, 1875-06-12

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JOHN t. BRECKENRIDGE.
A Pu1tticni Hcsnts&tsceucc-Eto IEc |
Cnmc Ia fio vicc.rrcsidcnt.
::diat s Sas rssne*eo iMt.t'n: ,,
from 1lllnois, iii tho interest Of Stephen A.
DonE'as tor tho Presidency. On his way q
rather roundabout ono) to rKitcn Washington.
There, niti other distinguished outhern ffieuis
Of tho distinguished Sonator. ho fol aociably In
with John 4. Qutmsn Of afissisaippi. On tho
evening OF ilta introduction 10 tho Nchesal the
lnttcr handed him {a,ld here for tho easier con-
yencnes Of writing what l tiaso to ray, may mn
Wol drop tho third person and assume boldly tho
ego] printed COPY Of speech thou recently do
liVered By him In Congress. OF tic annexation OF
Cuba. Our perBonal rotations becauo daily moro
md mora intimate. "htnnifost Destiny" waH The
constant thonlo OF cur c0nvorsatiOn. T!lero WIS
vacancy In tho Cabinet Of PRESTON" William
becorno His Exctllency'a Socrotary Of State ?
As happened to havo pace on tho Democrat
~ stats ticket In I'inotn Vt tho t!n,s, hed. per
force, to iocliuo tho allursng honor III his ear
tho matter. Mr.. Douglas calno to mo and ask
va want to 90 down tileroi" "what," 1 replied,
''anf break our ticket at homo and lot tho StIto
AbnLtAh .INUlhhttG6 NIhuEiH tSGf NY hpEEGH%
aori' "Ihat's Just tlo nuawor ! expected
from you," said b., ''that's right" Tbs next
time met Con. Qultmau ho said, placing Lis
hand kindly on my shoulder. ~ Intended, my
young FREUD. to DO yon !. good service: Illere
Of tho opportunity you shy from. But let all
that 10. You arc going to Cincinnati; so am /.
ioa cun DO OF aome service 10 mo thore, will
your" "whstsa It, doneralf'' await till wo
Whou. in company With a fow oshor illinois,
nus, I seochetl Cincinnati two or tlseo days be-
foro The forthcoming organization OF the Con-
vcnton, Mr. Ducflanan'o friondB from FonnHvl-
yanta, Two thousand strong. AZ waB boosted by
them, bad intrauched themselves In the heBt
piaceR III the best hoto'a-'n The best rooms, tito
boat BuiteB Of roosns mud tho best paslors. Tho
headquarters Of Mr. Buchanan, in which bsndH
Of music psyed alternately, day and ni.ht, voro
tho Durnet House. DIr. Dongtaa' ficnda had to
content themselves with exceedingly contracted
headquarters at tho other end Of tho same hail.
Tho music and other snsiconents attracted tho
the spacoua apartments occupied By Mr. nuchan-
an's friendH The more l,utnblo Accommodations
Offered by the adherenta Of Mr. Dougias ,yoro
graced almont constantly With tho prcscnco Of
4. Quitman, William Ballard Preston, William
W. Hoyoe, and other equally eminent 9outtlon
!oadets, wero on hand at every hour to consult
H!tl Tue Nortussn kuNlIcrb % AIT. U0HEiaa ~ 80
tho bost naea1's Of securing his nomination. No
thought whatever was entertained gencrnlly NJ
to t!lo vieo- Presidency, insansuch al tue cnnll-
date ltr tho oillco WAS necessarily to coalo from
tho South Tho chief candidates for tho aup,on,o
po,tton bsps e. 1n;usnana nni Douglas rereo mud
We'll, as have said. tho best rooms Of tho
hotels had airsMly bocn engaged by tho multi
tudtnous psnnbylrsnlans. Walking IN q dilapl,
ancnnntntHd 01V. hShltPH0n. 1f Yny EtAta
"Nhere was stopping7" ''Nowlloso yot."
aThen come hnd holp tccupy my room"
01stcfulfY wont to 1t. It Was In tho attic
of somo hosal-the American, think it
WAS callol-apd contaIucd beds enough to fur
plah sess to everyin0ivlduli OF our delegation
ut ona and the sasno time, provided, OF oo11rso.
that no alops q three IN ono. l registered my
nnme on ths clerh,u book. Aftor looking In st
| awhile, l returned to tho hotel to look Into my
ve!lse for something, whon the clork hsnttod mo
scalsd envelope containing this card .'John
4: Quttman VIII call agaln At 4. Private" As4
boda. hoset a,ind tho pleasant scoue that Rlo-
cooded. Said hc, after preliminary conycraa-
sion "You scnonber that, whom Inst met
| you Ia Washington, told you that you might
"Yes, deueral and now what IL III" II
want your Illinois delegation to give MO Ito yots
for sho vieo-nroaido,lcy, it IL Hll. hkyo
not the iudelicaoy to 90 to Col. lIcbkrdson,
HOT 70 MAJ. ualF!b, ~ btg6eeE tno aHoJecE+ aa
they Ars my follow Conyfesamon. HUI yo,,
perhaps. taking ny hand sentls' "m!sht giro
ar1lson. WHO vaa our candidate for Governor.
"Why, res" said no, caatfg ont an enormous
| quid Of tobacco from his month, md with hls
| great, earnest, honase heart represented on his
tongue, "Qultman IL q trno msn.' lila State il.
faithful to US. We hare no other candidate for
tho Ylce-prcsldcncy, and 10 shall hago or,r voto.
CO aud toll him 70, I'll soe Harris ana tho
Other candidates for tho icc-rreBldency nov
stridod forth for tho distinction ot nomination.
| but among them waa not John q. Ulcckin1iIge.
After = we'll contested struggle fer tue t'rst
years ,ho bad coveted. Tho disgust Of tho
fnends Of Mr. Douglas, Including Wligs who
had cone into tue Detnocratio rants a.
tsE o pssaaso q Ct " tho Tn
lucky IN Henry Dlsy'a old district assisted III
lifting aIr. DfCosinrldgo for The first trne, to q
sent 10 Congsoss, was EXPRESSED In languaKo not
| At ~ moAty OF polite, nor calculated 70 flye
! This Was on q coItaln pKslay IN juno, IAo
westward train WAS to leave at or 1 O'Clock.
Iha memborH Of the 1llinola delegation. before
proceeding to pack up their tIaps sot departure
| do, aud for tue further reason thee many Of
| Them des,fsd to reach their hotncs on Saturday
| nisht-lnstrucred ono OF their humber to cast =
unanimous vots for Quttsnat Tor tho Vteo-te eat
who'd 60 ullloa loucwarl no Ioarnel that Dir,
| breckenridge had received tho nominat,on. Con,
| Quttman lad aoanroi tho votes nf but two
| btatoa.-of lls own faithful Niasisslppl aud OF
| l.noiH.
When tho Ininolsians, alnsoet In a aol!a body.
| took tAe!r dopattuo, lholo waa Goud deal OF
conataruAtton iu tho buchanan ranks. 4 Doug
laHle uuAs cartainly DO put OH tho ticket tor tito
p!aos. Illinois placed QultGnan before tho Con-
voptton. Qoorgo ", 5tcCook, Of Ohio. Who dis.
liked DougiaB for personal REASONS. and who had
steadily yutot for Casa tor the lresitoacy, Hud-
douiy sprang tho name Of john G. Hsaoklns4dHo.
| Tbs members rose from their seats In aautemant
aud oheefel. The1D wese otAeE candidates, hut
tho day wha now already carried. And that
| IL how the lato, Mr. Itscolinrtdgo was prepsqd
into tho spltpdia onlee TO which 10 wan otectod.
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