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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Nichols, Clifton M. (Clifton Melvin), 1830-1903 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Oration on Abraham Lincoln Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Abraham Lincoln Knox, William, 1789-1825. Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York City Springfield, Ohio Chicago, Ill. : Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
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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y-six nays.When the speaker made the formal announcement, The constitutional majorityof two thirds having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution is passed,it was received with great demonstrations of applause. It was an importantfact that quite a number of Democrats voted for the measure. The amendment to the Constitution was put to a vote of the states and wasadopted. 175 176 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. There had been much opposition to the renomination of Lincoln for thepresidency by prominent Republicans, some of them being aspirants for thehonor. The Republican convention met at Baltimore, June 8, 1864. Rev.Robert J. Breckinridge, uncle of the rebel leader, John C. Breckinridge, waselected as temporary chairman, and, in a bold and fervid speech, commenced thebusiness of the convention. He delared slavery to be contrary to the spirit ofChristian religion, and incompatible with the natural rights of man. Ex-Gov-ernor William Dennison, of Ohio, the first of the famous war governors, was
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THE FEDERALS BOMBARDING FORT SUMTER. made president. Singularly enough, in view of the opposition that had beenmanifested previous to the convention, Lincoln was unanimously renominatedfor the presidency, and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, was nominated for thevice-presidency. The Democratic convention met at Chicago, August 29th, and nominatedGeorge B. McClellan for president, and George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, forvice-president. Vallandigham, having returned to Ohio from the rebel lines,attended this convention as a delegate, and was chairman of the committee on ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 177 resolution. The second resolution declared that after four years of trying torestore the Union by war, immediate efforts should be made ,for the cessation ofhostilities. The war for the maintenance of the Union was formally declaredto be a failure. To the credit of the candidate, General McClellan, he was notfully in accord with the platform upon which he had been placed. The campaign was fought on this is

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