How Abraham Lincoln became president . linois delegation was under iron-clad instructions forLincoln, and although under the leadership of ardent Lin-coln men, eight of the twenty-one delegates were ratedas lukewarm; they could not see that Lincoln had morethan a fighting chance, and they were suspected ofbeing ready to go over to Seward. To add to the embar-rassment of this situation, Long John Wentworth,editor of the Chicago Democrat, although after theLincoln-Douglas debates he had declared that Lincolnshould be urged on the next national convention as thecandidate of Illinois for President
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How Abraham Lincoln became president . linois delegation was under iron-clad instructions forLincoln, and although under the leadership of ardent Lin-coln men, eight of the twenty-one delegates were ratedas lukewarm; they could not see that Lincoln had morethan a fighting chance, and they were suspected ofbeing ready to go over to Seward. To add to the embar-rassment of this situation, Long John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat, although after theLincoln-Douglas debates he had declared that Lincolnshould be urged on the next national convention as thecandidate of Illinois for President, was now in the hotellobbies talking openly and loudly for Seward. Finallythe Lincoln managers detailed a man to follow Went-worth and denounce him, and thus counteract his influ-ence. The Illinoisans had taken a long stride forwardwhen on Monday, after a three days struggle, they wonover to Lincoln the entire delegation from Indiana.They labored persistently and unceasingly with otherStates. They impressed into service every man who. A RAIL OLD WESTERN GENTLEMAN. A caricature of the campaign of i860, ington, From the Oldroyd collection, Wash-D. C. How Abraham Lincoln Became President. 77 knew Lincoln to go out and talk about him — to tell ofhis romantic life, his humble birth, his rail-splitting andflat-boating, his fine character and his great ability. Forthe delegates were looking for an available candidate— for the man who could be elected. The principalobjection to Seward was that he could not carry thedoubtful States. One of the things the Illinoisans had to combat wasthe movement to nominate Lincoln for Vice-President.General John M. Palmer, who was one of the most tire-less workers for Lincoln, in a statement to the author in1896, said: The Seward men were perfectly willing that heshould go on the tail of the ticket. We were not troubledso much by their antagonism as by the overtures theywere constantly making to us. They literally over-whelmed us with kindness. Jud