The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-01
From Tie NiItQqukee Ne5cs.
= voice from the EEOE,c OF
En~ Gnv-orE

Hon. Henry J. Raymond attended the
Chicago Convention, and on his return
home, stopped at Auburn and paid visit
to his old personal and political friend,
VIM, II. Seward. Ia the n. Y. Times, of
the oath inst, lie gives an account of his
interview with Gov. Seward, which we
have read with moro than ordinary inter
est. IS It indicates mora clearly than any
thing that has fallen under our observa-
ton with what feelings and emotions the
founder, leader and champion of the he
publican party contemplates the proceed
iDgs Of the Convention which nominated
Abram Lincoln in preference to himself
for President of the United States. We
wonld most cheerfully publish the letter
of Mr. Raymond entire, if our space would
admit of it. 1t was written while the au-
thor was at Auburn, sojourning there as
the guest Of Gov Seward, and under the
inspiration, fnot dictat;on, of that great
man.
Mr. Seward himself has informed the
public Of his present employment, in re-
pairing images which his homestead has
sustained from a recent fire. Mr.. Ray
mond found him thus occupied, and gives
Us to understand that at the expiration of
his Senatorial term, he intends to retro
! from public life and spend the remnant Of
his days as becomes a veteran statesman,
philosopher and scholar, at bis delightful
country seat on the outskirts of
"Sweet Auburn loveliest city of the plain"
He will not consent to take a seat in
| Abe Lincoln's Cabinet, if Abe is ever call
ed on to form Cabinet, notwithstanding
the well known fact that Carl Schurz made
his appointment to the office Of Secretary
Of State the sole condition upon which ne
| (Schurz) would give Lincoln the German
vote of the United States.
lie will not consent TO be candidate
for re election to the United States Senate
having two years since determined not to
serve his country in that position after the
expiration Of his precent term.
lie declines to be considered candi-
date for the Presidency in 1864 for very
obvious reasons.
Mr. Raymond then proceeds to give at
soma considerable length, the causes which
produced the overthrow of Seward, which
he regards as the great event Of the Con
vention. Lincoln's nomination he charges
wholly to accident. On this point, how
ever, we will give brief extract from his
letter, which being written as we have be-
tore stated, at the home Of Governor Sew
ard, and probably under his roof, may be-
fairly supposed to be tinged somewhat
with his views:
have said above that the final soec-
ton of Lincoln as the candidate was a
matter of accident. | mean by this that
down to the time Of taking the first ballot
| there had been no agreement among the
opponents Of Seward, as to the candidate
upon whom they should unite The first
! distinct impression in Lincoln's favor was
made by the tremendous applause Which
arose from the ten thousand persons con-
grcgated in the Wigwam, upon the pre-
sentation Of his name as a eandidae-and
! by the echo it received from the still larg-
er gathering IN the street outside. The
arrangements for the Convention were in
the hands Of Mr.. Lincoln's friends, and
they had been made with special reference
to securing the largest possible concourse
Of his imme late neighbors AMI political
supporters. 1t was easy to see that the
laundering shouts which greeted every
vote given for him, impressed what Mr..
Greeley calls the ragged columns forming
the opposing host" with the conviction
that he was the only man with whom Mr..
Seward could be defeated. Vermont,
whose delegates would have been peremp-
toriIy instructed to vote for Seward, if there
had been the slightest apprehension on
the part Of their constituents that they
could do otherwise, was the first to catch
the contagious impulse and throughout
| the second ballot the efforts of other States
! TO resist the current which deluged the
| Convention from without, were but partial
ly successful. Ga the third ballot the
outsiders had it all their own way.
Upon the first call Lincoln lacked on
ly t,go and a half 00tes of nomination.
Ohio was the first to clutch at the honor
Of deciding the choice-and thenceforward
the only apprehension on the part Of dele
gates seemed to be that they would not
! be registered on the winning side. The
final concentration upon Lincoln was then
mainly, in my judgment, matter of i'm
pulse.
After this had been effected, the atti-
| IuQo Vi Inc New L DIX delegation was not
calculated to inspire confidence in the is
sue. They changed no votes-ioned in
no applause, bat sat--grieved, detected,
and almost suIen, in their resignation TO
what bad become inevitable. They were
pressed to name candidate for Vice
Prerident, and if they or he would have
consented, Preston King would have been
nominated by acclamation. But their
first act was to declare that New York
would not accept the Vice Presidency un.
der any circumstances and their next
was TO designate Hamin, of Maine, az
their choice, SO far as they had any. They
came any disposed to DO their duty as Re-
publicans in the canvass, but by no means
without misgiying as to the issue They
feel relieved, however, of all responsibility.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and
Indiana have taken upon themselves the
main burden Of the canvass, and New
York will feel that she has done her part
| if she succeeds in casting her electoral vote
for the nominees Of the Convention"
4 VAIN ATTEMPT Our readers will