[151] "With advancing years Mr. Conkling's temperament changed slightly. The exactions of legal life, and, to some extent, the needs of his political experience, apparently estranged him from the masses, although he was naturally one of the most approachable of men."—Alfred R. Conkling, The Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, pp. 203, 204.
[152] New York Tribune, October 6, 1853.
[153] New York Tribune, October 8, 1853.
[154] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 221.
[155] Ibid., p. 222.
[156] James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 1, p. 453.
[157] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 220.
[158] James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 1, p. 453.
[159] Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward, p. 68.
[160] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 222.