Team Of Rivals Part 154

Dougla.s.s promised to confer: Frederick Dougla.s.s to AL, August 29, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

Randall had hand-delivered..."Democrats may stand": Charles D. Robinson to AL, August 7, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

Lincoln shared a draft: Frederick Dougla.s.s to Theodore Tilton, October 15, 1864, in The Life and Writings of Frederick Dougla.s.s, Vol. III, ed. Foner, p. 423.

"To me it seems...matter of policy": AL to Charles D. Robinson, [August] 1864, Lincoln Papers.

"as it seems you would...made the offer supposed": AL to Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

Dougla.s.s saw clearly..."do you serious damage": Frederick Dougla.s.s to Theodore Tilton, October 15, 1864, in The Life and Writings of Frederick Dougla.s.s, Vol. III, ed. Foner, p. 423.

a messenger informed Lincoln..."my friend Dougla.s.s": AL, quoted in Dougla.s.s, "Lincoln and the Colored Troops," in Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Rice, p. 320.

"suppress his excitement...men in America": Eaton, Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen, pp. 175, 176.

"The President was free...reminiscences of the past": "Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills," August 19, 1864, quoted from the diary of Joseph T. Mills, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, in CW, VII, pp. 50608 (quotes); Pinsker, Lincoln's Sanctuary, p. 158.

Lincoln permanently shelved the draft: Note 1 of AL to Charles D. Robinson, August 17, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 501.

Raymond's suggestion..."by peaceful modes": AL to Henry J. Raymond, August 24, 1864, in ibid., p. 517.

"slept undisturbed"...biography of Lincoln: Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. IX, p. 221.

"a sort of political Bull Run": JGN to TB, August 28, 1864, container 3, Nicolay Papers.

"ever present and companionable": Entry for August 19, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 112.

Mary and Tad...Vermont: AL to MTL, August 31, September 8 and September 11, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 526, 544, 547.

but did not feel he should..."than another arises": WHS to FAS, August 27, 1864, quoted in Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 241.

"the signs of discontent...all to disappear": WHS to home, August 16, 1864, quoted in ibid., p. 240.

"firm and hopeful": WHS to FAS, August 27, 1864, quoted in ibid., p. 241.

Welles observed..."an understanding": Entry for August 19, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 112.

the sight of a disabled soldier: Benjamin, "Recollections of Secretary Edwin M. Stanton," Century (1887), p. 761.

Lincoln invited Raymond..."utter ruination": JGN to JH, August 25, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 152.

chairing a meeting...mobilize the party: Leonard Swett to his wife, September 8, 1864, quoted in Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II (1900 edn.), pp. 20203.

"the turning-point...we are saved": JGN to JH, August 25, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 152.

Nicolay was relieved..."encouraged and cheered": JGN memoranda, quoted in Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. IX, p. 221.

Noting that the members..."for the Union party": NYT, August 27, 1864.

"I happen temporarily...an inestimable jewel": AL, "Speech to One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment," August 22, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 512.

"giants in the...of the opposition": JGN to JH, August 25, 1864, in Nicolay, With Lincoln in the White House, p. 152.

"we have had nothing...change all this": Noah Brooks to JGN, August 29, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

"They have a peace...to rest upon": Waugh, Reelecting Lincoln, p. 89.

"It was noticeable"...virtual silence: Noah Brooks to JGN, August 29, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

"His partisans are united...their own choice": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, p. 368.

"was expected...surrender and abas.e.m.e.nt": Entry for September 2, 1864, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. III, p. 479.

the platform declared..."cessation of hostilities": "The Democratic National Platform of 1864 (August 29 1864)," in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, ed. Heidler and Heidler, p. 2375.

Strong predicted..."on such terms": Entry for September 2, 1864, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. III, p. 480.

"Atlanta is ours, and fairly won": William T. Sherman to Henry W. Halleck, September 3, 1864, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. x.x.xVIII, Part V, p. 777.

Lincoln to order that one hundred guns: AL, "Order for Celebration of Victories at Atlanta, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama," September 3, 1864, in CW, VII, p. 532.

"Atlanta is ours...are ours now": NYT, September 5, 1864.

the departing Confederates..."of military value": McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 774.

"Glorious news...event of the war": Entry for September 3, 1864, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. III, pp. 48081.

Seward received the news...at his house to celebrate: Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 242.

the crowd swelled..."effective speeches": NYT, September 6, 1864.

the twin victories..."perish and leave no root": WHS, quoted in Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, pp. 24244.

"For a man of not very"...the upcoming campaign: Entry for September 10, 1864, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 140.

"This intelligence will...on a peace platform": Entry for September 3, 1864, ibid., pp. 13536.

Peace Democrats threatened..."their support": Clement L. Vallandigham to GBM, September 4, 1864, reel 36, McClellan Papers, DLC.

six drafts...midnight on September 8: Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 588; GBM to MEM, [September 9, 1864], ibid., p. 597.

He began with a nod..."brethren had been in vain": GBM to the Democratic Nomination Committee, September 8, 1864, in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, pp. 59596.

"We are going to win...unite on Mr. Lincoln": Theodore Tilton to JGN, September 6, 1864, Lincoln Papers.

believed that G.o.d..."nearly capsized it": Leonard Swett to his wife, September 8, 1864, quoted in Tarbell, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II (1900 edn.), p. 203.

"conspiracy against Mr. Lincoln collapsed": TW to WHS, September 10, [1864], Lincoln Papers.