Abraham Lincoln (1897) (14754734946)

Identifier: abrahamlincol1479coff (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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^ face of Thurlow Weed faded aw^ay. NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY. 195 A great hope was going down, never to rise again. The third ballotwas taken; a total of 465 votes —233 would be a majority. Sewardreceived 180 ; Lincoln, 231i. He needed only 1^^ votes. The presidenthad not announced the result, l)ut scores of pencils had kept the tally.Profound the silence. Deleo-ates had the right of changing their votes.
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THURLOW WEED. 196 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ohio changes four votes from Chase to Lincoln! shouts JudgeCartter. Like the burst of a tornado is the roar that rolls up from thevast assembly. A cannon upon the roof of the building belches itsthunder. The thousands in the streets toss their hats into the air. Theman who in early life had been a wood-chopper, rail-splitter, and boat-man is before the world as a candidate for the highest oiRce in the re-public. Thurlow Weed Avrites a word or two and hands it to the tele-graph operator, bows his head, covers his eyes to hide the unbiddentears. The great hope and expectations have gone down. William H.Seward never can be President. Abraham Lincoln, in Springfield, was not unmindful of what wasgoing on at Chicago. The telegraph had kept him informed as to thedoings of the convention from hour to hour. He would be somethingmore or less than human were he to remain indifferent to what wastaking place. He could not sit quietly in his oiRce and awa