instructions.
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