, 1880-12-11
nomination wns rntilte.1 BY reclamation; and

t:rnr9" ~ imltnn ~ fn,linmn' nfinworii
cntIct 'the a AiN,stata., wns iiilIuil,ttmi In lilo
same way for VIcr-l'rrsidrnt, or course,
iho most Hn,lvuiue u I'M did not expect tllcst
rate t,rganizntlT, Which va kcrt IN, and Tic
tlls best Of sl,apu 10 takc prominent siaatl
fDur years after. I}cstttY. tlle nomination Of
JIatc, WHO was VERY trpulnr iu Ills uwn
State. was tho tnea;ts ri rcJccIujnx New
Hampshire from tho Democrats. MD lt.- !
ltevy they l,nye never since carried the State.
"Tn lH.J} tho Republican party was public
conventions were in reality hel1l tint yrar.
Tile first was in Febrl,;lry-i thtnl nil Tic
I'd tay.--nlld was fur the purpose Of dccE,l-
Ing In regard 10 the reni convention for tho
piace in Siay Or Jutlu io|Iuwinv. Tint was
truly 4 rall,nrkul>lu body al tuc,l, Nearly MI
tic leading spirits attained National repnta-
tlof,, R1nl Il large number were subsequently
X few Of them nru rs follows: 'rlm elder
Dors],Ci,uer, who WIS then Postmaster Mt
buffalo; Ilov. Morgan, Of New York; Gov.
King, Of New York; san'ucl Lewis, of cIn-
for Governor Of QhiUi GDv: Morton, OF !ntii-
AIla; aisl FRANK i. Ninlr. o., WHn l!na hi-
iMlnett Mattt !cpTTs.ott na 1HGhsos es
lt0r 0t tne ttDbt' lne lhtteF gehilettialt Feiy
n,i nasuitMiy kooK @ lena9 n, p1sst ~ ros M p I'll,
xeaa., h'.t s waS H. c.gSstu ,.'.' ''0 t'eSue' Aio
NATIONAL 1tKrtEfIcAS fA1tff
he given to tho organization: atHl his sliHRes-
ti0i, was nloptetl. 1t II but fafr 10 say that
tile 'niIe had becn previously. suggrsled 10
% iaMs. IN IN May v "0 or :l,ns foilowIng % nuI I &C.
lrclcd Philadelphia Ms tho place. To this
srca!d convention MI the States were in
II WIZ IL dclrs.ltc to this second c0nve,,-
tim of 1sJ;, which, NJ IL we'll known, noEl,-
inntsd John Z. Fremont tor tie. Presidency.
Fremonl hnd rnn'le, Nat!onal, reputation
mtosi m i,nEllnwl, world. Iielut, been nnlncd
ttle Pathfinder; and was, destined by this
aSnto ne e t. Sf @ Il Gh}H 4sh]tv sS'fGeo 5 ss t Il
by which tile Republican PARTY four years
latcr WIS able to elect ADra!ia,u Lincoln, ulld
enter upon Its long career ot National sl-
prslnacy.
proceedings OF this convention. rs o,,e 81 lis
Vice-l'restttunts, when nnotter Viec-presi-
dent who lind bcei sitting BY my sidc,
stepped forward and with tnucl vellc'nence
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
~ 1,1,,,o,s for v,".I,rnsi,,o,,t TIN Mann
o. svoa uInois, u,s l. lot ON ~ IN ~a.,Ea exrs!i'"v e %
stSansr a s" ay @ ,,a,nrs u % l,u te,. cavnssci
o "nr ss,ns ss W. nn,s,. ,,s ngI', n,I',p IL W. t," v
tl,at irr,in,,t ,vns t,,ii, anil .inrfnr. n,mi. NJ
there lad beer much talk, even at t,ut carly
time, that, III casa OF the supremacy OF the
principles which We Advocated, there would
In nil probability be Il conflict between tic
North and the Snuth, 1 was especially NIX
| 1nlts tu know something about tlis new lIall.
Can he fight = asked. YOU bet lle cnnl'
| replied tho enthusiastic 1llnoisail. 'lle! was
born In Kentucky. alld llas. MI tho grit OF
Kentucky blood flowing In his vcins.'
"But Lincoln was not Nominated, and lls
nnn.e Ind pasted entirely out Of my mind
wien visited the National Republican Con-
ve1,tIon OF 1SGQ, held in Chicago. There we
SAW ncross all the lending thorougl,farus
banners aild transpafetctes with the ila,nc Of
Honest Abral,nui Lincoln upon them.
still VIC paid very little attention to
them. Everybody supposed, In TIC
East ut least, TINT Willinn H..
Seward, OF New York, would rrceivo tho
noRinatlon. On the return trip from CHI
Detroit, and llenrd oil the way OF instances
where cannon had bee,i brought out To be
| fired when llcws of tho nomination of Sew
| nrd should arrive. When word came tl.at
Lincoln hau bren selected, these cannDIl
were rolled back, without being fired, into
their pluces Of 6afe-kccuinE. Tho opnortli-
nity for tnurnlizing upun whit would or
would not have hnrpeiietl Ind Lincoln been
nominated for Flce-Iresident. in lSsA, and