The sun., 1891-07-10
NICOLAY TO COL. MCLURE.
4 sHARr OPEN LETTER nv REPLY TO
TEE TIMES EDIroRIAx.

proves nothing but your rage and wounded
vanity at being exposed In q gross historical
misstatement.
"Y You assorted that President Lincoln CD.
rosed the denomination OF Hannibal Hamlln
for Vice. President. refuted that assertion by
calling attention to tho written record wherein
Lincoln. In his own handwriting. explicitly
states the contrary. You now reassert your
statement, or. to put It In other words. you nc.
.euse President Lincoln Of acting a low political
deceit. and with his own hand writing delib-
crate lie. The country will not believe the
monstrous implication.
ALLOW me to restate the facts. I was at tho
Baltimore Convention as a spectator. Tho
Chairman OF the Illinois delegation. the Hon.
b. G. Cook. had conversation with mo about
tho course OF certain disaflectsd leaders in
Illinois. That conversation I reported to the
President in letter to Major Hay. my assist
ant private secretary. in part as follows:
"'What transpired at homo and whit he has
heard from several sources have made Cook
suspicious that SWEET mny be untrue to Lin
colu. One OF tho straws which lead him to
this belief is that SWEET has telecrnphed here.
urging tho Illinois delegation to 60 for Holt.
Cook wants to know conildentially whether
Bwett is all right. whether. In urging Holt for
Vice. President ho reflects the Presidents
wishes. whether the President has any prefer
ences. either personally or on tho score OF pol
icy, or whether he wishes not even TO Interfere
by aeon sontidentiai den indieatioa s.t ,,,,o d
the. following endorsement In his own hnnd.
swett is unuuestionnbly all right Mr..
! toaeht q him for y; 7. wish not to interfere
Co1ysntion must Judge Tor itself
"Ihis written evi;ence , is quoted m IN our his.
n
Lincoln sSa sa assHf arRed n"
turned @ to Baltimore 10 work and and vote ia NC ODE.
dien.e to that request against your personal
The otiiciul proceedings Of the Conyenton
show that you were one OF the four delegates
sms & large Sm ~ ss hs' msfs f.
Lowery. while the list Of district delegates con-
sains the numes s Of many other eminent Penn,
you acted an entiIely minor Lart You were a
member of the Committee on Organization
permanent officers who were elected With
that presentation your service, and influence
Seedlings. cei g of = other he psnnsyivaois leiesates.
William Ke1snnm vas one q t1s Vice Pres:
saes on ths comSttse & mn on credentais T. It. Rsedss
on the Committee on Organization: NJ. 3.
on the ,Se on an
sional Comm! m!ttee. while Gen. Simon Cameron
man man Of or the ie PennsyiSanis delegation '
80 again. among those who made motions
a.
A. Grow and NJ ,;ow B. d;owery; ;, but beyond the
yoar G dd nee S
squeak OF tho smallest mouse. Is It probable
That Lincoln among all those men would have
called you alone to receive his secret tnstruc.
: It is a matter Of public history that Simon
than any other Pennsylvanian in the move;
IN het State sG give
Trans sssnsnisted to The T President the wr,sn re-.
Quest Of every Unien member OF the Pennsyl-
to
enpport. left no doubt Of Csmeron's attttude.
nSw sss yoa
"'FRANKL1N REPOSITORY OFFICE.
CHAMBERsBuRG. Pa. May 2. 1864.
SIN; I have been amazed to see 1t init.
mated in one or two journals that am not
shall nofice the intl@at| |ens no further than to
n
Convention than your oOeaie1t 2 feryHnt e M5G,,nr
Ito the President
4" That is only a month before the Baltimore
Convention. you felt called upon to personally
But this IS not ali. When tho time came TO
make the nominations Tor Vice President.
simon Cameron. Chairmnn I Of the f; penn@sylynnia @
persistent friends Of Lincoln. himself nomi-
nste Hannibal Msmliq for
10 also 10 the illinois delegation cast It's eptirs
stasd @ Ito to reason that Lincon caIad upon 's You
% desert Hnmlin aud nominate Johnson and
IAN Of the Penpsy!San delegation and OF The
&And once more; Is it probable that II Lin
Hesiuent's most intimate friends to urge the
t9sertion that Lincoln was deceivinG Cameron,
deceiNinE Cook. carrying on secret intrigue
Gaalnst Holt and Tint on top Of the whole. lie
WSs writing deliberate lie 20 us; That may
Nisnot % nine That may y bo Your ; system 'o OF
'''''"''' '' - "0 '' JOHN G. N1coLAY."
CHICAGO July "a former resident Of Ten
timsfsr hssss nUM "caaainted % WITH Andrew johnson
he es he
Ta shS between oY
Bsa'sl ssEss s' n ~ sSssa
'h ne sh' time hae az iSSliisa Lad
sSuth oo the 4 asesrs"ns
and staSans soSa o apdrs% 5ohpson with
!. sIrapgtng for his nomination ior tie office
Of Vice, rrssidtn. on the ticket vi With MI lln-
He replied directly and with some emphasis.
- II he had forgotten the strong point In his
fAse that no represented Mr.: Lincoln IN tho
Ratter. and that his presence in the South Was
0t the personal request OF the President
1T IL needless for me to say that did all
couid to aid Gen.. Sickles in his mission.
lesve to Gen. Sickles the remainder OF the
story II he sees fit TO relate 1t"
Gen. sickles said last evening":
Dental dent mission But ieeI liberty 70 say That
son was at TINT time Military Governor OF
.sYee was u thosght that psrhaps We misbs
exert restraining influence.
cannot say that my reports did not have
cand idate for the Vice. Presidency. but It can
not be said that Z was sent as an ambassador
MI. Hay. who was MI, Nicolay,s associate in
the production Of The the LineoMl4 biography ar
ina. After. reading Nj; Nlcolay's desDatoh TO
Mrs Hamlin and Col. MoClure.s editorial arti-
nia hoa aai n rAn0rtar Of the RrOOklyn EnOIa.