Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin
“When I was East…to the best”: AL, quoted in Briggs, “Narrative of James A. Briggs, Esq.”
At the end of January 1859: Lyman Trumbull to AL, January 29, 1859, Lincoln Papers.
“Any effort…a rival of yours”: AL to Lyman Trumbull, February 3, 1859, in
CW,
III, pp. 355–56.
“A word now…suggestions of this sort”: AL to Lyman Trumbull, April 29, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 46.
Lincoln’s effort to defuse…Judd and Wentworth: Don E. Fehrenbacher,
Chicago Giant: A Biography of “Long John” Wentworth
(Madison, Wisc.: American History Research Center, 1957), pp. 163, 169–74.
Wentworth would drag out…“at Lincoln’s expense”: Note 1, accompanying transcript of AL to Norman B. Judd, December 9, 1859, Lincoln Papers (quote); Fehrenbacher,
Chicago Giant,
pp. 169–70.
Lincoln hastened to reassure…“go uncontradicted”: AL to Norman B. Judd, December 9, 1859, in
CW,
III, p. 505.
Judd brought a libel suit…tried to retain Lincoln: See note 1 provided with John Wentworth to AL, November 28, 1859, Lincoln Papers; Fehrenbacher,
Chicago Giant,
pp. 170–72.
“very reason…keeping up a quarrel”: John Wentworth to AL, December 21, 1859, Lincoln Papers.
he did help to mediate: Don E. Fehrenbacher, “The Judd-Wentworth Feud,”
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
XLV (Autumn 1952), pp. 203, 204.
“I am not…end of the vineyard?”: AL to Norman B. Judd, February 9, 1860, in
CW,
III, p. 517.
a resounding editorial: See Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
pp. 148–50.
“You saw what…Was it satisfactory?”: Norman B. Judd to AL, February 21, 1860, Lincoln Papers.
“That Abraham Lincoln…a unit for him”: Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
p. 186.
“what is to be…reverse the decree”: MTL interview, September 1866, in
HI,
p. 360 n4.
CHAPTER 8: SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO
Forty thousand visitors: Tarbell,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. I, p. 344:
Buffalo Morning Express,
May 16, 1860, David Davis Papers, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill. [hereafter Davis Papers, ICHi].
trains…carried the delegates: Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
p. 212.
youngest political party…fastest-growing city: Jones, “The 1860 Republican Convention.”
crowds gathered…“swung their hats”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 15, 1860.
the one that began its journey:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 12, 1860.
“when ‘a mile a minute’…in their boots”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 16, 1860.
prizefighters hired “to keep the peace…broken heads”: Clark, “Lincoln’s Nomination As Seen By a Young Girl,”
Putnam’s,
p. 537.
“such refreshments…among the opponents”:
Buffalo Morning Express,
May 15, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.
“almost ridiculous”: Anonymous writer, quoted in
As Others See Chicago: Impressions of Visitors, 1673–1933,
ed. Bessie Louise Pierce (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1933), p. 151.
“growth is…a word”: James Stirling, quoted in ibid., p. 123.
“a military post and fur station”:
A Guide to the City of Chicago
(Chicago: Zell & Co., 1868), pp. 32–33.
population of more than a hundred thousand: Thomas,
Abraham Lincoln,
p. 207.
“the first grain…all of Europe”:
A Strangers’ and Tourists’ Guide to the City of Chicago
(Chicago: Relig. Philo. Pub. Assoc., 1866), p. 24.
“the first lumber-market in the world”: Anonymous writer, quoted in
As Others See Chicago,
p. 151.
“miles of wharves…pursuit of trade”:
A Strangers’ and Tourists’ Guide to the City of Chicago,
p. 19.
a bold decision to elevate every building: Anonymous writer, quoted in
As Others See Chicago,
pp. 157–58.
“Our city has been chosen”…Lavish preparations:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 12, 1860.
“A most magically…the eager crowd”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 15, 1860.
Accommodations, restaurants: Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
pp. 212–13;
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 9, 14, and 17, 1860.
The most popular luncheon:
Chicago Daily Evening Journal,
May 15, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.
As packed trains continued…to forty thousand:
Buffalo Morning Express,
May 15, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM; Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
p. 222.
“I thought…some popular eruption”:
Daily [Ind.] Journal,
May 17, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.
“with a zest…unfeeling bosom”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 17, 1860.
“The city is thronged…shunned and condemned”:
Chicago Daily Evening Journal,
May 15, 1860.
If this new party…the presidency: Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
p. 140.
“who crowded…standing room”:
Chicago Daily Evening Journal,
May 16, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.
When the big doors…date for the afternoon: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 147–48; Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
pp. 246–47; Jones, “The 1860 Republican Convention”; Clark, “Lincoln’s Nomination As Seen By a Young Girl,”
Putnam’s,
p. 537 (quote).
Exactly at noon…officially began:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 17, 1860.
“no body of men…in [their] faith”: Governor Morgan, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
pp. 27–28;
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 17, 1860.
an inclusive platform…a two-thirds vote: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 156–58, 159.
“The great body…cardinal doctrines”: Pike, “Mr. Seward’s Defeat,” May 20, 1860, from
NYTrib,
reprinted in Pike,
First Blows of the Civil War,
p. 517.
a move was made to proceed: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 158, 159, 161;
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 18, 1860.
A Committee of Twelve…“consumed in talking”: Charles P. Smith, “The Nomination of Lincoln,” undated pamphlet from the Collections of the New Jersey State Library, Archives & History Division, Trenton, N.J., copy in Davis Papers, ICHi.
Greeley at convention: Van Deusen,
Horace Greeley,
pp. 245–48; Smith, “The Nomination of Lincoln.”
“cannot concentrate…will be nominated”: May 17 telegram from Horace Greeley, reprinted in
NYTrib,
May 18, 1860.
“every one of the…freely as water”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 160–61.
“Four years ago…courage and confidence”: TW, quoted in Addison G. Procter,
Lincoln and the Convention of 1860: An Address Before the Chicago Historical Society, April 4, 1918
(Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1918), pp. 6–7.
“I suppose…confirm what I say”: Horace Greeley, quoted in Procter,
Lincoln and the Convention of 1860,
p. 8.
“each of whom…Greeley had said”: Ibid.
“I know my people well…slavery where it is”: Henry Lane, quoted in ibid., pp. 12–13.
few were aware of his estrangement: Henry J. Raymond, quoted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 274.
“While professing so high…had his revenge”:
Auburn [N.Y.] Daily Advertiser,
May 31, 1860.
“In all candor…to the same effect”: Koerner,
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner,
Vol. II, pp. 88–89.
He was much too conservative…officially enlisted:
Missouri Republican,
St. Louis, Mo., May 19, 1860; Potter,
The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861,
p. 427.
“If united…and the West”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 148.
Any hope of persuading…“promote his interest”: John McLean, quoted in Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
p. 146.
“There was no unity…pitiable to behold”: Statement of Willard Warner, paraphrased in
Columbus [Ohio] Gazette,
May 25, 1860.
“If the Ohio delegation…[been] relied upon”: Francis M. Wright to SPC, May 21, 1860, reel 13, Chase Papers.
“There are lots…lukewarm friends”: Erastus Hopkins to SPC, May 17, 1860, reel 13, Chase Papers.
“Men gather…the big bell rings”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 143, 163, 149–50.
“You know how…no positive objection”: AL to Richard M. Corwine, May 2, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 47.
“to antagonize no one”: King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
p. 136.
“relative ability…man who could win”: Stampp, “The Republican National Convention of 1860,” in Stampp,
The Imperiled Union,
p. 160.
“No men ever worked…two hours a night”: Leonard Swett to Josiah Drummond, May 27, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM.
“Most of them…political morality”: Whitney,
Lincoln the Citizen,
Vol. 1, p. 266.
“typically methodical way”: King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
p. 135 (quote); see also p. 136, and chapter 11 generally.
“a drawback…Gov. Seward”: AL, quoted in Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
p. 145.
“It all worked…was Indiana”: Leonard Swett to Josiah H. Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
p. 71.
“the whole of Indiana…to get”: AL to Richard M. Corwine, May 2, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 47 (quote); AL to Cyrus M. Allen, May 1, 1860, in ibid., p. 46.
Claims have been made…Caleb Smith: Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
pp. 214–15.
No deal was needed: Donald,
Lincoln,
p. 249.
Indiana…to back Lincoln: John D. Defrees to Schuyler Colfax, quoted in Hollister,
Life of Schuyler Colfax,
p. 148.
Committee of Twelve…“general good of the party”: Smith, “The Nomination of Lincoln,” Davis Papers, ICHi.
Davis had previously…might be procured: Whitney,
Lincoln the Citizen,
Vol. I, p. 289.
“Make no…bind me
”: AL, Endorsement on the Margin of the
Missouri Democrat,
May 17, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 50.
“Everybody was mad…‘he must ratify it’”: Whitney,
Lincoln the Citizen,
Vol. I, p. 289.
The Blairs had supposedly promised: Clay,
The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay,
pp. 244–46; Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
p. 68.
“oceans of money”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 162.
“get every member…appointment”: King,
Lincoln’s Manager,
p. 140.
“My assurance to them…as much as possible”: Leonard Swett to AL, May 20, 1860, Davis Papers, ALPLM.
for a celebratory march…“a little too far”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 164.
had manufactured duplicate tickets: Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
pp. 160–61.
“it was part of…the Convention”: Swett to Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
p. 72.
friends and supporters from all over the state: Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
pp. 160–61.
“by a deafening shout”: Swett to Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
p. 72.
“loud and long”:
Albany Evening Journal,
May 18, 1860.
“appalled us a little”: Swett to Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
p. 72.
“If Mr. Seward’s name…far and wide”:
NYT,
May 21, 1860.
“tremendous applause…Lincoln’s favor”: Henry Raymond article, quoted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 276.
“cold when compared”:
NYT,
May 21, 1860.
“trial of lungs”:
Albany Evening Journal,
May 18, 1860;
NYH,
May 19, 1860;
NYT,
May 19, 1860.
“The shouting was…infernal intensity”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 165.
“five thousand…the scene unnoticed”: Swett to Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
p. 72.
“Abe Lincoln…let us ballot!”:
NYH,
May 19, 1860;
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
May 19, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.