The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-11

rending the air? 1t means postof1ces,
marshalships, consulates.
Il came into your city tonight unat-
tended, and grip-sack in hand took my
solitary ride from the depot TO the no
tel. No booming cannon or shouting
multitude greeted my arrival. Not so
much as a fire company turned out to
do me honor. Why? Simply because
I control no public patronage, have
no official gifts with which to reward
my political friends. No one sees in
this homely face a political cabbage
garden with ripening heads for future
plucking.
But, my friends, I come to you with
something grander, nobler, better than
the mere spoils of office. l come as
the advocate of the rights of free soil
for free men; as the defender of the
sacred compact which this champion
of so-called popular sovereignty mas
dared to trample under foot, aiding
and abetting those who have broken
down the barriers which guarded soil
forever consecrated to freedom; and,
under this false guise, opening wide
the gates to the inroad of the blight
ing curse of human slavery into all
our western territory, giving the
STAKEHOLDER the right to pollute this
soil, sacred to freedom, by bringing
INTO II Ills AuIIldA SOOOO anu SAeNANS-S'
Nomination in 1850.
It was my good fortune to be pres
ent as a spectator at Lincoln's nom
nation for the presidency in Chicago
in Nav, 1860 and I can supplement
the oft-told tale with few facts
which came under my personal obser-
walton.
1t will be remembered that the con-
i,,
building, known as the "Wigwam,
erected especially for the purpose, at
the southeast corner of Lake and Mar
ket streets, which was subsequently
used for mass meetings during the
campaign and for war meetings and
soldiers barracks during the war. This
building was afterwards sold ana oc-
cupied for commission stores TIL
swept away in the great fire of 1871,
when a substantial brick building was
erected in its place, and not even
tablet now marks this historic spot
William H. Seward was the leading
candidate and the special faVorlte or
the radical anti-slaVsery Republicans.
Chase, Lincoln, Cameron and Bates
were the other candidates. Horace
Greeley was present. and as Oregon
had no native delegate, Greeley was
chosen as it's representative and was
subsequently humorously referred to
by one of the speakers as the gentle
man from Oregon" much TO the
amusement of the audience.
Stewards friends had regarded his
nomination as almost certainty, and
on the morning of the third day OF
the convention the New York delega-
ton. in confident anticipation of his
success, paraded the streets with
brass band, and, in consequence, ar
rived late at the Wigwam and found
every seat occupied. On the previous
evening 1 learned, to my surprise and
disappointment, that Lincoln, who was
regarded as one of the most cOnServa-
tive of the candidates, was likely 10 De
chosen; my informant, who, ike my
self was a Seward man, giving as a
reason. that Lincoln could crack the
longest sucker whip" 1 also learned
from another informant, who was
Lincoln man, that the Democrats were
secretly working earnestly and spend
ing money freely to secure the NOM
ination of Seward, whose well-known
radical views would make him mucn
easier candidate to defeat at the cleo
ton than a conservative candidate
like Lincoln.
wan lust as the nominations were be-
ing made, and found standing room in
the outskirts of the densely packed
crowd. The New York delegation had
found seats near the presiding officer,
and when their chairman, Mr.. Evarts,
rose and nominated William III. sew
ard the tremendous cheering which
followed seemed to leave no doubt
that he would be the choice of the con-
yention. When Lincoln was nominated
there came another mighty outburst
of applause, second only to that which
followed the nomination of Seward
The first ballot showed large plural
ity for Seward, with Lincoln $ the
next highest, at which the Lincoln
cheering perceptibly increased.
During the progress of the second
ballot. as the scattering votes began
to be concentrated on the two leading
candidates the supporters of each Wed
with each other in applause, till 1t was
hard to tell which had the loudest yell.
The result showed large gains for Lin
coin, with Seward still in the lead.
During the third ballot the Lincoln
vote steadily increased, and when it
began to outnumber the Seward vote
the enthusiasm of the Lincoln men