On August 29, Lucius Robinson regretted "that it will be impossible for me to be present at the meeting at Mr. Field's to-morrow evening.... McClellan will be the next President unless Lincoln is at once withdrawn."—Ibid.
[219] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 9, p. 366.
[220] New York Sun, June 30, 1889.
[221] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 9, p. 250.
[222] Ibid., p. 218.
[223] Lincoln's Complete Works, Vol. 2, p. 563.
[224] Nicolay-Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 9, p. 251.
[225] "The announcement in the Albany Argus that Governor Seymour was not a candidate was written by Seymour himself, and taken to the Argus by his private secretary. It is now announced that it was intended as a feeler. The whole force of the opposition to McClellan is centred in this move for Seymour."—New York Herald (Chicago despatch), August 28, 1864.
[226] "Dean Richmond remains firm for McClellan, and has cut loose from the Regency. He is at the present moment closeted with Seymour, trying to convince him of the fallacy of the move."—New York Herald (Chicago despatch), August 28, 1864.
[227] Ibid., September 1, 1864.