Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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ye or to make himself heard, he and the fact that Bancroft became Sccrc- mounted a bench. There was a motion for tary of the Navy under Polk seems to in- an appeal from the decision of the chair, dicate some special obligation of the lat- and McXulty of Ohio from his stand on ter.* The New York Evening Josl, which a bench spoke vehemently in favor of the accepted the result of the convention sul- appeal. It was past six oclock. After an- lenly, charged that there was a conspiracy other liour of disorder the convention ad- against \:\x\ Buren extending from Michi- journed to nineoclock onWednesdaymorning. Intrigue waslivelier than everon Tuesdaynight. Thefriends of Cassbelieved that hecould be nomi-nated next morn-ing, and werestruggling hardto win votes. Butit was only natu-ral that the VanBuren menshould be unwill-ing to see thenext highest can-didate win, par-ticularly as someof his supportershad been mosteager to adoptthe fatal two-thirds rule. Ban-croft, the histo-rian, says, that
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A candidate at the Baltimore Convention in opposition to VanBuren. Mr. Cass at various times was Governor of theTerritory of Michigan, Secretary of War, Minister toFrance, Secretary of State, and Democratic Candidate for President gan, the home ofCass, to the farSouth, and addedthat the Polkbusiness brokethat u)). Tlifmovement toPolk, indeed,seems to havebeen at least asmuch againstCass as againstVan Buren. When morningcame, the a))pealfrom the decisionof the chair wasnot pressed. Onthe eighth ballotthere were 41votes from NewEngland and theSouth for Polk.Van Buren hadlOi, and Cass114. While theninth ballot wasin progress theNew York dele-gation askedleave to Avith-draw for consul-tation, and leftthe hall just intime to )>revent he, seeing thatVan Buren couldnot be nominated,and believingthat Cass could not be elected, turned to James K. Polk of a personal colloquy between a Southern Tennessee, an out-spoken advocate of an- member and )\Ir. Young of New \ork. who nexation, who had

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