Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [546]
“After him…be President?”: Charleston [S.C.] Mercury, June 9, 1860, quoted in Emerson David Fite, The First Presidential Campaign, (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911), p. 210.
“thrust aside…freesoil border-ruffian”: Charleston Mercury, October 15, 1860.
“an illiterate partizan…negro equality”: Richmond Enquirer, May 22, 1860.
Democratic National Convention in Charleston: See “The Charleston Convention,” chapter 1 in Halstead, Three Against Lincoln, pp. 3–10.
“in less than sixty…of the seceders”: Ibid., pp. 84, 87.
Baltimore convention: For a full discussion of the Democratic Convention that nominated Douglas, see “The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore,” chapter 6 in ibid., pp. 185–264.
Breckinridge/Lane; Bell/Everett: For a discussion of the conventions that nominated Breckinridge and Bell, see “Institute Hall (‘Seceders’) Convention” and “The Constitutional Democratic Convention,” respectively, chapters 7 and 2, in ibid., pp. 265–77, 111–17.
“The great democratic…of their own”: Entry for June 23, 1860, Charles Francis Adams diary, reel 75.
“the chances were…fortunes a turn”: AL to Anson G. Henry, July 4, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 82.
“Mr. Lincoln received…the great world”: Schurz, Reminiscences, Vol. II, pp. 187–88.
“the prospects of…work with a will”: Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, ed. Weed, p. 603.
apparent to both…Lincoln against Douglas: In Pennsylvania, the sole exception, Douglas would finish third to Lincoln and Breckinridge.
“Now what difference…between them”: Montgomery [Ala.] Daily Mail, July 6, 1860, quoted in Craven, The Growth of Southern Nationalism, p. 342.
A Lincoln victory…such diverse constituencies: For an analysis of the multifaceted campaign in the North, see Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign, passim; Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, pp. 465–67.
“a mere printed circular…not to reply at all”: SPC to Lyman Trumbull, November 12, 1860, reel 14, Chase Papers.
“much chagrined…Mr. Abe Lincoln”: Journal of Commerce, reprinted in NYTrib, June 27, 1860.
“Holding myself…stand ready”: AL to SPC, May 26, 1860, in CW, IV, p. 53.
“first, that…of the people”: NYTrib, October 25, 1860.
Browning called on Bates: Entry for May 31, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 132; Cain, Lincoln’s Attorney General, p. 115.
“declined to take the stump”: Entry for May 31, 1860, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 132.
“probably give offense…Union party”: Entry for September 20, 1860, in ibid., p. 145.
“I give my opinion…in early life”: EB, Letter of Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, Indorsing Mr. Lincoln, and Giving His Reasons for Supporting the Chicago Nominees (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1860); EB to O. H. Browning, June 11, 1860, reprinted in “Political: Letter of Judge Bates, pledging his support to the Republican ticket,” NYT, supplement, June 23, 1860.
“His character is…firm as Jackson”: EB to Wyndham Robertson, November 3, 1860, quoted in Cain, Lincoln’s Attorney General, p. 120.
“The campaign started…preside or attend”: Procter, Lincoln and the Convention of 1860, p. 16.
“My personal feelings…a public act”: CS to WHS, May 20, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“one & only one…nomination in ’64”: George Pomeroy to WHS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“the suitable man…for mere expediency”: William Mellen to FAS, May 21, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
considered resigning immediately from the Senate: Van Deusen, William Henry Seward, p. 229.
“When I went out…at every corner”: Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 453–54.
“give the malignants”: Israel Washburn to WHS, May 19, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“in the character…response in my heart”: WHS to FAS, May 30, 1860, quoted in Seward, Seward at Washington…1846–1861, pp. 454–56.
“responsibility…shorter every day”: WHS to home, June 13, 1860, quoted in ibid., p. 458.
“You have earned…reasonably claim”: FAS to WHS, May 30, 1860, reel 114, Seward Papers.
“Your services…highest success”: Charles Francis Adams to WHS, May 22, 1860, reel 59, Seward Papers.
“I am content…the public interest