[248] M. Halstead, National Political Conventions of 1860, p. 85.
[249] "After the vote of New York had decided that it was impossible to nominate Douglas, it proceeded, the roll of States being called, to vote for him as demurely as if it meant it."—M. Halstead, National Political Conventions of 1860, p. 84.
[250] James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 2, p. 453.
[251] Ibid., p. 455.
[252] Ibid., p. 453.
[253] James F. Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 2, p. 455.
[254] Ibid., p. 456.
[255] New York Tribune, June 2, 1860.
[256] M. Halstead, National Political Conventions of 1860, p. 137.
[257] "Mr. Seward seemed to be certain of receiving the nomination at Chicago. He felt that it belonged to him. His flatterers had encouraged him in the error that he was the sole creator of the Republican party."—H.B. Stanton, Random Recollections, p. 214. "I hear of so many fickle and timid friends as almost to make me sorry that I have ever attempted to organise a party to save my country." Letter of W.H. Seward to his wife, May 2, 1860.—F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 448.