ROBERT CLARKE & CO
1876
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by
ROBERT CLARKE & CO.
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Stereotyped by Ogden, Campbell & Co., Cincinnati.
CONTENTS.
- [CHAPTER I.]
- ANCESTRY.
- Line of Descent—Family Tradition—Indian Fighters—Grandfather Rutherford—Chloe Smith Hayes—Father and Mother—Characteristics—Tribute to a Sister—General Character of Ancestors[9]
- [CHAPTER II.]
- BOYHOOD AND EDUCATION.
- Birthplace—University—Springs—Kossuth's Allusion—Early Instructors—Sent East—College Life—Began the Study of Law—At Harvard Law School—Story, Greenleaf, Webster, Agassiz, and Longfellow—Admission to Bar[15]
- [CHAPTER III.]
- AT THE BAR.
- Commences Practice—First Case—Partnership with Ralph P. Buckland—Settles in Cincinnati—Becoming Known—Literary Club—Nancy Farrer Case—Summons Case—Marriage—Law Partners—City Solicitor[22]
- [CHAPTER IV.]
- IN THE FIELD.
- Appointed Major—Judge Advocate—Lieutenant-Colonel—South Mountain—Wounded—Fighting while Down—After Morgan—Battle of Cloyd Mountain—Charge up the Mountain—Enemy's Works Carried by Storm—First Battle of Winchester—Berryville[31]
- [CHAPTER V.]
- FROM MAJOR TO MAJOR-GENERAL.
- Opequan—Morass—First Over—Intrepidity—Official Reports—Assault on Fisher's Hill—Battle of Cedar Creek—Commands a Division—Promoted on Field—His Wounds—A Hundred Days under Fire[43]
- [CHAPTER VI.]
- IN CONGRESS.
- Nomination—Refuses to Leave Army—Election Incident—Election—Course in Congress—Services on Library Committee—Votes on Various Questions—Submits Plan of Constitutional Amendments—Re-nominated by Acclamation—Re-elected by Increased Majority—Overwhelmed with Soldiers' Letters—Character as Congressman[51]
- [CHAPTER VII.]
- ELECTED GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
- Party of States Rights—Their Convention—Platform—Nomination of Thurman—Republican Convention and Platform—Nomination of General Hayes—Opening Speech at Lebanon—Thurman at Waverly—National Interest Aroused—Hayes Victorious—Inaugural—First Annual Message—Second Annual Message[62]
- [CHAPTER VIII.]
- SECOND ELECTION AS GOVERNOR.
- Re-nomination—Democratic Platform—Nomination of Rosecrans—Declines—Pendleton Nominated—Hayes at Wilmington—Election—Second Inaugural—Civil Service Reform—Short Addresses—Letters—Annual Message—Democratic Estimate of It—Davidson Fountain Address—Message of 1872—Work Accomplished[90]
- [CHAPTER IX.]
- THIRD TIME ELECTED GOVERNOR.
- The Senatorship Declined—Army Banquet Speech—Third Time Nominated for Congress—Glendale Speech—Declines a Federal Office—Making a Home—Nomination for Governor—Platform—Serenade Speech—Democratic Convention and Platform—Marion Speech of Hayes—Woodford—Grosvenor—Schurz—Inflation Drivel—Interest in the Contest—Honest Money Triumphant—Third Inaugural[124]
- [CHAPTER X.]
- NOMINATION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
- Early Suggestions—Letters on Subject—Garfield Letter—Action of State Convention—Cincinnati Convention—Course of his Friends —First and Second Day's Events—Speech of Noyes—Balloting—Nominated on Seventh Ballot—Officially Notified—Habits—Personal Appearance—Family—Letter of Acceptance—Character as a Soldier, Magistrate, and Man—Domestic Surroundings[143]
- [APPENDIX.]
- I. Speech at [Lebanon], Ohio, August 5, 1867[167]
- II. Speech at [Sidney], Ohio, September 4, 1867[202]
- III. Speech on his [Re-nomination], June 23, 1869[222]
- IV. Speech at [Zanesville], Ohio, August 24, 1871[231]
- V. Speech at [Marion], Ohio, July 31, 1875[241]
- VI. Speech at [Fremont], June 25, 1876.[256]