Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-21

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BOW LINcoLT WAS NOMINATED ovHR
sfwAKD, AT CHICAGO, i6 rs.hs AGO.
FROM toe second volume of Henry VIII
some History OF the Slave Power" me fol-
e, dsscriPtion OF Lincoln's nomination.
hsving adopted It's platform the convcn-
uol proceeoed 10 the work OF selectine cam
olostes; nj. Evsrts, OF New York, nomi-
mated MI. seward, and Mr. Judd. OF Illinois.
dominated Mr.. Lincoln. Cameron ChaSe
Bates, and Judge McLean were also nnf I'M
nomination. But IL was ~ once apparent
mat the contest lay between the firsf Two.
though ON the adjournment, after these
naInes had been put IN nomination, 10 Wa
.oono tnst The friends Of Mr.. seward were
~ more nncent OF success than were those
on M. Lincoln. Even Mr.. Greeley, who had
lsooreu necessarily 20 defeat IL. teleCraDhef
=. mia IN got that seward's nomination VS.
ploosole. But, while the friends Of seward
eAulnng IN the assurances OF victory,
snopit pone ms were putting forth hercuIesa
The men OF New Jersey. Penusvivan,a-
lndisna and Illinois, close aud douptfai
states, laoored until long sfter midpixbt N
success. Henry 8. Lane snd AndreW "a
Curtin, the gubernatortal csndid ates - 49,
lively OF Indiana and Pennsylvania. deem
ing their states, Illinois, and New Jersey
the battle field OF the contest toilas ,-t,g
unnagetng zeal and resolution 10 defeat ths
nominatioa OF Mr.. Seward. They appealef
10 the delegates from the strong repu blican
states 20 consider success rather tbsn So
ard" Their earnest. almost frantic aocesls
were not unheeded. and on the Ding
OF me convention the supporters OF Mr. sew
ard began 10 realize that The success OF tlss,y
candidate was not assured.
Ihe controlling Idea OF the great body of
eral candidates the one who conls csr,,
those MIDDLE aud western states which ma
been lost In 1856. The delegates OF states
presenting candidates made formal ear.
upon those OF the other States A. theIr -
sSective rooms. The action OF the Massa-
chusetts delegation drew ont an expression
Wnicn foreshadowed In measure the final
result. Having been walled npon nv fse
delegations OF Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Illinois and Indiana, each pressing with
great esrnesfness the difficulty n moi i'm
possibility OF carrying either for Mr. sew
ard. on motion OF Ensign N. kellogg a
committee, consisting OF himself Efwari T.,
fierce and j; n Dunbar, was appointed 20
states and request them 90 present the
names OF three candidates. for either m
whom those states conld be carried. Illinois
responded That IL had been ascertatned thar
IL could be carried only Tor Lincoln. Indiana
made similar reply. New Jersey presentes
tne lame OF MI Dayton. Pennsylvania an-
swered that IL could be carried first for Mr.
cameron, readily for Judge Mclean, and
then for Mr. Lincoln. Thus a. anpea rel fbaf
LhTee OF the iour douhiful states had prscti-
On The first ballot Seward received one
hundred and seveDty-three and n half votes
and Lincoln one hundred aud two. on the
second ballot the former received one hum
dred and eighty four and bis competitor one
hundred and eighty-one. On the third ballot
Seward had fallen % one hundred and eiRhty
votes, and Lincoln received two undred and
thirty-one and hair lacking but one vote
and a half OF the vote necessary for a choice
David n. Cartier, OF Ohio, Immediately
arose and announced the change OF four votes
rom bis state for Mr.. Lincoln. This secured
DIS nomination. The result was received by
the convention, and by the thousands as
sembled IN and around the great wigwsm
with thunders OF applause. Delegation after
delegatlon changed the vote OF their states.
VIM. NJ. Evarts, though expressing his pro.
found regret and grief at the failure OF the
convention 10 nominate Mr. Seward moved
that the nomination OF MIR. Lincoln be made
unanimous.
This motion was seconded by John A. An
drew, or Massachusetts, aud Carl Schurz, OF
Wisconsin, with brief and pertinent cues
lions. Austin Blair, OF Michigan, a Afterwards
governor OF that state, and a member OF the
House OF Representatives, said that Mtchi-
gan had nom FIRST 10 last cast her vote for
the great statesman from New York; that
she had nothing 10 take. back; but that he
had been put forward 10 say that she laid
down her first, best beloved candidate and
took up the candidate OF the convention
with some beating OF the heart-with some
QuiVerlng or the veins. We have followed
him with an eye single and With unwaver-
Ing faith In times Z asst, and we marshal now
behind him IN the grand colu mn which shall
go out 10 battle FOR Lincoln"
sSOf The III young women IA the Michi-
gan university only four have taken 10 Inc
legal profession.
RIA Wisconsin lady who has placed a
real venetian gonGOla in one OF the lakes OF
that State is frequently wounded by hear
Ing II called chat old black dug-out."