, 1880-06-04

witt! &}osepi, Lane, Of Oregon, fur
his vote also being unani-
On May Q, 1890, a constitutional Union"
Convention wns held nt Baltimore. twenty
Stutcs being represented. John Boil, Ut
Tennessee, was Nominated for Pnsluent on
!ho t3,st ballot, md EdwSrd EveFstt M for for
bullot.
1lNcoLN's NOMINATION AND ELECTION.
The Rcp,blica,, Convention was held at
Chicago, OH Mny H. l6CO, all the free mt! five
a. Srd I Insoi. S % caeron, pS s naes We're iho
lending candidates for President, Seward re-
cciynlg 17S114, md Lincoln 1Ga or, tho first
ballot On tie scco,,l baltot, Seward l,A,l
tsM coca n asns Ssnx ~ H. s Sete 's5 G fst
TINT Srwnrtl had ls0 and !.incolM
251>1<1, Or within ~ rotes nt l,ol'nation
ovsq s'anS ASsa N H1s Gso sf a w setss MSsa y s
nomination. On the scco'sl bal!ot fnr Vice,
President, jIanlilbll 1ianltn, OF Milne, had
VgT votes and WAS tlcc'aruti tic nonlnee, his
PRINCIPAL competitor being Casssis NJ. C1ay,
" T,e contest, though never doubtful, was
perhaps tho most active and v!rM!ei't tlnt lns
eyer taken place In Auerlea. The only hope
1 Of t1e u so9n n Dsnderae Den u te na1ty t @ INT
hope fled with the. complete d[sintegration
which took place IN, Baltimore. So,ie few
ovcrsangnllu pnllticinlis Imagined that the
G!eeton En. Ss,nf ee NY sl Nv nro " ne nr
,myi.',ccd W snw the h@t,tlsgr,t,nx a., tho wall
Combinations were formed in soinu OF tle
States to defeat tho Republican ticket, but
o tho t%nmri,t an x tI,a ci"nry d"iincI diTer
c,ces enc Gn 6etws.n 1T tl,s &c Contestants % would l.ave
prccluted any fusion had there been Il cllniicc
OF success. III the Electoral College l,ilcnl'l
a iH,n'6n 6 fees've1 III, ard IoE s,of@as vu rtc
raMgc11 'aia stn. ~" in"nfm S;7 ,itn.
{""nias. tiH 1"vi @ 57i: % i,Trckinrl,ge 5oss; md
; Haa' u,} fniirSvi,,r tEis rns,,it cn,na
te Re1sl!i9n l9nr ot tS tha hslGye9ds states ed
'''' s'es'' rnt, ~, ~. c.Tn,,n~ @ % nr 1871.
The campaign u 1s6t opened upon situa-
ttOn tiiGvltAble 1t is true. plt hy no means
itnttering 10 tho Administrations thu opinion
Of those who had no lne!fls nf measuring the
facts, md who based their i!eas entirely O..
gulng nj for more t'lnn three years be-
tween the NORTH and tlle South: The Gigantic
resources Of tho United Stnics: had been taxed
the inaterini required fof lis prosecution, and
yet no apurecinblo result had appnrcntlyheel
reached. The Rebels still presented a bold
front, md on many ltek!s5' Il taey, b had not
| contest werD brought home to all portions OF
TIC Union and to iii classcs Of The! people.
Tie MISSES did not UNDERSTAND why, with
such unllnltetl resources md such dtetatori-
q powers. the Government Ind !, beon IN, unable bic
was added to tic catlpntgn which served to
stir up opposition In lnnnyu qunrtars. BY n
proclamation Of President Lincoln the slaves
Ind uli been efliaIcipAtcd I'm tie iisssirrcc-
ttonary States, anl the able-t,o,llcd placed In
the armies OF the Union. Many ,Rere llnnble
to cast aslds the prejuAtces which l!Al grown
up With them, while stil' others IN tte stasc
dcnt',-btow 10 the remaining property they
held IN these cl'AttelA ...,,., n.
There seemed also to be q widespread dis
satisfaction IN tho mnks Of tlle Republican,
party proper DeGn'lse OIL INC treatment r,,1a q
manifested itsslf ii q NAtIonal Convention
which met at Cleyelal.l. Any 81. lstf. ptir-
snant to d call '.To the Radical Men Of the
Natl0n." BY whom john q. FIemout WINS
| nominated Tor lrcsluent anu Geil: Johll
Cocl,rane Tor Vfce-PIcsitlent The platform
adopted by this Convention Was yery rabbi
In Its chnrAettJ, nlId wns rcpt,dlntetl by tile
nominees, who. subsequently Withdrew, III
favor Of tho cliotce oi the regular Conyentiol'.
Tie Republican Convention OF 1864 was
held at baltimore on the I'LL tlnI 8th Of June.