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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xxx. Political Mutations and results.—the Presidential canvass of 1864.< (search)
orts of any such power to obtain new footholds for monarchical governments, sustained by a foreign military force in near proximity to the United States. On proceeding to vote for a Presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln was named by the delegates from each State and Territory permitted to vote, save Missouri, which named Gen. Grant. Mr. Lincoln was then unanimously nominated. The Convention proceeded to vote for Vice-President, with the following result: Andrew Johnson200 Daniel S. Dickinson108 Hannibal Hamlin150 Scattering59 Several delegations thereupon changed to Johnson; who was nominated without further balloting by 494 votes to 26 for others. These nominations were formally tendered and heartily accepted. Mr. Johnson's letter of acceptance, in its allusion to Slavery, tersely expressed what had ere this become the generally accepted faith of War Democrats — as follows: It is in vain to attempt to reconstruct the Union with the distracting element of S