The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-26

| a Letter from Leonard SWEET Dcscrib1ng
the Preparations. Combinations. and tho
Circumstances OF Its Accomplishment.
From the Portland Evenins Express.
While the letter from Leonard swe.. Of which the
enclosed copy was arsrsons, letter wrn ,. WIN.
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1have no objection to your doing when the right
time comca Understood that It should not lie pub
lished aurias his iIfe bat IN any event ! think the
r'sh' ehe "@s come ahd pace ., =, your disposal
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p,oo.,,xor,,, III Nav OF 1870
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MY DEAR FRtEwp: I havo boon intending
for n lonr Tina IN vrite vu,, I'M, nv priynt.
bnsipsss added to tho IN ,c,cst have Of la,e
business auucu " 'no lh'e'esl ! h"Ne Vi i"''
| The Chicago Convention ia with us tho rroat
or,n. .,a ,ns ,',in",;o, =, i',s'. ~ - liz
friends matter OF great satisfaction. Ills
| nomination. under IN, c,rcnnstnncos IL very
remarkable. l don't know Whether you are
| pleased or not, but nm gra,iilod enough t.
satisfy ans two mon and il YOU aro displeused
VIII transfer some oil my great JOY TO you.
made tho acquaintance OF Mr.. Lincoln
twice year. travelled ovcr Ave counties.
s ns,uTE 'oSu,nes 1 u,. 0. nv, "v ,,o en un 'o
September uh,'i January ana rom Mafeh
n.. juno inclusive incl Two orsinals most Of the
h,y. rh,nJonn, ,ho .,ror;t ,rJ FOR n.rh,n.
nave hpah"eheu Tue circuit. anu iot perhaps
| five years Lincoln and myself have boon the
only ones who have haLitua,ly passed over
tho whole circuit. II seems to me-. / have
tried 1000 law suits with or against him.
know him as intimately rs have ever known
any man In my liie. perhaps more Intimately.
! II nos -ib.e. than knew you whom left Water
Vile
ton. In sreakinG OF the proprlety of bis going
HOME Some." So anu NV ''''' sA0's" " S'1' ~
! OF tho twenty-five votes in it. by incau,.o,isIy
tclertin: ,ho men, there were eight who would
hs y IN XII ast TSs noithorn co oSasIn
lean than any "thsr portion 81 tho oontinsnt
Shor eones In any state Ths re-
such men lad crspt NJ on tho allegation. Th hey
Intended in good faith 10 70 for Lincoln. but
s esSed nay 10 voieSs have ;niened ~" Ne
| had also in tho North ana about Chicago, u
yHss q men s5N who rlways want to turn w Az
their feelings were really for us Tor lear It
would be tbs losing element and would place
them out OF favor with the incoming power
These mon were dead wei..hts. The centre
| and South with many individual executions 10
Lincoln, Whether he Won or lost. Tie inwyeps
OF our circuit went there determined to leave
some 0o Of our State oil" ocers and Jay haIt d dozep
men from various portions OF the Suite wero
tie o.ly tire!sss. !elnless; un r ana
after getting our hcadI uai ters was to have the
delegation proper invite ths coJpernton Of
We began. The lirst state arrroachei was
Indiana. She was about equally divided be-
and Monday we're spent upon her, when inaly
she came 10 us unittdly with twenty six votes
"E Seward came there with Very ne:rIy srspr,h
seadsd % Vote Tor him batot - was n tn. GaG NEXT
donstH SASS and wou f C rs wa we'll kns sVs
hn an a
Seward would not carry that state: New
would not carry tha, State SO the first point
vas gained; that Is; tho united assertion Of, Inc
04s naapa aad tEn ssw n9W
would DO Defeated We ran in this manner Tor
several days Indiana ana Illinois for lincoln
| Cameron and against Seward: New Jersey for
her own man but asain-e seward. cali Ing UPON Of,
could not be elected. We succeeded in getting
Them for our man: with PENNSYLVANIA we did
n0snT t e o set .s tor stss sh nee
bu, got most OF them Tor a second cho.ca. Our
| programme was to give Lincoln 100 votes on
| tho first ballot with a certain increas. after
ward. so that in the Convention our fortunes
| might seem to be rising and thus catch the
| doubtful Vermont had agree 10 give rs her
! second vote SO had Delaware and New Ham.
! shire an increase. 1t al workrl like a charni.
| Alter the first days we were aided hy the ar
| rival OF at Ieast l0OJv peouio from Central
illinois and Indiana '0''
| Ii was part OF The Seward plan to carry the
| Conyrntinn nv oufside nressurn ThursInv
| ali the preliminary work was done. The
friends OF nj parties. friday morning. gath
| were then inside and more ont 4 line OF
| men were Stationed on the roof the nearest
| to the Sneakers stand catcLing rom an
| oren skyiight the procecdiuGs Within and
reporting 10 his NEXT man, and So on 10
| ths man on the front OF tho building,
who. with stentorian lungs, annnuncei
| 10 the thousands In tho street. StoTes were
closed, and seemingly. the whole city was
there. First. opening the war, was the nom
eninS shout. which confe 8 appaIIed Us i,
| little. hfierward. Bntos, Mel can, Cameron.
| and Chase came With moIernta apnIansr
! Then came Lincoln and our o .op,o tested
their lungs NO beat them a little. They
| ,nunif,otod I ~ ,oarn In, ,Ga ,on,j,n,i,,