 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
..."was greeted with shouts of applause, and unanimously adopted :" Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Lincoln had not been present during the Convention, and when called on to speak, at the adjourned... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause, unanimously resolved that Abraham Lincoln was " the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas." At the close of the proceedings, he delivered the following speech, which struck the key-note of his... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
..." was greeted with shouts of applause, and unanimously adopted :" Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Lincoln had not been present during the Convention, and when called on to speak, at the adjourned... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
..." was greeted with shouts of applause, and unanimously adopted :" Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Lincoln had not been present during the Convention, and when called on to speak, at the adjourned... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause, unanimously resolved that Abraham Lincoln was " the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas." At the close of the proceedings, he delivered the following speech, which struck the key-note of his... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...routine work, passed with acclamation a separate resolution, which declared "that Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois for the • Douglas, Senate Speech, March 22d, 1858. United States Senate as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas."... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - Illinois - 1874 - 978 pages
...offered a resolution, which was unanimously adopted amidst shouts of applause : " That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the republicans of Illinois for the US senate, as the succcessor of Stephen A. Douglas." DOUGLAS AND LINCOLN. — These two most eminent... | |
 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...against slavery. In 1858 this resolution was passed at Springfield : — " That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois, for the United States Senate, as the IUCCÇBsOÏ of Stephen A. Douglas." The result was the defeat of Lincoln by over 1,000 votes. In 1860... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...the day following. This included the unanimous adoption of a resolution, " That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas." It was but the formal expression of a fact, for he now stood absolutely alone and without a rival.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...routine work, passed with acclamation a separate resolution, which declared " that Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois...States Senate as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas." The proceedings of the convention had consumed the afternoon, and an adjournment was taken. At 8 o'clock... | |
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Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois for the United States Senate, as the successor of Stephen A. Douglas. 
