warns Lincoln of plot in 1861, i. 213.

Seward, W.H.,

appeals to higher law, i. 90;

candidate for Republican nomination to presidency, 166;

opposed by Greeley, 167;

methods of his supporters, 167;

considered too radical, 168;

defeated by a combination, 169-171;

deserves the nomination, 172;

adopts conciliatory attitude in 1860, 197;