Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-05-26
The COnvcmsion--Thc Nominal
lions.

The result If tho Republican National
Gonyentie- II now known. a man i put
| n nomination who stands fair chance to
be elected. Everywhere the name Of ABRA-
HAM LfScoLN IS being sounded as Tie man
70 receive the votes Of honest and national
men There i 9 brightly promising hope
/ that our country viii regain its reputation
for integrity-that We are to be once more
/ a people gaining respect and honor through
out the civilized world.
4 IT i true that LINCOLN Is not the first
chc:ce Of Wisconsin; Seward would have
doubled lis majority. But tie wish to put
/ Seward IN nomination, sprung not 50 much
from the excess Of ability Of the one over
the other as from the desire to give the high
est honor to the man who has done more for
ourcount' y,than any other living man. That
firm patriotism which has prompted all Of
has acts through life, was not forgotten,
when, the probable success Of Lincoln being
telegraphed 70 him, be replied, If lincoln
uds a00staatedh he uou1d caaUoss Seventeen
States for himt Was ever the generous
worth Of man more nobly oxemplifed p
And when Lincoln had received a MAORI
i ty Of the votes what honor the worthy Ev-
arts, chairman Of the New York delegation
did the great State Of New York and It's
greatest Of statesmen, Seward Quelling
/ the frantic shouts Of applause until he had
gained breathless suspense, lie said:
Mr.. President, and gentlemen Of the Ma
I tional Republican Convention: The State
of New York, by full delegation, with
complete unanimity of purpose at home
came to this Convention and presented to
i its choice one of It's citizens, who had serv-
ed the State from boyhood up, who had la
bored for and loved it. We came from a
great Safe, with, us We thought, a great
i Statesman prolonged cheers and our love
/ of the great Republic rom which we are
all delegates, the Great American Union,
and our loFe Of the great Re1,Sh Iican party
1 Of the Union, and our love Of our States
man and candidate, made US think that we
! did our duty to the country and the whole
country, in expressing our preference and
/ love for him. cloud cheers.l For gentle
men, it was from Gov. Seward that nest
ofus learned to love Republican principles
and the Republican party. fRenewed
cheers His fidelity to the country, the
constitution and the laws. his fidelity to the
party and the principle that the majority
/ govern, his interest in the advancement Of
our party to its victory, that our country
may rise to its true glory, induces me to as
4 sumo to speak his sentiments as I do indeed
the opinions Of cur delegation, when | move
1 you, rs | do now, that the nomination Of
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, as the Re
pnbl:ean candidate for the suffrages of the
Whole country for the Office Of Chief Mag
istr'te Of the American Union, be made
unanimous. Enthusiastic cheers.
After him the Chairman Of the DeIega-
tons from Massachusetts,, Wisconsin and
Michigan. which had clung % Seward to
the last made soul-stiuing speeches by way
Of seconding Lincoln's nomination. But a
poor idea Of the place and what happened
can be given in print Stout-hearted,
strong-bodied, old men, who were there for
the love Of their country striving for the
nomination Of their favorite Seward, wept,
as children. over the defeat Of his nonlina-
ton, and tears ran freely down the cheeks
/ Of wrinlled faces out Of uncomfortable JOY
for the nomination Of their long and deyo-
ted friend Of honesty, integrity and upright
ness, Abraham Lincoln. Every act fthat
assembly, which with its numbers, its talent,
its patriotism, was the greatest that ever
congregase in an enlightened world, insti-
gated wild deliriuns of applause. OF the
effect, on the adoption Of the Platform, the
I Chicago Journal says: "When the Chair
announced itas "carried unolsimously,=
in an instant as if all hearts had been link
led together BY an electric cord, that i'm
nnense concourse Of people, numbering
mot less than $4,000 souls, sprang to their
g feet, and cheers upon cheers, deafeninr.
tumultuous and rapturous, wentup from
g every throat. Men waved their hats, Ia
dies then handkerchief, reporters their
written F s and all screamed with very
JOY. 1t was a scene that can never be for
gotten-a spectacle that was worth
mans lifetime to witness Such will Be
the enthusiasm With which ABRAHAM LIN
coin will 60 into the Presidential chair at
Washington.
80 Several communications are crowd
ed ont this week, among them one from
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