Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . goTribune published an editorialin which he contended that Se-ward could not win. Who, then,could win? Why, Lincoln. It was a body-blow for Se-ward. Medill wrote later: Se-ward blew me up tremendouslyfor having disappointed him,and preferring that prairiestatesman,* as he called Lin-coln. He gave me to under-stand that he was the chiefteacher of the principles of theRepublican Party before Lin-coln was known other than asa country lawyer in Illinois. Still, it was not until twomonths later, in April, just be-fore the convention, that Lin-coln admi
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . goTribune published an editorialin which he contended that Se-ward could not win. Who, then,could win? Why, Lincoln. It was a body-blow for Se-ward. Medill wrote later: Se-ward blew me up tremendouslyfor having disappointed him,and preferring that prairiestatesman,* as he called Lin-coln. He gave me to under-stand that he was the chiefteacher of the principles of theRepublican Party before Lin-coln was known other than asa country lawyer in Illinois. Still, it was not until twomonths later, in April, just be-fore the convention, that Lin-coln admitted to SenatorTrumbull, of Illinois: Thetaste is in my mouth a little. You may confidently rely,however, that by no advice orconsent of mine shall my pretensions be pressed to the poinof endangering the commocause. Doston ^aily Globe o^ton, /12 /60 >FWn New York Discovered Lincoln—VI /Squabble and FussOver a $200 Check By ANDREW A. FREEMAN New Yorks • AthenaeumClub,famous for wit. and con-viviality, was for gentlemenof literary. themwere ChesterA. Arthur, alawyer w h obecame the21st Presidentof the UnitedSlates; CharlesP. Daley, ajurist, laterpresident ofthe AmericanGeographical Society; EdwinL. Godkin, then correspondentof the London Daily News whofounded the Nation in 1865;Bryant, Bancroft, Briggs,Choate, David Dudley Fieldand George Palmer Putnam. Nott, Barney and Lincolnwere joined by several mem-bers identified by Nott as Re-publicans, who brought up theprospects of their party in theforthcoming campaign.• • *Of that discussion, Nottwrote: So little was it supposed bythe gentlemen who had notheard the address that could possibly be thecandidate, that one of themasked artlessly: Mr. Lincoln, what candi-date do you really thinkwould be most likely to carryIllinois? Mr. Lincoln answered byillustration: Illinois is a peculiar state,in three parts. In northernIllinois, Mr. Seward wouldhave a larger majority thanI could get. In middle I
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