Lincoln in the World (55 page)

65
. Oldroyd,
Lincoln Memorial
, pp. 474–76, quoted in RW, p. 154 (“knows me”); Whitney,
Life on the Circuit with Lincoln
, p. 146 (“run you”).

66
. Baker, p. 158 (“Wigwam”);
ALAL
, v. 1, pp. 612 (“pennants and streamers” and expansionist planks), 603 (Weed nicknames and “rope-dancer’s”); Donald,
Lincoln
, p. 248 ($100,000); Van Deusen, p. 222 (whisky swilling).

67
. Nathan M. Knapp to Lincoln, May 14, 1860, ALP, LOC (“second choice”); Stanton,
Random Recollections
, pp. 215–16; Goodwin, pp. 10–11, 250; R. M. Blatchford to Seward, May 18, 1860, Seward Papers, University of Rochester; and Van Deusen, p. 224 (“today sure”).

68
. White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 326 (first-round tally); Stanton,
Random Recollections
, pp. 215–16; Goodwin, p. 250 (wild cheering); Halstead,
Caucuses of 1860
, p. 145; Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History
, v. 2, pp. 271–72. See also E. D. Morgan to Seward, May 18, 1860, Seward Papers, University of Rochester; and Van Deusen, p. 225 (“third ballot”); Stahr,
Seward
, pp. 188–89; Guelzo,
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
, p. 245 (“back the tears”); Charles Francis Adams Jr.,
Autobiography
, p. 69 (“cursing and swearing”).

69
. Halstead,
Caucuses of 1860
, p. 154; Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History
, v. 2, p. 278 (tar barrels, etc.); Charles Zane statement in HI, p. 491 (“than I am”); “Ecarte” [John Hay,]
Providence Journal
, May 26, 1860, in Burlingame, ed.,
Lincoln’s Journalist
, pp. 1–3 (fireworks).

70
. Schurz,
Reminiscences
, v. 2, pp. 221–22 (“Illinois lawyer!”); Charles Francis Adams Jr.,
Autobiography
, pp. 62, 65–66. See also Van Deusen, pp. 233–34, 336.

71
. Donald, “
We Are Lincoln Men,”
p. 148 (“of the other”);
New York Herald
, Oct. 2, 1860, quoted in
ALAL
, v. 1, p. 654 (“than by cordiality” and fifteen minutes); Charles Francis Adams Jr.,
Autobiography
, pp. 64–65; Goodwin, p. 270 (“out of place”).

72
. Oates,
With Malice Toward None
, locs. 3744–56 (“Mr. Speaker!”); William H. Wilson to Lincoln, Oct. 29, 1860, ALP, LOC; Lincoln to William H. Wilson, Nov. 3, 1860,
CWL
,
Supplement 1832–1865
, p. 59. See also William Honselman to Lincoln, Oct. 21, 1860, ALP, LOC.

73
. Luebke, ed.,
Ethnic Voters and the Election of Lincoln
, pp. xvii, 215; Smith, “The Influence of the Foreign-Born of the Northwest in the Election of 1860,” pp. 192–201.

74
. Donald,
Lincoln’s Herndon
, p. 125 (“Irish”); Mary Lincoln to Emilie Todd Helm, November 23, 1856, in Turner and Turner,
Mary Todd Lincoln
, p. 46; Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855,
CWL
, v. 2, p. 323 (“hypocrasy”); Lincoln to Theodore Canisius, May 17, 1859,
CWL
, v. 3, p. 380. See also Smith, “The Influence of the Foreign-Born of the Northwest in the Election of 1860,” pp. 197–98.

75
. Smith, p. 195; White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 333 (divided Dems); Lincoln to Seward, Oct. 12, 1860, in
CWL
, v. 4, p. 125 (“into our hands”); White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 347 (“we are elected”); Baker, pp.
161–62 (“little lady”); Goodwin, p. 278 (“we are elected”).

76
. Lincoln told this to Canadian editor Josiah Blackburn in the summer of 1864; see RW, p. 31 (“this great event”); John Bigelow to William Hargreaves, July 30, 1860, John Bigelow Papers, New York Public Library (“Mastodon”). See also
ALAL
, v. 1, p. 647; and Clapp,
Forgotten First Citizen
, p. 136.

77
.
Boston Herald
, Nov. 9, 1860, quoted in Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 51.

78
. Foner,
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free
Men, p. 16, cites the observation of an “Iowa Republican” to illustrate the party line. Lincoln would almost certainly have concurred with this sentiment. See also Foner,
Fiery Trial
, p. 117.

79
.
New York Herald
, Dec. 15, 1860, quoted in Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 148 (“eight days”);
New York Tribune
, Nov. 10, 1860, quoted in ibid., p. 21; Koerner,
Memoirs
, v. 2, pp. 108–9;
ALAL
, v. 1, p. 696 (Swiss example).

80
. Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, Dec. 10, 1860, in
CWL
, v. 4, pp. 149–50 (“time hereafter”); Lincoln to Elihu Washburne, Dec. 13, 1860, in ibid., v. 4, p. 151 (“chain of steel”); Lincoln to James Hale, Jan. 11, 1861, in ibid., v. 4, p. 172 (“more territory”).

81
. Lincoln to Seward, Dec. 8, 1860, in ibid., v. 4, pp. 148 and 149n1; Seward to Lincoln, Dec. 13, 1860, in Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History
, v. 3, p. 350.

82
. Bancroft, v. 2, p. 5 (Northeastern businessmen). For a detailed description of the Crittenden Compromise, see
ALAL
, v. 1, pp. 694–98.

83
. Foner,
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
, pp. 222–23.

84
.
New York Herald
, Dec. 27, 1860, quoted in Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 165 (“undisguised hostility”); Lincoln to Thurlow Weed, Dec. 17, 1860, in
CWL
, v. 4, p. 154 (“territorial question”); Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 166 (Seward should introduce, etc.).

85
.
New York Times
, Dec. 24, 1860 (“evidence of delight”). See also Bancroft, v. 2, p. 8 (cigar-fueled); and Ferris,
The
Trent
Affair
, pp. 98–99.

86
. Seward’s speech is in
CG
, 36th Cong., 2nd Sess., pp. 341–44. See also
Chicago Tribune
, Jan. 17, 1861; Foner,
Fiery Trial
, p. 148; Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 213 (voted against Crittenden); Bensel,
Yankee Leviathan
, p. 18; and Bancroft, v. 2, p. 15.

87
. George Fogg to Gideon Welles, Welles Papers, ALPLM (“not overpleased”); Schurz to his wife, Feb. 9, 1861; and Schurz to his wife, Feb. 4, 1861, in Schafer, ed.,
Intimate Letters of Carl Schurz
, pp. 247, 242; Seward to his family, Jan. 13, 1861, in
Seward at Washington
,
1846–1861
, p. 496 (“good fruits”); Seward to his wife, Jan. 18, 1861, in ibid., p. 496 (“concessions”). See also Foner,
Fiery Trial
, p. 148; and Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, pp. 214–15 (his input).

88
. Seward to Lincoln, Dec. 28, 1860 (“reassuring and soothing”), and Seward to Lincoln, Dec. 29, 1860 (“by surprise”), both in ALP, LOC.

89
. Black, “Circular,” Feb. 28, 1861,
FRUS 1861
, pp. 31–32.

90
. Blair to Lincoln, Jan. 25, 1861, ALP, LOC.

91
. Romero dispatch, Jan. 23, 1861, in Segal, ed.,
Conversations with Lincoln
, pp. 65–67. For a slightly different translation of this report,
see Schoonover, ed.,
Mexican Lobby
, pp. 2–3. See also Mahin, p. 110; and William Moss Wilson, “Lincoln’s Mexican Visitor,”
New York Times
, Jan. 17, 2011.

92
. Lincoln to Seward, Feb. 1, 1861, in
CWL
, v. 4, p. 183.

93
. Lutz,
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1915
, p. 210.

94
.
HL
, p. 287; Herndon, “Facts Illustrative of Mr. Lincoln’s Patriotism and Statesmanship,” p. 194;
ALAL-DC
, v. 1, p. 2061 (farewell address); Seward to Lincoln, Feb. 24, 1861, quoted in Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History
, v. 3, pp. 319–20 (“date from the inauguration”). See also Bancroft, v. 2, p. 24; and Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 441.

95
.
ALAL
, v. 1, p. 758 (“ever saw him”);
HL
, pp. 289–90.

96
. Mrs. James C. Conkling to Clinton L. Conkling, Feb. 12, 1861, in Pratt,
Concerning Mr. Lincoln
, pp. 48–49 (party color, “slap in the face”);
Daily Missouri Democrat
(St. Louis), Feb. 7, 1861, quoted in Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, p. 286 (“lace collar”).

97
. Weik,
The Real Lincoln
, p. 307.

98
. Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, Dec. 10, 1860, in
CWL
, v. 4, p. 149. See also Foner,
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
, p. 223.

99
. Van Deusen, pp. 10 (shorter than his wife), 56 (gilt sword), 335 (“might recognize him”), 229 (Moses);
ALAL
, v. 1, p. 723 (“massive savior complex”).

100
. Rice, ed.,
Reminiscences
, p. 39 (overslept); Holzer,
Lincoln President-Elect
, pp. 396 (“mild and cloudy”), 407; Van Deusen, p. 255 (appearance); Adams,
Education of Henry Adams
, p. 104 (“perpetual cigar”). See also
ALAL
, v. 2, pp. 37–38.

101
. McDougall,
Throes of Democracy
, p. 409 (“virtually kidnapped”);
RW
, p. 43 (“churchwarden”); Van Deusen, p. 258; and Russell,
My Diary North and South
, p. 70, entry for Apr. 8, 1861 (dinners and whist); Remini,
Henry Clay
, p. 307 (“science of diplomacy”); Seward to his family, Feb. 23, 1861, in Seward,
Seward at Washington
,
1846–1861
, p. 511 (“agreeable”); White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 383.

102
. Tyrner-Tyrnauer,
Lincoln and the Emperors
, p. 105 (“crude”); Green,
Washington
, v. 1, p. 238 (key ministries, “mud,” “fields”).

103
. [Hay],
New York World
, Mar. 4, 1861, in Burlingame, ed.,
Lincoln’s Journalist
, pp. 48–50.

104
.
Baltimore Sun
, Mar. 7, 1861 (“national debt”); Nevins,
War for the Union
, v. 2, p. 196 (“temperance man”); Lutz,
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1915
, pp. 210–11 (“make blunders”). See also
The Lincoln Log
, entry for Mar. 1, 1861.

105
. Bigelow,
Retrospections
, v. 1, p. 367; Lincoln to Gideon Welles, May 14, 1861,
CWL
, v. 4, p. 370 (navy); Donald,
Lincoln
, p. 346 (finance). See also Boritt,
Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream
, p. 199.

106
.
RW
, p. 392 (“studying up”); Carroll, “Abraham Lincoln and the Minister of France,” p. 145; Fanny Seward Diary, entry for Dec. 25, 1861, Seward Papers, University of Rochester.

107
. Stoeckl dispatch no. 11, Feb. 26, 1861; and Stoeckl dispatch no. 15, Mar. 12, 1861. Both in Russian Foreign Ministry Archives, photostatic copies in LOC. The final quote is in
Graebner, “Northern Diplomacy and European Neutrality,” p. 61.

108
. White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 387 (Seward’s motivation); Green,
Washing
ton, v. 1, p. 239 (inaugural morning); Nicolay and Hay,
Abraham Lincoln: A History
, v. 3, pp. 324, 371 (sharpshooters and “first trick”); Foote,
Civil War
, loc. 782 (Blood Tubs); Lincoln to Seward, Mar. 4, 1861, in
CWL
, v. 4, p. 273 (“countermand”).

109
. Grimsley, “Six Months in the White House,” p. 45; Benjamin H. Hill quoted in Hubbard,
Burden of Confederate Diplomacy
(Knoxville, 1998), p. 25; Mercier to Thouvenel, Mar. 7, 1861, quoted in Carroll, “Abraham Lincoln and the Minister of France,” pp. 145–46; Thomas W. Evans to James Lesley Jr., Mar. 1, 1861, Seward Papers, University of Rochester (“amicable”).

110
. White,
A. Lincoln
, p. 387 (“long and confidential”);
New York Times
, Mar. 5, 1861, cited in Randall,
Mary Lincoln
, pp. 209–10 (“Hail Columbia”); Barton,
Life of Abraham Lincoln
, p. 17 (quadrille and “ill at ease”);
New York Herald
, Mar. 6, 1861, cited in
ALAL
, v. 2, p. 62 (“queens of the earth”); Adams,
Education of Henry Adams
, p. 107 (“not be enough”); Bigelow to William Hargreaves, July 27, 1861, in Clapp,
Forgotten First Citizen
, p. 147; Rev. Benjamin E. Millard reminiscence, in
New York Times
, Mar. 15, 1885.

111
. Foner,
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free
Men, p. 123.

112
. Raymond,
Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln
, p. 720 (“burning the other”) in RW, p. 375; Lincoln quoted in Peterson,
Lincoln in American Memory
, p. 101 (“pigs for the tits”); Seward to his family, Mar. 16, 1861, in Seward,
Seward at Washington
,
1846–1861
, p. 530 (“closets”); Viele, “A Trip with Lincoln, Chase and Stanton,” p. 818, in RW, p. 453 (can’t say no).

113
. Rice, ed.,
Reminiscences
, pp. 239–40 (“your man”); O’Toole,
Five of Hearts
, p. 341 (“light duties”); Melville to his wife, Mar. 24–25, 1861, in Davis and Gilman, eds.,
Letters of Herman Melville
, pp. 209–10 (“full band” etc); Parker,
Herman Melville
, v. 2, pp. 460–64 (failed to win plum).