[123] J.E. Cabot, Life of Emerson, p. 578. Emerson's address at Concord, May 3, 1851.
[124] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 163.
[125] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 185.
[126] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 196.
[127] "When Fillmore withdrew from the presidential office, the general sentiment proclaimed that he had filled the place with ability and honour. He was strictly temperate, industrious, orderly, and of an integrity above suspicion. If Northern people did not approve the fugitive slave law, they at least looked upon it with toleration. It is quite true, however, that after-opinion has been unkind to Fillmore. The judgment on him was made up at a time when the fugitive slave law had become detestable, and he was remembered only for his signature and vigorous execution of it."—James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 1, pp. 297, 301.
[128] "It was certain that Mr. Dickinson could not carry New York.... Governor Marcy was strongly urged in many quarters, and it was thought the State might be carried by him; but many were of the opinion that his friends kept his name prominently before the public with the hope of obtaining a cabinet appointment for him and thus securing the influence of that section of the New York Democracy to which he belonged. This was precisely the result that followed."—Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John A. Dix, Vol. 1, p. 266.
[129] "I could not consent to a nomination here without incurring the imputation of unfaithfully executing the trust committed to me by my constituents—without turning my back on an old and valued friend. Nothing that could be offered me—not even the highest position in the Government, the office of President of the United States—could compensate me for such a desertion of my trust."—Daniel S. Dickinson, Letters and Speeches, Vol. 1, p. 370.
[130] H.B. Stanton, Random Recollections, p. 181.
[131] "Marcy held the war portfolio under Polk, but his conduct of the office had not added to his reputation, for it had galled the Administration to have the signal victories of the Mexican War won by Whig generals, and it was currently believed that the War Minister had shared in the endeavour to thwart some of the plans of Scott and Taylor."—James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 1, pp. 246-7.
"The conflict became terrific, until, when the ballots had run up to within one of fifty, the Virginia nominee was announced as the choice of the convention."—Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John A. Dix, Vol. 1, p. 268.