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The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Virginia State Convention. (search)
f much influence, but Fessenden is the strongest and most sincere of all the Republicans. He is more of a statesman than Seward, and has more weight with the radical wing of the party. Opinions differ widely as to the ultimate result of the PeaThe same may be said of some of our Commissioners. It is now believed that the Peace Congress owes its origin to Messrs. Seward, Douglas, and Crittenden, who have coalesced to form a Union party. During the present administration, the offices ain the border States; and in 1864, the Union candidates are to be Douglas for President, and Letcher for Vice President. Seward consents to this coalition as a matter of necessity for the present, hoping to outwit his Democratic allies before the next Presidential canvass. The hope is, in my judgment, ory.. The recent election in Tennessee brings to the side of Seward and Douglas a formidable competitor in the person of Johnson, who is now one of the foremost leaders in the new Union party.
The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Steamer Beast. (search)
The Immaculate Abe. In a late speech, to a committee of Philadelphians urging Mr. Cameron for a seat in the Cabinet, Mr. Lincoln said: "In the formation of my Cabinet, I shall aim as nearly as possible at perfection. I have already appointed Senator Seward, and Mr. Bates, of Missouri, and they are men whose characters. I think, the breath of calumny cannot impeach. Any man whom I appoint to such a position, must be, as far as possible, like CŒsar's wife, pure and above suspicion, of unblemished reputation and undoubted integrity. I will not have any man associated with me whose character is impeached." This is what we had a right to expect. We always understood from Old Abe's neighbors and friends that he was a pink of purity and decency, and that when a representative in Congress he never stooped to any job that brought on a vociferous remonstrance, signed by five hundred of his own party! By no manner of means! And therefore it is not at all wonderful that he shoul