Show INt IN t My Ten ren Presidential Campaigns By B M Th The Hr first t nation convention 1 I ever cr jh nd cl 1 wan ws II as 1 a R d leB t at the tho we see If j of lre 1 I wn II a very young nun man thea ami ecO f tary tar of at state In New Nsw York Vork A few nt of i 1 u UI who Jio were devote of ot o by 10 WOUL to Va hl on 0 the lii way to to 10 t consult with hint him nomination wn HB HH c The only WIttI WU who hould IK h vice Then wits WIle wasa a I I I II It of ot opinion that hut It be lie L Daniel 1 K H Dickinson OleIc Hn 1111 had hati a I lifelong Democrat hut but tup ported Mr Lincoln throughout the war I or This little Ittle Incident la is unwritten his hili history history tory tor arid ITI shows what Incidents make like Mr sir Howard d against the tho nomination f r Mt II Dickinson on tho thA wound mound that hut we ought to the tho loyal ai mm Illen In III till the th border states who hn ini l their and their lives In by h the tho Union The fhe nent of that clans nt itt that time hint Willi Andrew Johnson of IC Tt j we see che had kept kelt all 1111 Tennessee loyal I and wan the spirit which had C contributed many f to the thu Union army He Jh Blood ns os a it 1 L leader of ot that senti iL m mint nt In nil itil tho thu border states stated 1 Whon Judge o and anti I reached the tho enn We e 0 found the mattel iet 1101 for foi Ir Wo Vo then lie ho isn iii sn n the t missionary y work worl imposed Impo on onus onus onus us by hy Upward The Connecticut tI hy by Minor Miner ly Joined d us u Tho The wa wu i a finally left Ift by Iy the conven convention convention on n tion linn to 10 Ibis New York delegation and J lbs thA nomination of ot Johnson John on WOK wee decided by Jy one Otis Yak In that thai delegation The Tho fI convention on ur this conclusion l if the icet of Ot the Including r I N Johnsons presidency U is well known rho Tho nomination nt rf General a Orant irant l e S both tho the first times wits was wasby Willii i c by had and th wag ns no con can teat tail TIm Till There Thre was 0 a it t for the lo to brunt New Yurl ami that prevented the Ihl nomi nomination nation of o n n 1 Thorn lied hotl leti a n li It ti i fueling rei i ng between Mr sac Mr ii h Mr Conk I I ng would nut hit consent to 10 Mr dr Ir JUstines f nomination lou lion ion t ily Mr 1111 it i layes I of at Ohio n II man then Unknown to the thu j Ilu 1111 ot of nil 1111 and not a II evolution 2 Samuel J n a groat f S hardly In that election The rite Democrats believed as ns ilet a n vast number of ot that ho 10 o was WUA hOIl II elected Wo Vo were close closen to n the tho Civil war and tho tIit participants k rn QI both were ero till stilt vigorous enough to n a revolution easy cany upon u rt It like Ilko that or of the deprivation I any profess of or a it candidate who was j believed to In bo ho to 10 his IsIs Of it It IH is u it mooted question r It t was Willi decided dOhl II hy by tho tim tribunal list I by hy only uniV V a I majority of or one OliO I Hut It l Is duo to Mr In 10 say I ilI 1111 isle hid power und Influence were uell to 10 proven Isis his followers from ruin doing Whal ninny many ot or tilt the nod strongest J advocated seizing the tho presidency or j It II It H was OH mainly through Mr that the tho tribunal was select Oil od 0 1 ond It liB its Judgment acquiesced In InIn InIn In Its the canvass of ot 1880 1860 Irani Irant wan wati the th convention as us n a eon can candidate lIn am AliI tho the whole 01 or the I f I sled term lerm exigent In III the Ihl I iii nomination oC of n nion ion Clou depended on Oil tim Ihn rule etile to tip There Ther was wn II u us s for him In enough states lo 10 loV V f note him him if It i t the unit no it rulo rule can en rt ltd I both tim tho majority and tim tho minority 1 there Vero rore enough delegates to il e foal feat f him The Tue contest this one onu lasted for tor several days When hen henk k I silO he unit rulo WOH beaten the convention r nn nt ol see HWI seer r I John was wo the most prom k KJ and of or the tue candidates II u flati Ill hla Willi ilS led hy by for tor or l tho the convention 1101 I I the speaker for at 01 tho titu presidency Arthur put lint on Oil as ItS vice lo to l Mr satisfy th the Now CV York ho ito being tho tue thoI lender 1 lIlor of the tho forces I I In 10 the of 1881 ca cn cally etus i 5 lly lIy carried the tho convention Ar Jr Arthur thur A gill II lit his own and tiltil lip ISI was WaR ht to Now New toile Tot k to 10 mett t n II thousand t ProtestAnt clergymen Tho lh Ti Dr w ot Ut 11 that had heel dono done good J him In a IL hundred in 10 his IiI on church I on 00 u It occasion nut nat n a largo large body of ot religion religionists Is q who otherwise warm I 1 with wih Mr Ir lImbo Tb t I phrase thousands thou of ot th IhM ir vil Ho lie 10 lout New ev York by h lets less than tho I t nod ond except for or those thoRO three words worl I nt 2000 tj the Iho Hov Ur hr In ht would I w Q u ve It I hy by 2000 ni 1111 l have ha e r ot of the tho United Jolted r I mST I HW OP ot 0 LIN H 1 first saw when hon h passed 1 tl on his hili way WR to II 1 h to 10 be Ibis His l pc cli b hiM Idoo of er Mi so short horl that It conveyed no ISO the tv tl very ory homely very manlie malhI having t to tn ule utter hut It hw s sentences nl I wa Wil elected secretary nao ot nt II state in ll ThO Horatio luau had hll hlll In l governor In 12 n k el of ot tho tim soldiers for fOl 1864 Mr r N second cond colI election In iii every state hut but N New w Vork the tho machinery w to the tho governor The Tue legislature oil hOO l oC of a 1 0 61 wn ns E it would not give gle Il U to 10 toUt I th Ut tle t I In the to gM get the machinery Iho tIm winter In lit Washington Wn and atul 1 saW Mr Lincoln very vcr often oCen He lie 11 hall hail ha tho t at itt ii It certain hour of ot leaving tIm tho I door lipor ollon fUr for anybody to 10 como colon 1010 In Thin bo Iso would ho overwhelmed by Jy tho tIm mothers 11 1 wives and sisters rn of soldiers loler 1 ni r I wanted r wile who via were wen In 1st hospital al and they f to reach them or who lied had hlLl been condemned co Ile 1 1 them It as t reprieved and they I lu lii these meetings the tho themo mo most t nh to scones of ot my Iny life IC Mr Lincoln looked up one ono day duy In the tho crowd antI and said mid ole Hello O What do tin you 01 want want I 1 wild said Ild Nothing Mr President lre ex cx except rOt to tl pay Ply my toy 1 respects to you as nl I Iam am ant going home hOle Mr 11 Lincoln replied ropHell It I In 19 such euch o a 1 luxury to 10 see some one who does doel not Cot ft If will stay I will want sant anything I you 01 wi wi get tt rid til of ot these people p I want to talk I with you ou When hue tho room mom was WAI clear I ho lie threw rom rm himself on 01 the sofa pulled up UI his bis loin bug bogs his hl knees lee with wih his hie hands and auth leaning backward ansi 1111 Toward for fora forIt a It 1 long time hoe freely discussed the thc war lencl effective In III either Illustrating With one exception exe those stories vere plon Wih alI not parlor stories but hul they Ih Were werl Im tnt Immensely In effective in or o clinching or striking homo home the tho point bit 11 was wall tanking making Mr Ir Lincoln was WIH the hue most direct and lucid talker I ever mot lie le I be hail had then been lucen president nearly four years and perfect master th titan n any of o wax was more moro the tried statesmen of the hue country of ot tho he home bottle and foreign situation ot or thus the complications with wih other govern governments gover meals ments of ot the dangers of Intervention of tho Iho tim situation of ot the tho awl ot at attie f tho tie treasury of ot the tho needs of ot both WHAT VI IAL W AN I 1 have havo hitch had snore more or iC ess Intimacy with wih nil all tho the presidents since his hU time and Ind ni most of the cabinet members No NI pub Jub IORI lie III man ever know klow so 80 Instinctively IlI and Ind Intimately Just tho the people wanted If they hail had not yet yot It expressed It I In II any toy I hat form lorm he ho knew what would meet their approval Mr Lincoln was the thus saddest titan man I ev ever r V because O ho he was wall the lan most mOlt tender hearted anti and sympathetic nab yet ho Ito Mt cit t flint to 10 save SiO his hi country he ho lint had to sacrifice tens of thousand of lives who io would have to ho be recruited or sent to 10 the rant front to b his he sacrificed by hut his hl order It II I t seemed to press el upon Mm him anti and Ind to weigh upon him hll with a I loud load that he ho could not nol shako ort off Ills one ono relieved only by this thin story tory telling was III that ha lie roust must mu t save the Iho Union and that It could only be Je saved by h eliminating slavery You ask tilt nip of ot his hll method of 01 talking cadence In his voice He lie had Ital 1111 a peculiar hll which 10 mate made hiss his rhythmic One no who reads that list gent gem lel of American A I I ora orations or Ions IsIs his at nt I I It was Wn Improvised will get an nn Idea itla of his wi that nf of nn 11 unconscious poem Mr Ir Lincoln was waR a Li satin man of o marvelous genius une singular power of or expression Ho Ito UI had upon luion 1101 him tIbia the hue weight of the tho future futuro and Its ls possibilities to 0 his Ide country Ho ito 10 talked of ot the criticisms on 01 his hil story tell telling tel log ing I ni which used to 10 amuse Howard and offend the dignified Chase Chae cadence ho lie said I With this singular remember They The say SI I 1 tell ten a 1 great reat many stories I 1 reckon I do 11 hut butt I 1 havo have found In tho hue course of a U long and Va Varied vied ried experience that lint the tim plain people then repeating with great the tho plum plain people take theta them Ih m as n they thu run pulls are more inure easily call by b a abroad I abroad broad ansi and Illustration than thanIn thanIn In nay any other oUter way What the tho hypercritical ical few ow may think 1 J do tin not pot care I think It II generally admitted now nw that the tho greatest misfortune which happened to the south was his hil assassin assassination n Ho iTo 10 was WI thin the one ono man alan who had the tho hold holl upon ln the tho country and the power to have accomplished what was tas wu done donn It U 1 years afterward under tinder Hayes He 10 would have reconstructed the south without a 1 government or orni orally any ally ni of or thin the Ihl horrors anti and mistakes of the tha reconstruction the Ito north the tho Union army aOl and nn the thc loyal absolutely trusted tru lilt his Judg Judgment allot ment as ne ni they did cud his hit patriotism and antI the question of o the two would have hue boon been settled by him fl bit from the Iho many ninny which effect affect us u still lUl IN CAMPAIGNS Tho The methods methol nf of campaigning before the thue th war during Iho hit war Wil und atul fur for or several canvasses afterward different from mutt those wo we have havo now Tho flue press was not nearly no HO pi universal or power louver powerful ful tuh The Tho political speaker though WAS vas WIS more m e universal and more powerful There was vas no at po of organizing such Ilch complete campaigns as ni was done by Mr Hanna Money did dil not exist In tho tue country to create n a I machinery of ot literature of or speakers of oC colporteurs of military companies or organizations of ot every livery kind which were the educe educational load processes of ot tho hue last three or 01 four canvasses Cit rite Tho series of speeches which Mr Ir Hew arti arLl after lter teeing being defeated nl at Chicago made for lor Lincoln almost unequaled for their versatility tint and frequency were vero the feature of o ret campaign and their wail Incalculable There Thoro has lutus nothing In the canvasses of thin Iho last twenty years which was one mans oratory that butt could coull ho bo su en n effective The Tho ho n pers In the lie Ihl early cam campaigns had an Ott Idol and they lucy made of that hint Idol u a I fetich folch or 01 n P I god KOI for lor or their readers That was wan done tot for Hemy Ciny ln It I was wan Wil done In conspicuous In iii for tor Daniel Webster b ter Mr 11 flu Ilu lu and others In the Ito laSt lad titter of a II century centry no 10 newspaper com cons commanding manding aloud lug u a 1 national it Importance I nt has hii ii ai had Itoh one OliO man inca occupying the tho place of ot honor In itt II Its Ill columns every Cory day dR Public men In Itt II tho Iho last years fr like Oar naf or Held deli Cleveland or Hoos Jell veil velt are subjects of nt abuse but hut not of Indiscriminate veIl dolly daily dAiY laudation and In Indiscriminate discriminate praise ns tilt was WI the tho case CUBB In I Iho tho ho old ohl canvasses IS the thai port being token taken by IJ In 11 tho modern campaign wo women men ought to 10 be but ns as 11 touch much Interested In politics as moo men and should be he as 1 wall wel Informed IC the Iho Democrats get let to together toRether gether Rether as Re they the probably will subI 1 thou then those tho p who left lett tho thu party to 10 vote for will vill wi be bo tack hack support log InK tho hue candidate of cf fit Ht Louis Those holo who have arrived at nt 21 SI years of age Ige since the lie last presidential canvass will willbo wil bo to more by 1 tho the Intelligent I advice of at their mothers tItan than by b any In other source |