[455] "'It was worth the journey to the East,' said Mr. Lincoln, 'to see such a man as Bryant.'"—John Bigelow, Life of William Cullen Bryant, p. 218.
[456] Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 3, p. 257.
[457] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 613.
[458] "Hiram Barney belongs to the Van Buren Democratic Buffalo Free-soil wing of the Republican party. He studied law with C.C. Cambreling and practised it with Benjamin F. Butler. For President he voted for Jackson, for Van Buren in 1840 and 1848, for Hale in 1852, and for Fremont and Lincoln. He was also a delegate to the Buffalo convention of 1848; so that as an out-and-out Van Buren Democratic Free-soil Republican, Barney is a better specimen than Van Buren himself."—New York Herald, March 28, 1861.
"Mr. Barney's quiet, unostentatious bearing has deprived him of the notoriety which attaches to most of our politicians of equal experience and influence. Nevertheless, he is well known to the Republican party and universally respected as one of its foremost and most intelligent supporters."—New York Evening Post, March 27, 1861.
[459] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 1, p. 528; Ibid., Vol. 2, p. 322.
[460] "Strong protests against Barney have been received within the last twenty-four hours."—New York Herald, March 14, 1861.
[461] Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward, p. 72.
[462] Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward, p. 73.
[463] "Executive skill and vigour are rare qualities. The President is the best of us." Seward's letter to his wife.—F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 590.