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S BY JOHN G. NICOLA .
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uthor ( with S Colonel John 11) ' ) of "rAre . of A Irhom Lincoln , " DUd from
lSGO to lSQ ; Ttncoln's lrlmtc Sccrctary.
r ( Cop'rlghtM , 114 , by R. B. McClure. )
In American politics should the mnn seek
the ofce , or the ofcI seek the man T The
torred answer doUbles Is that neither rule
b Inflexibly good or InflexIbly bad. As a
mater ot Iluro , theory , the later seems pre-
erable ; as a result of Actual practce : ,
the former obtains In probably nIne cases
out of ten : The problem , like s many
others In human affaIrs , Is relative. I de- I
ponds on the ofce , the tune , the place ; on
custom , .n momentary conditIons ; above
\ , It depends on the man. J Abraham
Lincoln , at the beginning or his career , had
: lt sought the ofce or representative In
S the IElltatur ! of IllinoIs , It Is likely that
the office 'r presIdent of the United States
; WQul' never have sought Abraham 1.lncoln.
d The 11bleaton of Mr. 1.lncoln's col-
lectefl works makes It poslblo to print ,
In ! their proper sequence , I low of the let.
terl written by him which set forth , with
all the slllrit and Interest of an autobog- ;
laphy , his fllngs and actions at the several
earlier crises of his political career. These
cries resulted at least as often 11 Ilefeat a
Th victory ; but from each defeat his great
qualities of hc' and heart gathered newS
resourceR of experience , of hope , and of
steadfast adherence to prlnc'ple , which car-
nod hIm ultimately to that crowning succo : $
that his' enshrined his name among the Immortals -
mortals of history.
LINCOLN'S ADVlNT INTO POLITIO AT 23.
his advent Into politics Is marked by the
the publication ] or his first "ndlress , to the
11eople of Sangamon county , " dated March 9 ,
] 832. and Printo.l in the "Sangamon Journal"
of March 15. At the time of , writing this
document ho' was 23 years old. He was then
living In the village of New Salem , Into
, which ho had como one year before , an
cqlro , stranger and as ho afterward de.
scribed himself , n "friendless , uneducated
penniless boy , working on a flatboat at $10
per month. " Even a part ot that year hall
' been taken up by n Journey to Now Orleans
on the latboat ho had helped to build.
Fractcaly ! , therefore , ho had been among the
constituents whom he offered to represent
only eight months , and those spent In the
seclusion of a village or twenty houses ; an
Infnitesimal lIttle corer of the county
which formed tim legislative district estimated -
mated to contain 2,1GO square miles. What
could have prompted this unheralded , un.
frlended , Inexperienced stranger to' aspire to
the honors of leadership , and the responsi-
biites of legislation for a county ho had
S scarcely seen , and a people he could not
know , but that intuition of genius , that consciousness -
sciousness ot powers which justify their
claims by their achievements ?
The confIdence which Inspired It grew
partly out or the primitive condition of local
- S politics. One ot the strongest characteristics
. of the pioneer was the feeling or equality . ,
,
Wealth did not yet exist : there was no rJcog-
S nlton or rank or privilege , and but little
S ' llerence In conditions or prospects. Every
man WI tree to offer himself : every other
tree to cheese whom he preferred. I'opula-
ton was too sparse to engender combinations ;
caucuses and conventions were yet undreamed
of. Lincoln had , therefore , to do only what
bls twelve competitors did-have himself an ,
flounced as a candidate in the newspaper
and this , was accompanied b1 the "card , "
. - or address mentioned above.
I wo carefully read this address , we shall
sec that his description ot himself as being
II "uneducated" was prompted by that modesty
. S with which he always understated his acquirements -
.5 quirements and powers , for the document Is
, , quie as well worded , as clearly phrased ,
S I 1 and as cogently argued as the average t
; S-S ' political manlfestps tram collegians 'In their
; ( twenties . The same may bo said or the
- subject matter or his address . The prom-
; Inence given to the Improvement of the
: Sangamon river as the central topic was
S- due to local and accidental causes. Un-
S ; . usual freshets were prevailing that spring ,
whIch , for the moment , gave ' the little
S
, stream I respectable width and volume ,
and the whole country was on tpto at
- S S the widely announced and expected arrival
: . of the steamboat Talisman from Cincin-
; : L nat and St Louis with mails , newspapers
S . S and a cargo of new goods. The TaIls-
S. man dId come , and this justified the argument -
: gument or the young politician . le could
S : ot then know that neither she nor any other
S steamboat would ever make the miraculous
. _ voyage again. But the address dos not con-
imno itself to the improvement ot the Sanga-
? , mono I must be note that , among othe
topics , I already recognizes the coming rival l
and conqueror of steamboat navigation-the
railroad. "No other Improvement , " It says ,
"that reason will justify us In hoping for
. can equal In utility the railroad. " S
S I must be borne In mind that when Lln-
cola wrote this the first railroad In the
United States-a line at Quincy , Mass. , four
mUM long , and run by horse power-was only
: , six. years old : , that the frt locomotvo had
been imported only three years before : and
only I little moro than one year bad elapsed
since the frt locomotive was built In Amer-
lea , to be used on a track eighteen miles
, long between Baltimore and Ellcott's ! Mills.
' I.s , n striking Illustration of the hunger of
the American mind for progress , that the
hew system was already thus being discussed '
In the backwoods villages of Iinois , and no
less illustrative of the wide aWake Intel-
genet of this young frontier politician that
S lie hailed It as the Infant Tlat or trans-
. portatlon . Dut ho also used as' an argu-
I anent In favor of his river scheme that its
then Insurmountable cost made the , adoplen
, . of the superior commercial agent an Impos.
sible hop : and , In fact , ten to fifteen years
. pased before UI first railroad train , va run
. .
In iinois.
. S Perhaps the most promising sIgn ! In this ,
.l maiden address Is the almost timid phraseology
elegy and transparent sincerity with which i
io stated the secret or his desire to enter the
;
IIublo service . He said :
"Evrry man Is said to have his peculiar
gunbtton . 'Vhe\her It bo true or not , I can
. lay , for one , that 1 have no other so great
us that of being truly esteemed of my fellow
men \ by rendering myself worthy of their
esteem how tar 1 shah succeed In gratify-
InK this ambition Is yet to be developed 1
mn yOung , and unknown to many of you , I
S vas jorn , and have ever remained. In the
moat humble walks ; or life. I have no
wealthy or popular relations or friends to
rrcmmend me , My case Is thrown exelu-
. IIVely upon the Independent voters ot the
country ; and , I elected , they will have con-
fcrrQd I favor upon me for which I shah be
u\on
unremitting In my labor to compensalc.
1ut , It the god people In their wisdom shall
BOO fit to keep me In the background , I
, * s have been too famIliar with disappointments
- to ls very much chagrined. "
TiE COURSE AND lESULT OF UN-
ScOLN'S mST CANDIDACY .
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The wbQle world' knowl with what fidelity
lie followed the pathway ot unaelfshne8
S 'vhlch led him to the sublime height of hll
alnbltion.
, j I was hot Llneoln' fortune to immediately
S hAn the elect of his manifesto upon "the
. IOPie ] of Sangamon county " Just one
month after It was printed In the Slgamon :
. Jpurnal , and while the comrunlty waa yet
: rejclclng over the arrival or the Talsman ,
. the governor of 11noil issued his prolama-
iloit calling out volunteerl for the Iilackhawk
. S ton calng Dackhawk
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'f. 'S ( udlan ) war Within twelve days from th
( llclal summons , Captain Lincoln's company
. WI. mustered Into service at neardstown ,
: . . tie rendezvous , and , receiving its arms , Imme-
, . diately began its march with the rest of the
. army tOIa' the hostile frontier , leaving
, ' his candidacy for the legislature In the hands
. of his friends . AL that date Sangamon
¶ ' county had large lmits , extending over forty
o\es from eaet to Wet , and over fifty tram
S ; Iorth to south . Even allowing that the \pu-
hation was as yet concentrated In few
. u hton wa a concentrate a let-
k tlrmenl near its center , the obstacles to ordl-
, i , : liar ) ' electioneering remained sufficiently ob-
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q. .
I 'loui.
; When Captain LIncoln returned rrom the
. I t.e campaign , on tot , only ten days terOtl the
S August election . his friends had done manful
w duty for him , for they give him almost the
.5 1IIImoUI vote of , hi precinct , buL the entire
; 4 countylad Dot 10 .eU learned hL worth. Ind i
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he was one of the nine defeated candidates.
This was the only time he was ever defeated
In a popular vote. The canvass had been
what Is designated In the vest as a " , erub
raco. . There were four member to 0
elected In the county , and thirteen ambitious
patrIots had announcoJ themselves candi-
dates The list of successful and lmnsuccess-
ful aspirants and their respective votes was
rs folow ! : i : . D. Taylor , 1,127 : J. T. Stuart ,
19 : Schier Morris 015 ; Peter Cartwright ,
8J5. The unsuccessful candidates were : A.
( I. Herdon , 80G : William Carpenter iH :
John Dlwson , i17 : Abraham Lincoln 657 : T.
M. Neale , 571 ; Ii. Quinton , 458 ; Zachariahi.
Peter , 21 ; Edward Robinson , IG9 : - Kirk-
patrIck , 44. The returns also show that the
total vote of the county was about 2,168
Comparing this with the vote cast for 1.ln-
coin , we see that he received nearly one.thlrd
or the total county vote , notwithstanding his
absence from the canvass ; notwithstanding
the fact that his acquaintanceship was Ilni-
1m-
Itlj to the IIelgborhoo or New Salem ; 10t-
wlhstandln the sharp competition .
! competton.
Indeed , his talent for active , practical politics -
Itcs was demonstrated beyond question by
the r'ultln his home precinct of New Salem
which , though he ran a a whig , gave 27 ,
votes for him anti only Unto against him. '
Three months later It gave 185 for the Jack-
i
son , and only 70 for the Clay electors , preyIng -
Ing Lincoln's personal popularity
LINCOLN'S FOUR LATUl TEHIS . IN TiE LEGIS-
tie was now In the attitude of a disappointed -
pointed office-seeker , but he dll not receive
his defeat 8 a popular tamlate to remain
perp9tualy In the baclground. Another
election for the legislature coming around
two years later , he again sought the office ,
R appEara by this notice In the .anglmOn
Journal of April 25. 8134 : "We arc author-
Izcd to state that A. Lincoln of New Salem
11 i a candidate for representative for this
county. " I was anothlr "scrub race , " with
thirteen candidates for the four places , as
on the occasion of his first venture : but
this time the election returns In August
show his name nearly at the head of the
list of the four successful candidates : John
Dawson , 1,300 ; Abraham , LIncoln , 1,376 :
William Carpenter , 1,170 : John T. Stuart ,
1IGI. .
The votes received by the nIne unsuccessful
candidates ranged from 1.038 to 42.
From this time on LIncoln appears 10
have had no serious difculy In securing
an election to the legislature so long ns
he desired it. lie was again chosen In 1836 ,
1838 and 1840. But four terms probably
convinced him that he had by stuty amid
experience become fitted for hIgher service ,
and he declined further re-elections. I Is
perhaps worth while to quote his Idea of
the relation the representative should baar
to the constituent , as defined In ISis "card"
In the canvass of 1836. "If elected , 1 shall
consider the whole people of Sangamon my
constituents , as well thee that oppose as
those that support me. While acting as
their reprefentatve , I shall be governed by
their will on all subjects upon which 1 have
the means of knowing what their will Is ;
and upon all others , I shall do what my
own judgment teach me will best advance
their Interests. "
LINCOLN'S . GENEROSITY TO POLITICAL
ADVEItSAI1IES. '
I was also I noteworthy feature of this
ten years of Lincoln's political activity ,
when Individual acton had such fro play ,
when phrty controversie between whig and
democrats was so hot , when local issues had
:
such fierce contention In the legislature , that
there remains scarcely a trace ot his falling
Into personal difficultIes. I Is , or course , ex-
1)lnlne by his characterIstic kindness ot
heart , his uniform god temper and liberality
of spIlt tqward adversaries and that high
sense of honor which scorned ill intrigue and
subterfuge. Even \vhero he had cause to re-
pel an unjust assault , ho had the unusual
charity to Impute god motives to his assailant -
ant , as In this letter , which only the noblest .
personal courtesy could have Inspired :
NEW SALEM , June 21 , 1836.-Colonel Itob-4 .
art Allen : Dear Colonel-I am told that dur-
Ing iy' absence lat week you passed through
this place and state publicly that you were
In possession ot a fact , or facts which , I
known to the publIc , would entirely destroy
the prospect ot N. W. Edwards and myself
at the ensuing election : but that , through
favor to us , you should forbear to divulge
them. No one has needed favors more than
I , and , generally . few have been less unwi-
ling to accept them : but In thIs case favor
to me would b injustice to the public , and
to
therefore 1 must beg your ' pardon for declining -
Ing it. That I once had the confidence cf
the people or the Sangamon Is sufficiently
evident : and U I sInce have done anything ,
either by design or misadventure , whIch I
olher know would subject mo to I forfeiture of
this confidence . he that knows or that thing
and conceals It Is a traitor to his cuntry's
'
Interest. "
1 find myself wholly unable to form any
conjecture of what fact or facts , real or sup
posed , you spoke but my opinion of your veracity -
racity wi not permIt me for a moment to
doubt that you at least believed what you
said. I am aHered with the personal regard -
Knrd you manifested for me , but 1 do hope
that , on more mature reflection , you will
view the public Interest as I paramouJt consideration -
sideration , and therefore determine to let
the worst come. 1 here assure you that the
candid statement or facts on your part , how-
ever low I may sink me , shall never break
the tie . of personal friendship between us.
I wlsh"an te. answer to this , and you are at
liberty " 'to publish both , I you ehooso. Very
respectfully. A. LICOLN ,
And similar In spirit and bearing Is the
answer ho wrote , In another controversy , In
reply to a written question whether In a cer-
Lain discussion his words "Imported Insult : "
LAwmmCEVILLE , Oct 31 , 1840.-W.
G. Anderson-Dear Sir : Your note of yester-
day Is received. la the difficulty bltween us ,
of which you spoke , you say you think 1 was
the aggressor. 1 do not think 1 was. You
say lY "words Imported insult. " 1 meant
them as a lair set.ol to your own stale
ments , and not otherwise ; and In that light
alone I now wish you to understand them.
You ask for my present"teeling on the sub ?
jeet , " I entertain no unkind feelings to you ,
and none of any sort upon he the subject ,
Except a' sincere regret that 1 permitted my-
self to get Ilto such an altercation. Yours ,
ete A. LINCOLN.
The next ten ) 'ear of Lincoln's political
life toll under new conditions . Population
had greatly Increase : by his aid SprlngOeld
had become the new capital of the state , and
he was now one of IlS leading citizens. Never
a radical , but always a timely reformer , he
was prominent In Inducing the whigs to adopt
the new method of selecting candidates by
delegate conventions , which , to their cost ,
many or them had' hitherto resisted. In an
address to the party at large , dated March 4 ,
1843 , which , as one of I committee of three ,
he was Instrumental In originating and pre-
paring , he wrote :
"The sixth resolution recommends the
adoption of the convention system for the
nomination or candidates. This we believe to
be of the very first Importance Whether
the system Is right In itself , we do not stop
to Inquire , contenting ourselves with trying
to show that , wile our opponents use It , It Is
madness In us not to defend ourselves with I.
e e e In its application , wo know there wIll
be incidents temporarily painful but , after all ,
thee incidents will be fewer and less Iltens
with than without the system , I two frIends
aspire to the same office , It II certain ' that
both cannot succeed . Would It not , then , ba
much less painful to have the question decided
by mutua\ friends some time before than to
snarl and quarrel until the day or election ,
and then both be beateD by the common
enemyT"
LINCOLN'S FIST CONTEST FOR A SEAT
IN CONGRESS.
One of these "Incidents temporarily Ilaln-
tul , " under the new system which he so
earnestly recommended , tel to his own ox.
perienco of weeks .
palenco a couple later He was
seeking a nomination for congress , bul
against the sharp competItion at other am-
show : young wh1t , a the following letters
SPItINQFIELII. March 24 , 1843.-Dear
Speed : e. S W. bad a meeting of the
whigs of the county he" on last Monday to
appoint delegates to " dldrlct coaveottoa .
.
antI Baker beat me , and got th delegation
Instructed to go for him. The meeting , In
spite of my attempt to decline It appointed
me one or the delegates ; so that , In getting
laker the nomInation , I shall be fixed I good
deal like a fellow who II made a groomsman -
man to a man that has cut him out Mid Is
marrying bls own dear "gal. "
A. LINCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , Iii. , March 26 , 1843.-
Friend ? Morris : Your letter of the 23d was
received on yesterday morning , and for which
( Instead of an excuse , which you thought
proper to ask ) I tender my sincere thanks.
I Is truly gratifying to me to lot that ,
while the people of Sangamon have cat
me oft , my oh friends C Menard . who have
known me longest and best , stick to me.
I would astonish , I not amuse , the older
citizens to lorn that I ( a stranget , friendless ,
uneducated , penniless boy , working on a fiat-
boat at 80 per month ) have 'een put down
hero as the candidate of pride , wealth and
Irstocrato : family distncton , Yet EO , chiefly ,
It was. There was . too , the strangest com-
binaton or church Influence against me.
Daker Is a Campbelle , and , therefore , as I
suppose , .wlth few exceptions , got all that
church My wife has some relations In the
Prsbrterlan churches , and some with the
Episcopal churches : and , therefore . wherever
It woulll tell , I was set down as either one cr
other , while I was everywhere contended thnt
no Christian ought to go for me , because I
belonged to no church , was suspected of
helng a deist , and had talked about fighting
a duel With all these things Daker , of
course , had nothing to do. Nor do I com-
plain of them As to his own church going
for him , I think that was right enough : and
as to the Influences I have spoken of In the
other , though they were very strong It would
be grossly untrue and unjust to charge that
they acted upon them In a body , or were very
hear so I only mean that those influences
levied a tax of a consderable : per cent upon
my strength throughout the religious contro-
versy . But enough of tbls. e . .
You say you shall Instruct your delegates
for me , unless I object , 1 certainly shall net
object. That would be too pleasant a com-
plmelt : for me lo tread In the dust . And ,
besides , Ir atiythlng should happen ( which ,
however , Is not probable ) , by which Baker
should be thrown out of the fight , I would
bo at liberty to accept the nomination I I
could get It. I 10 , however , feel myself
bcund not to , hinder him In any way from
getting the noininaton : . 1 should despise my-
self were 1 to atempt It. I think , then , It
would be proper for your meeting to appoint
three delegates , and to Instruct them to g
for saro one as a first choice , some one else
as a second , and perhaps some one as n
third : antI I In these instructions 1 were
named as the first choice I would gratify
mo very much , e e A. LINCOLN.
April 14 , 1843.-Friend Morris : 1 have
heard I intimated that Baker had been
attempting to get you or Miles , or
both of you , toIolate ' the In-
structons or the meeting that appoInted you ,
and te go for him. I have Insisted and still
Insist , tnt this cannot be true Surely ,
Baker would not do the \ . As wel might
Hardin sale me to vote for him In the conven-
ton , Again , I Is said there will be an nt-
tempt to get up instructions In your county ,
requiring you to go for Daker. This Is all
wrong. Upon the same rule , why might not
I fly from the , hecisIon against me In San-
amen , and get up instructions to their delegates -
gates to go for me ? There are at least
twelve hundred whigs In the county that took
no part , and yet 1 would as soon put my head
In the fire as to alempt it. Besides , I any
one should get the nomination by such extraordinary -
ordinary means , all harmony In the district
would Inevitably bo lost. honest whigs ( and
very nearly all or them arc honest ) would not
quietly abide such enormities. I repeat , such
an atempt on Dalter's part cannot be true. I
Write me at Springfield how the matter Is. :
Don't sow or speak of this letter.
. A. LINCOLN.
SI'IUNGFIELD. May 18 , 1843.-Dear Speed :
Yours of the 9th Instant Is duly received
which I -do not meet as I "bore , " but as a
most welcome visitor. 1 will answer the
business part ot It frst , e e
In relation to our congress mater here ,
you were right In supposing 1 would support
the nominee Neither Daer nor I , however ,
Is , the man , but Hardin , so tar as I can
jUdge from present appearances. We shall
have no spIlt or trouble abut the ( mnler ;
all will be harmonye , . , . A. LINCOLN.
LINCOLN'S ONE TEnM "IN CONGRESS.
Thee letters prove that Lincoln was a
keen , ard aspiring politician , looking minutely
after all the legitimate means and chances
or success but as inflexibly scoring every
act and every suspicion of unfairness. Then ,
as over after , he believed In party organiza-
ton , but part acton In open and manly
rivalry , consistent with tie most delicate
sense or honor and the warmest personal
trlemlshlp. This same spirit animated his
second and succesfful effort to secure a nomi-
nation for conress.
!
SPRINGFIELD , Nov. Ii , 1845-Frlend
James : The paper at Pekln has
nominated Hardf for governor , and , com-
mentng on this , the Alton paper indirectly
nominated him for cDngress. I would give
Hardin a great start , and perhaps use me
up I the wlig papers of the district should
nomnlate him for congress I your reelngs
toward me are the same as when 1 saw you
( which I have no reason to doubt ) , 1 wish
you would let nothing appear In your paper '
which may operate against me. You umler-
Itand. Matters stand just as they did when
1 saw you. Baker Is certainly oft the track
and 1 fear Hardin Intends to bo on it. '
A. UNCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , Nov 24 , 1845.-Frlend
James : e You perhaps have noticed
the Journals article or last weekupon the
same subject. I was written without any
consultation with me , but I was told by Fran.
cia of Its purport before I was published. r
chose to let I go at It was , lest It should be
euspeeted that 1 was attempting to juggle
lardln out or , a nomination for congress by
juggling him Into one for gwernor Yours , as
ever , A. LINCOLN.
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SPRNGFILD , Jan H , 1846.-Frlend
James : e . 1 should bo pleased I I
could concur with you In the hope , that my
name would be th only one presented to the
convention , but 1 cannot. I rlln Is a man
or desperate energy and persevefance , and
one that never backs out : and , I tear , to
think otherwise Is to be deceived In the char-
actor or our adversary. I would rejoice to be
spared the labor of a contest ; but , "being In , "
I shall go It thoroughly , and to the bottom.
As to my being able to make I break In the
lower countes , I tel you that I can possibly
get Cass , but I do not think I will , Morgan
and Scott are beyond my reach : Menard Is
sao to me ; Mason , neck and neck ; Logan Is
ciba To make the maier sure , your entire
senatorial district must bo secured. Of this
I suppose Tazewel is ' safe ; and I have much
done In both the other counties . In Wood-
ford I have Davenport Simons , 'Viard ,
Bracken , Perry , Travis , Dr. Hnzzard and the
Clarke . and some others , all specifically cem-
nutted. At Lacon , In Marshall , the very
most active friend I have In the dIstrict
( ( f I except yourself ) II at work. Through
him 1 have procured their names , and writ-
tea to three or tour of the most active
whig In each precinct of the county , Still
I wish you all In Tazewel to keep your eyes
continually on Woodord and Marshall. Let
no opportunity of making a mark escape.
When they are safe , all will be safe I think.
e e e Yours truly , A. LINCOLN ,
This time Lincoln was dUly nominated and
elected to congress , and served one term
As he had been patient amid hopeful under
defeat , so now he was fair and liberal In
victory. Following the recognized custom In
the district , he gave way without effort or
apparent regret , and aided In the nomination
of Judge Logan to succeed him , whQ , how-
over , failed to be elected.
Before the expiration of Lincoln's term the
presIdential election of 18t8 came on. lie
had ben candidate for one of the presidential
electors for the state of Illinois In both the
Harrison campaign of 18tO and the Unsucces-
ful Clay campaIgn ot 18H , making In each
instance sn active campaign or stump speak-
Ing. Many eminent whlg desired Mr. Clay's
renomination. But : r. Llncoln' very con-
slderablo political experience , added
poltca adlC to the
natural political sagacity ho nlways
poltcal sagaciy waY8 mani-
tested , caused him to oppose this policy , and
to warmly advocate the nomination of General -
oral Taylor ; the accuracy or hii judgment
JUdgment
being In time , confIrmed by Taylor's nomina-
ton and triumphant election. Mr. LIncoln
again bore lila full share or campaign work
In Illinois and other states ,
LINCOLN TAKES AN INTEREST IN APPOINTMENTS -
POINTMENTS .
When , therefore , President TaYlor was In-
augurated , he had a right to think that the
new administraton ought to give his
services and claims not only impartial , but
generous , consideration The result may be
read In the subjoined letters :
SI'RINOFIELD , Ill. , April 7 , l849-Colouei
' - -
: :
- -
W. D. Warren and Others : Gentlemen-In
answer to your nOte ernlng the general
land office , I have to ) at that , I the ofce
could be secured to tl 011 by my consent to
accept I , and not othenwino . ) gIve that consent -
sent Some months Mnm I gave my word
to secure the appolntHcnt to that ofce of
Mr. Cyrus Edwards , IfJlh1fy power , II case
of I vacancy : antI more ttbentr 1 stipulated
with Colonel Baker fbp It Mr. Edwards
I EIwarl1s
and Colonel J. L. D. ll10rhson could arrange
with each other for 6dbmmbF them to with-
draw we would jOlntnetmmell the other.
In relation to these plecge , 1 must not only
be chaste , but above \ IIIClon. I the ofce
shall be tendered to iiil must be permitted
to say , "Give I to MII.lhvnrd" : , orj . I so
agreed by them , to oiqiel Morrison , and
I decline I : I Colqlel accept. " With
this understanding , ) arc at hib.
erty to procure me Ul offer of the ap-
polntment r you can : nn1 I shall feel corn-
plmented by your rl&tt ; all still more by
its success. I should ' thIie overlooked that
Colonel Baker's position entitles him to a
large share of control In this maier : how-
over one of your number , Cononel Warren ,
knows that Baker has at all times been ready
to recommend me , I I would consent. 1
must also bo understood that If at any time
previous to an appolnhnent being made .1
shall learn that Mr. Elwarls and Colonel
Morrison have agreed , I shall at once carry
out my stipulation with Colonel Baker ns
above stated Xour& truly , A. LINCOLN .
SPRINGFIELD , Ill. , April 25. 1S4-J. M.
Lucas , Esq. : Dear Sir : Your helter of the
lth Is just received Like you , I fear the
land office Is not going ns I should ; but I
know nothing I can do : In my hotter written
three Ins ago , I tel you the department
urdcrstnrlls my wishes. As to Duterfell ,
he Is lY personnl friend , and Is qualified I
to do the duties of the office : but of tho' '
quite 100 Iinoisans equally wel qualified , I
do not know one with less claim to It. In
the first place. what you say about Lisle
Smith Is the first intimation 1 hare .had of
anyone man In Illinois desiring Buterfehl
to have any office. Now , I think If an-
thing be given the state It should be so
given ns to gratify our friends , and to still ) -
ulate them to future exertions . anI to Mr.
Clay having recommended him , that Is qull
lIre quo. lie fought for Mr. Clay against
General Taylor to the biter end , ns I understand -
derstand : and I do not ' believe I inisunder-
stand . Lisle Smith , tco. wait a Clay dele-
gate at Phla1elphln. and against my most
earnest entreaties took the lead In fling two
vacancIes from my own district with Clay
nlen I wi now mortify toe deeply I Gen.
oral Taylor's mlmlnlstraton shall trample
all my wishes In the dust muerely - to gratify
these men. Yours , as ever ,
A. LINCOLN .
LICOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , I" , May 18 , 18tO.-Gen-
oral Duff Green : Dear General-I learn from
WashIngton that a man by the name of Dut-
terfeld wi probably be appolnteJ commi-
sioner or the general land office. This ought ,
not to be. That is about the only crumb of
. " I Jto .
patronage which Jliiqdlspxpects , . and 1 am
sure tie mass or , General Taylor's friends
hero would quito us hot ' s e It go east of the
Aleghanles , or' west lit tl Rocky mountains ,
as Into that man's hAndl" They are already
sore on the subject Qf'Is " getting' 0111cc. In
the great contest bf 1841 he was not seen or
heard ai , but when the victory cal , three
or four'"Ur -s'r ffidflT him , got all the
valuable officbs . thr ugi what. ' influence no
one has yet been able , \0 \ tell. 1 believe the
only time he has been very active was last
spring a year ago , In oppostU n to General
Taylor's' ' nonilmihtion. '
Now , cannot you get the ear of General
Taylor ? Ewing Is for Duterfeld , and , therefore -
Core , he mud b avoided Preston , I think ,
will favor you. Mr. Edwards has written me ,
offering to decline , hut I advised him not to
do so. Some kind friends think I ought to be
an applicant , but 1 am for Mr. Edwards. Try
to defeat Duter1 ; and In doing so use Mr.
Edwards , J , L. D. Morris , or myself , which-
ever you can do to the beat advantage. Write
me anti let this be confidential . Yours , truly ,
A. LINCOLN.
'
SPRINGFIELD , June 8 , 1849.-lon. N.
Pope : Dear Sir-I do not know that It would ,
but 1 can wel enough conceive It might , embarrass -
barrass you to now give a letter recommendIng -
Ing me for tIme general I land office. Could
you not , however , Without \ embarrassment or
Impropriety , so tar' vindicate the truth of
history as to briefly state to mo , In n loiter ,
what you did say to mo last spring on my
arrival hero from Washington , In relation
to my becoming an applicant for that office ?
Having at last concluded to become an applicant -
cant , I have tlought It Is perhaps due me
to bo enabled to show the influences which
brought.o to the conclusIon , and or which
influences the wishes and opinions you expressed -
pressed were not the least. Your obedient
servant. "A. LINCOLN
- ,
LINCOLN AN UN/UCCESSFUL , APPLI-
CANT FOR TiE OFFICE OF LAND
COMMISSIN En.
Having become ali applicant In earnest ,
Lincoln wrote letters to his friends , asking
recommendations but his effort came !
late. ' Dutterfeld was appointed , and the
administration tried to' make some amends
by offering Mr. LIncoln the ! governorship or
Oregon , then a territory , but he declined tIme
honor. The affair ; however , soon brough\ \
out an interesting trait of his character.
Though the administration had "trampled his
wishes In the dust , " his Personal friendship
and loyalty remained steadfast. / friend of
his made I violent speech In the Illinois
legislature , crlclslng Butterfield's appoint-
mont , and denouncIng the then secretary of
the Interior for making It . When the maier
was brought to Mr. Llncoln'a attention , he
printed the following letter In I Chicago
newspaper :
SPRNGFIELD , Nov , 21 , 18t9.-Edltor of
the Chicago Journal : Dear Sir-Some per-
son , probably yourself , has sent me the
number of your paper containing an extract
of a supposed speech Df Mr. Linder , together
with your editorial conimnents. Al my name
Is mentioned , both In the speech and In the
eommenls , and as my attention Is directed
to the article by a , special mark In the
paper sent me It 1 perhaps expected that
I should take some notice of It. I have to
say , then , that I was absent from before
the commencement tll ' after tim close or
the late session of thm l legislature , and that
the tact of such a 1peechm ' having been de-
lvered never came gto'pny , knowledge till' I
saw I notice of your 1lcle In time Illinois
Journal , one day before your paper reached
me lad the Intention or any whig to
deliver such a speeellben known to me ,
I should . , to the utmosl , or my ability , have
endeavored to prevent 1\ ' . When , Mr. Butter-
Dlter-
field was aPlllnted n\rlssloner \ ot the land
offIce , I expected him , to be an able and
faithful officer . and , Apt/Illg / has since Come
to my knowledge disappointing that expecta-
ton , As to Mr R\Jrg. hll position has
been one or great dithlemIty. I believe him ,
too , to be an able am4faithmful Dulcet . A
more Intimate aCQualit rc with hll wu , Id
probably change thlws of most of those
who have complained .ofhhn . , . Your obedient
servant , A. LINCOLN
LINCOLN ASPiRES TO A UNITED STATES
IIENATORSIIIP. .
The path to enduring political distinction
II usually beset by wearying labor and
harassing disappointments , and Mr. Lincoln
was destined to surer hl full share of both
After his retirement trcJI ; congress , while
there always remained the
alwaYI certainty that he
would be called on to make stump speeches
In every campaign , every prospect of an
election to a prominent place seemed utterly
shut out until the repeal or the Missouri
compromise brought upon the country the
new storm of the slavery controversy , which
formed the exciting prelude to the rebel-
lien. The zeal , the courage , the ability with
which he took up the new debate at once gave
him leadership In his stale When unex-
pectldly the antislavery opposition galued a
I
majority In the Illinois legislature In the
November electons at 18M , hero 9 < mCl to
bB a hanco that his talent and
services might be "ultby rewarded ,
asked and without his personal any mock friends modesty among he
time whig membera.elcct for their support.
There Is no better history In detail of the con-
test which ensued than that recorded In his
letters. recored hs
SPRINGFIELD , Nov. 27 , ISSI.-T. J. Hen-
derson , Esq.t : My Dar Slr-J hu come
round [ that a wh may , by possibility . be
electe" to the United State senate , and I
want tim chance or being the man , You are
a member of the legislature , all have a vote
to gin. Think I over and set whether you
can 110 . better than ! O for me. Wri ! me ) at
all events , and let this be confidential . Yours
truly , A. LINCOLN .
SPRINGFIELD , 11. , Dc. 11 , ISM.-Hon.
E. U. Washburne : e e As to my own
matter , things continue to look reasonably
ivehl. I wrote your friend George Gage , and
three days ago haul an answer from him , In
whIch he talks out plainly , ns your letter
,
, taught mo 10 expect .Totlny I hOI a leter
from Turner lie '
le says he Is not committed ,
and will not he until he sees how most ef-
retualy to oppose slavery extenslbn.
I have not vcntund to write all the memo
hers In your district , lest ome of thiCnu should
be olendel by the indelicacy [ or the thlng-
111t I , comIng from a total stranger , Could
"U not IlrJP some of them a line ? Very
trul , your friend , A LINCOLN.
' SPlNOFIEID , ) ec. 14 , ISr4-lon. E. n.
Washbutne : My near Sir-So far as I am
eoneernel , there mUst be something wrong
about United States senator at Chicago.
l most intimate friends there do not
answer my letters , and I cannot get 10 word
from thmeui Wentworth has a knack of
knowing thing better than most men. 1 wsh ;
you would PUI\ him , and write me what
you get frol him , P1Mso do thIs ns soon
as you can , ns the tune Is growing short
Don'- , let anyone know I have written you
this , for there may be these opposed to me
nearer about you .hnn you may think. Very
truly yours , etc. , . A. LINCOLN
SlRNG mLD , Dec. 1i , 181 > -lon. T. J.
Hcnlrrson , : ) ear Sir-Yours or the 11h was
received last nlRht , and for which I thank
you Of course I prefer myself to all others ;
yet it Is neither In my heart nor my conscience -
science to say 1 nm any beter than Mr.
Wilams , We shall have a terrible struggle
wih our a1versarles. [ They are desperate ,
mind bent on desperate deeds. ' e Yours
truly , - A. I.INCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , J00. G , 1855.-lIon. E. n.
'Vashburne : e. e As to the senalcrlal elec-
ton , I think very little more Is known than
was before the meeting of the legislature.
Desldeu the ten or a dozen ou our side who
arc willing to be known ' as candtdtc 1
think there are fly secretly watchIng for a
chance. I do not know that It Is much advantage -
vantage to have the largest number of votes
at the start I I did know this to be an advantage -
vantage I should feN better , for I cannot
doubt but I have more commitals than any
other man , Your distrIct comes UIJ tolerably -
ably weI for me. but net unnnhnously by
any means. George Gage 18 for me , as you
know J. 1. Adam Is not committed to me ,
but I think will be for me. Mr. Talcott will
not , be for me as a first choice. Dr. LIl !
and Mr. Sarent are openly for me. Prof.
Pinckney Is for me , but wIshes to be quiet.
Dr. Whiney writes me that Rev Mr. Lw-
rence will be for me and his manner to me
so IndIcates , but he hiss net spoken It out , Mr.
S\van I have some slight hopes of. Turner
says he Is not committed , and 1 shall get him
whenever 1 can make It appear to bo his interest -
terCt go for me. Dr : Lyman all old Mr.
Diggins will never go for me as a first choIce.
' M. 1. Sweet Is here as a candidate , and I
understand he claIms ! that he has twenty.two
members committed to him. 1 think sorre
part of hIs estimate must be based on insufficient -
sufficient evidence. as I cannet well see where
they are to bt found . amid as I can learn tlo
name of one only-Day of La Salle. Still I
may bo so. There are more than twenty-two
n1.Nebraska members who lure not cem-
muted to me Tel NOrton that Mr. Strunk
and Mr. Wheeler come cut plump for me ,
and for which 1 thank hIm , Judge Parks
I have decided hopes or , but he says he Is
not committed. 1 understand myself as havIng -
Ing twenty-Ix committal , and 1 do not think
any other one man ba ten . lay be mIstaken ,
thbugh. Your' 'as' ever , - A. DINCOLN.
'
'LINCOLN'S OW'N ACCOUNT OF HIS DEFEAT -
FEAT IN THE ELECTION FOR
SENATOR.
SPRINGFIELD . Feb. 9 , 1855.-Hon. E. D.
Wnshburne : ly Dear Sir-The agony Is
over at last , and the result you doubtless
know. I write this only to give you some
particulars to explain what might appear
difficult of understanding. I began with
torty-tour votes , Shields torty-one and
Trumbul five : yet Trumbul was elected.
In tact , torty-seven different member voted
for me , getting three new ones on the
second ballot , and losing four old ones. How
came my rorty-seven to yield to Trumbull's
five ? I was Governor Mattesen's work.
He , has been secretly a candidate ever since
( before , even ) the fall election. All the members -
bers round abut the canal were anti-Ne-
ant-Ne-
braska , but were nevertheless nearly all
democrats and old personal friends of his.
His plan was to privately impress them
with the belief that be was as good anti-
Nebraska as anyone elseat least could
be secured to be so by imistructlons . which
could be easily passed. In this way he got
from four to six or that sort of men to really
prefer his election to that of any other man-
all sub rosa , or course. One notable Instance
or this sort was wlb Mr. Strunk or Kan-
kakee. At the beginning or the session he
eanle , a volunteer , to tel me he was for me ,
, and would walk a hundred miles to elect me :
but lo ! It was not long before he leaked It
out that he was going for me this first few
ballots , and then for Governor Matteson .
The Nebraska men , of course , were net for
Maleson ; but when they round they could
elect no avowed Nebraska man , they tardily
determined to let him get whomever of our
men lie could , by whatever means he could ,
and ask him no questions. In tle ' meantIme !
'Osgood ' , Don MorrIson and Trapp or St. Clair ,
had openly gone over from us. With the
united Nebraska force and their recruits , open
and covert , I gate Malron more than
enough to elect him. We saw Into I plainly
len days ago , but with every possible effort
could not head It oft. All that remained of
time anti-Nebraska force , excepting Judd ,
Cook , Palmer , Baker and Alien of Madison ,
I and two Dr three of the secret Mateson ,
men , would go Into ' caucus , and I could get the
nomlnatcn Cf that caucus But the three
senators and one of the two representatives
above named "could never vote for a whig , "
and this Incenrd coins twenty whigs to
"think" they would never vote for the ( man
of the five . So we stood , and so we went
Into the fight yesterday-the Nebraska men
very confident of the election of Mateson ,
thouh denying thlt he was a candidate , and
we very much believing also that they would
elect 11m , But they wanted first to make a
show of good faith to Shields by voting for
him a few times , and our Sleret Mateson
men ale wanted to make a show or good faith
'bY voting with us a few tine : . . So we led
off . On tie venth ballot , 1 think , the sIgnal
was given to the Nebraska men to turn to
Mateson , whIch they acted on 10 a man ,
with one exception , my old friend Strunk
going with them , giving him forty-rour votes
Next ballot the remaining Nebraska man and
CO pretended ant went over to him , giving
hIm torty.slx : the next , still another , giving
him forty-seven , wanting only three of an
election. In the meantime our friends , with a
view of detaining our expected hollers , had
bEen turning from me to Trumbul till ho
had risen to thirty-five , and I had bean r - -
dueed to fifteen . These would never desert
me , except by my direction ; but I became
satisfied that. it ivo could vrevent Matlesomi's
electoq ! one or two ballots more , we could
not poeaibly do so a single ballot after my
friends should begin to return to me from
Trumbull , So I determined to strike at once ,
and accordingly advised my remaining friends
to go for him , which they did , amid elected
him on hie tenth ballot ,
Such is blue way the tIming was done , I
, think you would have done the samoa under
time circumstances ; thought Judge Davis , who
came down this morning , declares lie never
would have consented to the forty-seven men
being controlled by the five , I regret my
defeat moderately , but I am riot mmervous
about It. I could have headed of ! every
combination and been elected , had It not
beum for Matteson'a double game-and his
defeat gIves moe moore pleasure than icy own
gives mae pain , On time whole , it is perhaps
as well for our general cause that Trumbull
is elected , The Nebraska men confess ( bat
they lisle it ivorse than anything that could
imavo hmappenod , It is a great consolation to
ace them worse wflippcd than I sin , I tell
them it is their own fault ; that they had
abundant opportunity to choose between him
and me , which they declined , and instead
forced It on me to decIde between him and
Matteson.
With my gratefuil acknowledgments for the
kind , active and continumed interest you have
taken for me In this matter , allow me to
subscribe myself yours fore'cr ,
. A. LINCOLN.
Mr. Lincoln's philosophic vi'ew of the resumlt
was correct ; it turned out that Trumbull's
election was "as well" both for himself and
for the cause. fly time unwritten haiv of party
affiliation , part ) ' faith , and party fairness , lie
010W hauI a yalid claim for the next chance ,
his defeat as a whig math , easier tIme final
dissolumsion of the whmig organization In liii-
omois , as Trumbull's election made certain anti
lmrmmianent tIme disruption of the democratic
organization in time state on the slavery Is-
silo. Once moro lie hiroved hmimnself not a
radical , html a timely reformer , by leading
limo tortnation of time repumimlican party in liii.
nois as a compact organization ntiul again ho
contributed over fifty speeches to the 1ro-
mont campaign of lSSO , The "know-miothiing"
defection gave the state to Iiimcimanan , but
the republican ticket for governor niil state
officers was triummiphmant , amid gave Imopefuml
promise of full success in thin future ,
MEMOI1AIILE CONTEST Vi'IThl DOUGLAS ,
Two years afterward caine the inenmor-
zuble Ilhimmois senatorial campaign of 1858 , of
which the famuoums Lincoln-Douglas joiiut tie.
bates were the central lioim4t of interest.
It is hardly miecessary to restate tIme inch.
tlemmts of that contest of intellect amid hmhyaicnl
emitlurnnce ; it involved time national destiny ,
mind hias becoimie national history rallier tItan
a passage of statO or Imersommal Politics. The
November election of that year gave Lhmicohn
a trluniimhm iii tle : politilar vote , but yieldetl
Douglas , thmroumgh time unequmni apportlonnicmmt ,
a victorious co-election to tIme senate. Under
this , his fourth serious defeat for the honors
of tifico , Lincoln's brave words of Party
courage amid faith uleserve Perimetual remiiemii-
branee.
SPItING11'iELD , , Nov. 4 , 185i.-lluii. Jolni
J. Crittcndemi : ' ' Time emmiotions of defeat -
feat at the close of a stmtmgglo in which I
felt moore luau a merely selfish interest , and
to which ilefeat tIme use of your name coim-
tributeil largely , are fresh upon me ; but
ovemi iii this muioofi I crmntict for a moment
suspect yotm of ammythihmmg dishmommoralmie. Your
obedient servant , A. LINCOLN ,
SI'IUNQF1li1D , Nov. 15-lIon. N. B.
Jumdl : s * For tIme future ifl view is
that tIme fight bust go on , The rettmrnmi here
nre not yet comupleteul ; but it is believed that
1)ouigherty's vote will be slightly grenter tlthn
Miller's mimajority over Fondey. We have
sonic 120,000 , clear repiibhicaii votes , 'Flint
liil9 is worth keeping together. It will elect
a state treasurer two years hence. In that
ilay I aimimhi fight in tlue ranks , but I shall
be in no one's way for aimy of tIme places. I
amil especially for Trumbull's ro-clectiomi , S
S S Yours , as ever , A , LINCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , Nov. 19 , 1858.-llohiry As-
bury , esq. : lear Sir-Yours of time 15th was
received seine days ago , Time fight niumat go
Oil. The cause of clvii liberty must not be
surrendered at tIme end of one , or oven one
imummdrccl defeats. Douglas had tIme ingenuity
to be supported in tIme late contest , both as
tIme best mneamis to break down amid upimoid blue
slave imuterest. No ingenuity can keep these
antagonistic elements in harmony lommg. An-
oilier explcsion will soon come. Yours truly ,
A. LINCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , Ill. , Nov. 19 , 1858.-Dr.
A. C. henry : ' * S I aiim glad I made thin
hate race. It gave me a hearing on the great
and durable question of the age , which I
could have had in no other way ; and though
I now sink out of view , and shall 1)0 forgotten -
ten , I believe. I have made somne umarles
which will tell for the cause of civil liberty
bug after I am gone.a
A. LINCOLN.
LINCOLN'S FIRST NOMINATION FOR
pllgsmnTr'r S
While it is undoubtedly true that a great
political career is generally begun , and for
a time prosecuted mainly through personal
ambition amid effort , it Is equally true thiat
when the aspirant comes to tIme higher and
more responsible stations of public service
his individual influence and work sink to
relative Insignificance , Thenceforward it is
practically the rule that time office seeks
the man. The influences which place or
sustain him there become too varied to be
gathered and controlled by a single hand ,
Even if we grant that sometimes merely
selfish motives equal and outweigh public
and patriotic ones on the part of thmoso who
rush to time support o an "available" name ,
they come spontaneously and umneolicited , ahd
combimiation and intrigue serve more often
to defeat timeir object than to secure It.
Mr. Lincoln's case was peculiarly an ihlus-
tration of this rule. At first he psitivehy
declined to permit lila friends to put forward
his onion for the presidency. Even after lie
had at last yielded to their urgent solicitation -
tion , few catididates have contributoj so i'ttlo
direct ettcrt to obtain tIme nomination , as may
bo seen from tIme letters which form so much
of the record as has been preserved ,
SPRINGFIELD , April 16 , 1859.-T , J ,
Pickett , Eaq , : My Dear Sir-Yours of tIme
13th is just received , My engagements are
such that I 'cannot at any very early day
visit Rock Islammd to deliver a lecture , or for
any other object. As to the othier matter
you kindly mention , I must in candor nay I
do not think myself fit for the presidency. .1
certainly am lIatteed and gratified that some
partial friends think of ma in that connoc.
lion , but I really think it best for our cause
that no concerted effort , such as you suggest ,
'should be made. Let this be considered con-
fidential. Yours very truly ,
A. LINCOLN.
SPRINGFIELD , IllNov. 1 , 1859.-V. , E.
Frazer , Eeq. : Dear Sir-Yours of tIme 24th
ult. , was forwarded to me from Chicago.
It certainly i important to secure Pennsyh.
vania for the renubhicans in time next preside -
de fliai contest , and not .unimportm'nt to also
secure Illinois , As to the ticket you name ,
I shah be heartily for it. after it shiall have
been fairly nomimiated by a republican
national convention ; and I cannot ha committed -
mitted to It before , For my single self , I
have enlisted for the permanent success of
tIme republican cause ; and for this object I
shall labor faithfully in the ranks , unless ,
514 1 think not lrobable , the judgment of the
partX shall assign me a different position. If
the republicans of the great state of l'enn-
sylvania shah present Mr. Cameron as their
candidate for the presidency , such an indoree.
mnent for his fitness for time place could
scarcely be deemed insufficient , Still , as I
would not like the public to know , so I woumhil
not like myself to know , I hail entered a
combination with any man to time prejudice
of all others Whose friends respectively may
consider them preferable , Your3 truly ,
A. LINCOLN ,
SPRINGFIELD , ; : - o , 1859-lion. N ,
B. Judd : ' As to the charge of your
intriguing for Trumbull against me , I believe -
lieve as little of thimut as of any oilier charge ,
If Trumbull end I were cadutlates for time
same office , you would have a right to prefer
him , and I bould not blame you 'for it ;
but all toy acqimaimmtance with you induces
me to li'hieve ' you would miot pretend to be
for me while really for him , lint I do not
understand Trumbull and myself to lmo rivals.
You know I ani pledged to not enter a
struggle with him for thin seat in the senate
now occupied hmy hini ; sumti yet I would rather
have a full bonn in the semiate than in tIme
presidency , A. LINCOLN ,
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SPRINGFIELD , Feb , 9 , 1860-lIon , N. 13 ,
Judd : Dear Sir-I am not in a Position whmero
it would hurt much for me to not be nom-
mated on time national ticket , haul I arc where
it would hurt sonme for inn to miot got. the
Illinois dehogate. What I expected whmetm I
wrote the letter to Messrs. Dole and others is
now happening , Your discomflted assaiiants
are moat bitter against mc , amid they ivihi ,
for revenge upon me , lay to time 4iates egg
iii the south , and to the Seward egg in the
north , and go far toward squeezing me out
in time mIddle with nothing. Can you not
help me a little in this matter in your end
of time vhneyar4 ? I mean this to be Imrlvate ,
Yours , as ever , A. LINCOLN.
LE'PTEIl. TO - , March 16 , 1860-As
to your kind wishes for myself , allow mete
to say I cannot enter time ring on ( lie money
basis , First , because in the mimic i Is
wrong ; and , secondly , I have not and can-
mmot get the money.
I say , in time main , time use of money is
wrong , but for certain objects in a political
contest the use of some is both right and in.
dispensable. With me , as with yourself , time
long struggle Imas been oime of great pecuniary
loss ,
I now distinctly say thus-if you shall be
appointed a delegate to Chicago , I will fur-
chili 100 to bear time expense of time trip ,
Your friend , as ever , A. LINCOLN ,
13PIIINGFIELD , IilMarcim IT , 1860-E
Stafford , Esq. : Deer Sir-hioaciming home on
the 14th instant , I found yours of the 1st ,
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Thantdng yoim very sincerely for your kind
Purposes toward me , I turn compehieti to say
limo money Part of the arrangement you pro.
pose Is , with me , an impossibility , I could
not raise lOO0O if it would save me from
the fate of John Brown , Nor hayn my
friends , as far as I know , yet reached the
lacint of staking any mooney on my chances
of success , I wish I could tell you better
things , but it vcn so. 'Vomits very trimly ,
A. LINCOLN.
ChICAGO , March 21 , 1SGO.-Ilorm , S.immimiei
Oahlowa'l My Iear Sir-I am here attend.
hag a trial in court. Before leaving home I
received your kind letter of the 15th. Of
course I an gratified to kmmow I have frienils
iii Ohio who are diShiOseil tO give tile thio
hmighmest ov.denco of their frientlahiip antt con.
fidemice , Mr. I'arrott of , ime legisntuire hiatt
written nmo to thin sanie effect. If I Jiavo
any chance , It consists mmaainly iii the fact
that the whole oppoitien would vote' for moo ,
if nomnateuI , (1 ( don't mean to Inlumdo the
hiro.sla'ery opposition of ( lie Outht , cI
course. ) lily caine is miew' in thin dclii , And I
suppose I inn not thin first chmoico of a very
great nummmy , Our policy , ( lien , Is to g'vc' mm
offence to others : Irave thmenm in a immood to
come to us , it they shall b coumipelieil to give ,
iii ) their first love , This , leo , is ileahimig '
justly with all , smith leaving mis in a mccii to
Support. hmeartil ) ' whoever shell be imomninmiteti ,
I believe I himuve once before bitt yu ( lint I
especially wishi to do no utmgeneromma timing to.
ward Govormior Chase , liecaumso lie gave mis lila
sympathy in ISIS , when scarcely nimy oilier
ii stimgtmhshietl inflhi ulkiVhintevcr mnay
tb for moe , consisteimtly with thirso amiggestiomis ,
will be appreciated smith gratefully remmaemn-
bereuI , Please write moo again. Ycurs very
truly , A. LINCOLN ,
110W LINCOLN'S NOMINATION WAS AC-
COMI'LISiIEI ) .
Thm wiadommi of Mr. Lhmmcolii's attitutle cud
advice were ulcmmmunatrtuteul by the results.
All thin imuterences varrnlit us iii bclievitmg . '
that lie ulith not expect a mmomiiimmatlon for time
presitlemicy , but tlmnt ho hmehl a mioimiimiation
for vice haresidemit to lmo lmosslbho ; or , failing
( lint , tIme vote Ito might receive in time con-
vemmtion ivcuhil lmresrrvo or iimcrc'aao lila hi-
vorable chmnmmces for thmo senatorsliip when
Dciumglns's term aimouhil expire , UI ) to the
very imieeting'of tim Chicago convention timers
\'aB ito orgiumilzatiomi to hush his claIms , except -
cept in the ( Iclogation froimi his owmu state ,
thioumgii mmiany hidividual delegates from oilier
States vero liioWti to regturtl hiimn as their
first choice , some from versonal friemidship ,
limit moore generally trout motives of imarty cx-
pediency. 4
\\'Imcn time coiivention finally met , cud tIme
differommt state tlelegatiomis caine together iii
their severiul caucus rooms to counimaro notes ,
thu qumestiomm soomi resolved itself into a
'ery sinuplo Mmiii in Political aritimimietic , Tlio
repubhicami party miiust himivo success , Sue.
cess could be hind by carrying four doubtful
states. Ihy the judgment of thin delegations 4
from thieso four tloumbtful states , Limicoln could
get moore votes in thorn for president thmami .
flu ) ' other mmmii. immml tIme hmroblemn being p
thiums once fairly Presemiteil to imitchilgemit
imminils , all subsequmeut manipulation was bumt
tIme ehimnimiation of Personal jealousies , time
coqumettimig for hlarty standummg amid future
Party ailvantage , immidorh'iimg (1001) amid tena.
cious party loyalty to favorite leaders , which
are Present in all national conventiomis , ' .
Against such minor motives tIm Illinois
delegation , a body of intelligent , expcrionced
and emithmimsiastie men as wcre ever sent
to represent. their state , were able to urge , 4
with truth , that , in addition to hIs excel , .
tional availability , Abraham Lincoln , of lieu.
est lmrihmcJple , of firm vihi , and of that iii.
tieflnnblo quality which gathers to itself tIme
ndiniratloim , time affection , amid Personal devo- 3
tion of high amni low , of rich and poor ;
a wan who Imaul adversaries , but no enemies ;
convictions , but no mnnhico. And how lie -
saved tIm union anti liberated a race , is
knnwn tn nil thn wnrlt
.
It is said , says Cosmnos , that women's
voices do net give results in time long dis-
tanca telephone , Their high notes , excellent
in short lines , as all city telephone sub-
ocribers know , are an obstacle to clear trans.
mmaisslon in lines of considerable length.
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Ilcaitho and Density , Youth and Love , it
takes a woman to known woman.
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FRUITCURAU 3
( TitADh MAIIIC , ) .
A clentlIic Discovery by a W'o.
lumul to Cure \Vomiinu ,
Woi'iion 01 All Roes , flhlenflon !
MME. M. YALE , Quecli of 1teuoty ,
s'lio lmtus iectlhred in all of thu vrolntmh000t
tititH of 41W world befol'o 'nimt tiudi-
uhices , cmiii lmmts becim IWOhlOUileed by till
hlon'sp:1puv13 : to be limo mimost 1)erfect
vo1immmii Iii fom'mn nul femiture hiO's' , lIving ,
simenkH to thin WOIflOlt of tIme worlti 1131(1
cohIfese14 to thmoimi timmot tIme SOC'l.'Ct of lmer
btullhty lk in heL'fCC't ) hleahthl-nlhtl the
m4t.clet. of hiet' lmeiiltli hli'a Ill ( Ia' lINt ) of
lId' O"S'll l't.'ImleIlt't. ( A uing lhi'iu-Frult.
CIhrfL-ihel' great ahill WOlldei'fihl tonic for
elI m'I iig all fuhhlnh1 mm I I 111cm ! t s a iutl Iu ildlmi g
ill ) time si'stehfl. Fl'Ihltellra , 1m3tOFL'H toil
sveiiic om'gahhs to flc'm'f&'ct health. it. eth1e9
tIme ImlilIm ) ' ( 'oIuIilnhmltH of W'OhlhL'll tliitt
ommly W'ohhlChl kmmtiw' of. It h''MtOm'CM ( thu
vitality , lmhimki's tIme eyem4 brlglmf , the titep
OlflI4tiC itimil liIngt4 thit. bloom o hmt'itltlm
( A ) tlhLt fmuult'd cliet'Ic , 1 lehItmiS'H limo IlUF'O
tOmb mimul mniikeu time iiesii fli'iii , Imard amid
s'ols'eiy , Ill fact ItH list ) hi tim roynl
romiul to icrfect imeitltim flfltl IL'mIhtlfhh ) ;
s'ommiaulmood. It cmiretu their t'ohIhpImtImhlH
1111(1 hher'OtlS trOlllhleh4 of 1111) ' ilmhtilro cud
rovlvcH tIlL' vltmility w'liicli Is Iucklimg In
molt such 'iLsei for S'Ohflehm ot . all mhges ,
A. dicovory I ) , ' , ' it wohmhmhho to cure n
YOiihillh , I'riei' , $1 PCi' Imottlo ; ( I $ 'ot' $5.
At dm'IlggiHtH 01' 1)1 mmmnll ,
mline , 'ml ' , Yule , lm'althi hlhhhl hohtihty Hjp-
cialist , Ynio 'i'c'lhhldu of lk'athty , 14U State
St. , Cimk'migo.
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