. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . pital district, which was between Har-din—fiery, eloquent and impetuous Democrat, and Lin-coln—plain, practical and ennobled Whig. The worldknows the result. Lincoln was elected. It is not so much
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . pital district, which was between Har-din—fiery, eloquent and impetuous Democrat, and Lin-coln—plain, practical and ennobled Whig. The worldknows the result. Lincoln was elected. It is not so much with his election as with the mannerin which he secured his nomination with which we haveto deal. Before that ever- memorable spring Lincoln vac-ilated between the courts of Springfield, rated as a plain,honest, logical Whig, with no ambition higher politicallythan to occupy some good home office. Late in the fall1842 his name began to be mentioned in connection withCongressional aspirations, which fact greatly annoyed theleaders of his political party, who had already selected as ;i5S Lincolns stories and speeches. the whig cmdidate, one Baker, afterward the gallant Col-onel who fell so bravely and died such an honorable deathon the battlefield of Balls Bluff in 1842. Despite all ef-forts of his opponents within his party the name of thegaunt rail-splitter was hailed with acclaim by the. TRIUMPHAL ARCH. masses, to whom he had endeared himself by his witti-cisms, honest tongue and quaint philosophy when on thestump or rhingling with them in their homes. The convention, which met in early spring in the cityof Springfield, was to be composed of the usual number of MISCELLANEOUS. 2 59 delegates. The contest for the nomination was spiritedand exciting. A few weeks before the meeting of the convention thefact was found by the leaders that the advantage lay withLincoln, and that unless they pulled some very fine wiresnothing coujd save Baker. They attempted to play the game that
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