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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : sixteenth President of the United States
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Crosby, Frank
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : P.F. Collier and Son
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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ote of every State, except Mis-souri, whose delegates voted for Gen. Grant. The nomina-tion having, on motion of a Missourian, been made unanimous,a scene of the wildest enthusiasm followed, the whole conven-tion being on their feet shouting, and the band playing HailColambia. For Vice-President, the following names were presented :Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee ; Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine ;Gen. L. H. Rousseau, of Kentucky; and Daniel S. Dickinson,of New York. As the vote proceeded, it was soon apparent that AndrewJohnson was to be the nominee; and before the result wasannounced the various States whose delegations had beendivided, commenced changing their votes, and went uaanimously for Mr. Johnson, amid the greatest enthusiasm. On the 9th of June, M e. Lincoln was waited on by a com-Hiittee of the convention, and notified of his nomination bytfce chairman, ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio, who, in theeoursc of his address, said: ** I need not say to you, sir, that the Convention, in thui
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Biog,— Vol. 32 GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, C.S.A. BENOMINATED. 295 Notified by the Committee. Presidents Reply. Amendment to the ConstitatioBi unanimously nominating you for re-election, but gave utter-ance to the almost universal voice of the loyal people of thecountry. To doubt of your triumphant election would belittle short of abandoning the hope of a final suppression ofthe rebellion and the restoration of the Government over theinsurgent States. Neither the Convention nor those repre-sented by that body entertained any doubt as to the final re-sult, under your administration, sustained by the loyal people,and by our noble army and gallant navy. Neither did theConvention, nor do this Committee doubt the speedy suppres-sion of this most wicked and unprovoked rebellion. In reply the President said : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen op the Committee :—I will neither conceal my gratification nor restrain the expres-sion of my gratitude that the Union people, through theirConvention, in the

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