Arizona republican., 1920-10-11
By Frederic J. Haskin

 of that six decades It was too strong in the North to die in a brief four years. So greatly did the Republican organization fear it, notwithstanding its broken condition, that the Repub- lican leaders deliberately abjured their party name and called a national Union convention to meet at Balti- more early in June. The Union party it was that renominated Lin coin, not the Republican.
 Two Kinds of Democrats
 The Democrats of the states remain ing in the Union were divided into two camps-war Democrats and peace Democrats. Both factions were rather free with their criticism of Lincoln's administration, but neither could say the hard things that the Radical Re publicans' were saying. The peace Democrats were those who believed in letting the southern states go, or in anything to bring peace. They were all accused, and many were guilty, of being in sympathy with the Confed- crates. They were the 'dough-faces'' who had supported Pierce and Bu- chanan and Breckinridge in the past. They were now the hated and despised "Copperheads' One of the more pleas ant Republican campaign songs of the period was:
 "Of all the factious men we've seen, Existing now or long since dead,
 No one was ever known so mean, As him we call a Copperhead,
 draft-evading Copperhead,
 rebel-aiding Copperhead,
 A scowling. slandering, bowling pan
 dering
 Vicious, States Rights Copperhead"
 If the Copperheads were hated, they were not so dangerous to Lincoln poli- tically as the radicals" of his own party. He knew where to place the Copperheads, but it was hard for him to fight the radicals like Fremont. Thad Stevens, Ben Wade and others of that ilk who were opposed to him because he would not agree to the con- fiscation of all private property in the South. It was even more difficult for Lincoln to meet the determined opposi- tion of men like Salmon P Chase. William H. Seward and Edwin M. Stanton who held him in ill-concealed contempt. And it was painful to Lin- coin to see men like Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner openly oppose his renomination on the ground that he could not possibly be elected.
 Enemies Within the Ranks
 The Radical Republicans" held a national mass convention at Cleveland a week in advance of the Union" convention at Baltimore. John C. Ere mont was nominated for president and John Cockrane for vice president, and the platform declared for the confis- cation of all property in the Confed- crate states. There were comparatively few prominent leaders in the conven- tion, but it was the purpose to influ- ence the Baltimore convention to take a radical stand. Lincoln had already been nominated, in fact. because more than two-thirds of the delegates to Baltimore had been instructed. How | ever. the leaders might doubt Lincoln the people believed in Honest Abe
 Assured of his own renomination Lincoln set about the task of getting g l war Democrat and a southerner fol his running mate. Andrew Johnson oi 1 Tennessee was nominated because Lin l coin personally conducted the cam paign for his selection. He, wanted tC get the support of the war Democrats and he wanted to have @ southerner or the ticket because of its effect in Flu rope. Lincoln held to the belief tha secession was unconstitutional anC that the II states of the ConfederacA were not legally out of the Union. l it had not been this belief at the be. ginning of the war, the North would have taken Horace Greeley's advice tt let the wayward sisters depart il peace"
 The Baltimore convention held t, Lincoln's ideas. Thaddeus Stevens wa there fighting against every movemen to indorse the Lincoln policy of recon struction, contending that the secede, states were actually and legally out O the Union. and that when retaken the. should be, treated as conquered ter ritory. Stevens was defeated at ever turn in the Baltimore convention. Blu his opposition to Lincoln's policy an his hatred of Andrew Johnson was no ended.
 A Democratic BIunder
 Nearly three months after he Wa renominated, Lincoln and his adviser reached the conclusion that Mcclellan already agreed upon as the Democrat nominee, would win the election. O August 23 he wrote and signed papei which he sealed and delivered to tn secretary of the navy, Gideon Welle with instructions not to open it unt after the election. This paper read This morning. as for some days pas it seems exceedingly probable that tn administration will not be reelecte' Then it will be my duty to co-operat with the president elect so as to say the Union between the election and in auguration. as he will have secured h election on such grounds that he car not possibly save it afterward.
 Six days later on August 29 tf OthnOtidllC ndllOIdi tDHN ElitloA il' in Chicago. It nominated General No Clellan for president and George 1 Pendleton of Ohio for vice presiden Then it made the fatal mistake
 adopting a platform that declared II war to be a failure. Almost at II same time came the news that Atlant had fallen and of Union victories
 Virginia. General Mcclellan hastent to repudiate that portion of the pla form, but it was in vain. The Cor federacy was crumbling to its fall al the people turned to Lincoln.
 Still the campaign waXed hot. TT October elections in Pennsylvan showed great Democratic gains ai the administration was alarmed. Lii coin got Generals Meade and Shcrids each to furlough 5000 Pennsylvan soldiers to go home to vote. He ca ried the state on the home vote by on a few over 5000. and including q soldier vote in the field by only 20.0( New York he carried by only 6,0( Tammany Hall supported McClell; and gave him 36,00O majority in Ne York City.
 Greeley ia the New York Tribn