Team of Rivals (142 page)

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Authors: Doris Kearns Goodwin

“This was not…it had its weight”: Swett to Drummond, May 27, 1860, quoted in Oldroyd,
Lincoln’s Campaign,
pp. 72–73.

results of the first ballot: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 167.

“This solid vote…it was given”: Ibid., p. 166.

“no pivotal state…been delivered”: Cain,
Lincoln’s Attorney General,
p. 112.

results of the second ballot: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 169.

“startling…of thunder”: Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 264.

results of the third ballot: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 170.

“There was a pause…ticks of a watch”: Ibid., p. 171.

“A profound stillness fell upon the Wigwam”: Unidentified spectator, quoted in Allan Nevins,
Ordeal of the Union.
Vol. II:
The Emergence of Lincoln, part II, Prologue to Civil War, 1857–1861,
new introduction by JamesM. McPherson (New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1992), p. 260.

“rose to their feet…and again”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 19, 1860.

“Great men…night of struggle”: Clark, “Lincoln’s Nomination As Seen By a Young Girl,”
Putnam’s,
p. 538.

he, too, could not restrain his tears: Taylor,
William Henry Seward,
p. 9.

“the great disappointment of his life”:
Chicago Tribune,
July 14, 1878.

“her first…are themselves forgotten”: Austin Blair, quoted in
Albany Evening Journal,
May 23, 1860, in Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 173; Baringer,
Lincoln’s Rise to Power,
p. 292; Carl Schurz “Speeches at the Chicago Convention,” quoted in
Works of William H. Seward,
Vol. IV, p. 682.

“with the success…highest honor”: Carl Schurz, “Speeches at the Chicago Convention,” quoted in
Works of William H. Seward,
Vol. IV, p. 682.

“Mounting a table…clenched nervously”:
NYT,
May 21, 1860.

“Gentlemen…Republican party:
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
May 19, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.

“the spectator…noble man indeed”:
NYT,
May 21, 1860.

A man stationed on the roof…Cannons were fired: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 171–72.

“between 20,000…shouting at once”:
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
May 19, 1860, Davis Papers, ICHi.

“The Press and Tribune…windows and doors”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 19, 1860.

Seward received the news…“on the next ballot”: Stanton,
Random Recollections,
pp. 215–16 (quote p. 216).

“rightly [judged] that…to bring”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 452.

turned “as pale as ashes”: Stanton,
Random Recollections,
p. 216.

“that it was no ordinary…and irrevocable”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 452.

“The sad tidings…clouded brow”: Stanton,
Random Recollections,
p. 216.

“of his sanguine…Few men can”: Entry for May 19, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.

“he took the blow…family and the world”: Van Deusen,
William Henry Seward,
pp. 228, 229.

“Father told Mother…unselfish coolness”: Entry for May 18, 1860, Fanny Seward diary, Seward Papers.

“No truer…nomination have fallen”: WHS for the
Auburn Daily Advertiser,
in “Biographical Memoir of William H. Seward,”
Works of William H. Seward,
Vol. IV, p. 79.

“You have my…light as my own”: WHS to TW, May 18, 1860, quoted in Barnes,
Memoir of Thurlow Weed,
p. 270; WHS to TW, May 18, 1860, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 453.

in a public letter…“progress of that cause”: WHS to the New York Republican Central Committee, quoted in Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
p. 454.

“It was only some months…cursing and swearing”: Van Deusen,
William Henry Seward,
p. 229.

“When I remember…competition with his”: SPC to Robert Hosea, June 5, 1860, reel 13, Chase Papers.

For years, Chase was racked: Blue,
Salmon P. Chase,
p. 126.

“adhesion of the…own State Convention”: SPC to AL, misdated as May 17, 1860, Lincoln Papers.

Lincoln responded graciously: AL to SPC, May 26, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 53.

“While the victory…most profoundly”: Schurz,
Reminiscences,
Vol. II, pp. 186–87.

“melancholy ceremony”:
Daily Ohio Statesman,
Columbus, Ohio, May 19, 1860.

“As for me…I have ever known”: EB to Horace Greeley, quoted in Hollister,
Life of Schuyler Colfax,
p. 148.

“Some of my friends…border slave states”: Entry of May 19, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
pp. 129, 130–31.

Some claim…Others maintain: See Conkling, “How Mr. Lincoln Received the News,”
Transactions
(1909), p. 65; Tarbell,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. I, p. 358;
Illinois State Register,
February 13, 1903.

“Mr. Lincoln…you are nominated”: quoted in Tarbell,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. I, p. 358

office of the
Illinois State Journal
: Charles S. Zane interview, 1865–1866, in
HI,
p. 492;
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 22, 1860.

he “looked at it…all around”:
Chicago Journal
correspondent, quoted in
Cincinnati Daily Commercial,
May 25, 1860.

“I knew…second ballot”: AL, quoted in Donald,
Lincoln,
p. 250.

“My friends…at last had come”: quoted in Tarbell,
The Life of Abraham Lincoln,
Vol. I, p. 358.

“the hearty western”…rotunda of the Capitol: “Ecarte” [John Hay],
Providence [R.I.] Journal,
May 26, 1860, reprinted in
Lincoln’s Journalist: John Hay’s Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860–1864,
ed. Michael Burlingame (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998), p. 1.

“the signal for immense…a great party”:
Missouri Republican,
May 20, 1860.

“the fact of…of Lincoln”: Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
p. 176.

“The leader of…against a leader”: T. S. Verdi, “The Assassination of the Sewards,”
The Republic
1 (July 1873), pp. 289–90.

Some have pointed to luck…held in Chicago: See Fehrenbacher,
Prelude to Greatness,
p. 5; Alexander McClure, quoted in Taylor,
William Henry Seward,
p. 10.

“Had the Convention…nominated”: Koerner,
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner,
Vol. II, p. 80.

Lincoln’s team in Chicago played the game: Potter,
The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861,
pp. 427–28; Stampp, “The Republican National Convention of 1860,” in Stampp,
The Imperiled Union,
pp. 155, 157–58.

Lincoln was the best prepared: Fehrenbacher,
Prelude to Greatness,
p. 2.

speeches possessed unmatched…moral strength: Miller,
Lincoln’s Virtues,
pp. 397–401.

“his avoidance of extremes…off its balance”:
Press and Tribune,
Chicago, May 16, 1860.

“comparatively unknown”: Verdi, “The Assassination of the Sewards,”
The Republic
(1873), p. 290.

“give no offence…their first love”: AL to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 34.

he had not made enemies:
Illinois State Journal,
Springfield, Ill., March 23, 1860.

“an ambition…overindulgence”: Fehrenbacher,
Prelude to Greatness,
p. 161.

CHAPTER 9: “A MAN KNOWS HIS OWN NAME”

“was received…so we adjourned”: Entry for May 18, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.

journals…“Abraham”:
NYT,
May 21, 1860.

“it is but fair…his own name”:
NYH,
June 5, 1860.

“It seems as if…
‘Abraham’”:
AL to George Ashmun, June 4, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 68.

“a third rate Western…clumsy jokes”:
NYH,
May 19, 1860.

“Lincoln is the leanest…being ugly”:
Houston Telegraph,
quoted in
NYTrib,
June 12, 1860.

“After him…be President?”:
Charleston [S.C.] Mercury,
June 9, 1860, quoted in Emerson David Fite,
The First Presidential Campaign,
(New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911), p. 210.

“thrust aside…freesoil border-ruffian”:
Charleston Mercury,
October 15, 1860.

“an illiterate partizan…negro equality”:
Richmond Enquirer,
May 22, 1860.

Democratic National Convention in Charleston: See “The Charleston Convention,” chapter 1 in Halstead,
Three Against Lincoln,
pp. 3–10.

“in less than sixty…of the seceders”: Ibid., pp. 84, 87.

Baltimore convention: For a full discussion of the Democratic Convention that nominated Douglas, see “The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore,” chapter 6 in ibid., pp. 185–264.

Breckinridge/Lane; Bell/Everett: For a discussion of the conventions that nominated Breckinridge and Bell, see “Institute Hall (‘Seceders’) Convention” and “The Constitutional Democratic Convention,” respectively, chapters 7 and 2, in ibid., pp. 265–77, 111–17.

“The great democratic…of their own”: Entry for June 23, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.

“the chances were…fortunes a turn”: AL to Anson G. Henry, July 4, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 82.

“Mr. Lincoln received…the great world”: Schurz,
Reminiscences,
Vol. II, pp. 187–88.

“the prospects of…work with a will”:
Autobiography of Thurlow Weed,
ed. Weed, p. 603.

apparent to both…Lincoln against Douglas: In Pennsylvania, the sole exception, Douglas would finish third to Lincoln and Breckinridge.

“Now what difference…between them”:
Montgomery [Ala.] Daily Mail,
July 6, 1860, quoted in Craven,
The Growth of Southern Nationalism,
p. 342.

A Lincoln victory…such diverse constituencies: For an analysis of the multifaceted campaign in the North, see Luthin,
The First Lincoln Campaign,
passim; Miller,
Lincoln’s Virtues,
pp. 465–67.

“a mere printed circular
…not to reply at all”: SPC to Lyman Trumbull, November 12, 1860, reel 14, Chase Papers.

“much chagrined…Mr. Abe Lincoln”:
Journal of Commerce,
reprinted in
NYTrib,
June 27, 1860.

“Holding myself…stand ready”: AL to SPC, May 26, 1860, in
CW,
IV, p. 53.

“first, that…of the people”:
NYTrib,
October 25, 1860.

Browning called on Bates: Entry for May 31, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 132; Cain,
Lincoln’s Attorney General,
p. 115.

“declined to take the stump”: Entry for May 31, 1860, in
The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866,
p. 132.

“probably give offense…
Union party
”: Entry for September 20, 1860, in ibid., p. 145.

“I give my opinion…in early life”: EB,
Letter of Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, Indorsing Mr. Lincoln, and Giving His Reasons for Supporting the Chicago Nominees
(Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1860); EB to O. H. Browning, June 11, 1860, reprinted in “Political: Letter of Judge Bates, pledging his support to the Republican ticket,”
NYT,
supplement, June 23, 1860.

“His character is…firm as Jackson”: EB to Wyndham Robertson, November 3, 1860, quoted in Cain,
Lincoln’s Attorney General,
p. 120.

“The campaign started…preside or attend”: Procter,
Lincoln and the Convention of 1860,
p. 16.

“My personal feelings…a public act”: CS to WHS, May 20, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.

“one & only one…nomination in ’64”: George Pomeroy to WHS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.

“the suitable man…for mere expediency”: William Mellen to FAS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.

considered resigning immediately from the Senate: Van Deusen,
William Henry Seward,
p. 229.

“When I went out…at every corner”: Seward,
Seward at Washington…1846–1861,
pp. 453–54.

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