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been prepared for the patient; and an Illinois gentleman named Snowhook, who had been bobbing up at frequent intervals and nominating Horace Greeley off-hand, was now allowed to do so pro forma, and the convention proceeded to swallow its leek, "in token of revenge." The vote resulted as follows:

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Upon the announcement of this result an attempt was made to imitate the thrilling dramatic features which accompanied the renomination of General Grant at Philadelphia. A motion was made, by a heart-sick Pennsylvanian (who afterwards swore point blank that he would not vote for Greeley) to make the nomination unanimous; but this was negatived by the staunch Delawareans and by many Southern delegates. Then a canvass was lowered away from the flies of the theater stage, on which was a vision of the White House; and the band struck up "The Battle Cry of Freedom." A newspaper correspondent, writing from the scene immediately afterwards, said of the musical feature of the Convention and the result upon that body's enthusiasm:

“A significant feature in the convention to-day was the manner in which the popular airs were received. Previous to opening the convention this morning the band played Yankee Doodle," Red, White and Blue," "Marching Through Georgia," etc., but they received no notice. Finally,

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however, when "Dixie" and "The Bonnie Blue Flag," were performed, the audience broke out in a most violent manner, and cheered the airs to the echo. In fine, the convention did not display enough enthusiasm over anything of a national character to charge a bottle of pop. But all allusions to the south and southern soldiers were loudly applauded, showing clearly enough the composition and spirit of the convention."

With a few further formalities, the convention adjourned sine die, after a painfully short and embarrassed session.

This convention also had its side-show-an assembly of Irreconcilables who met in a neighboring hall, under the presidency of another Bayard-Hon. Samuel J., of New Jersey. They adopted an address and voted to call a national convention to be held at Louisville on the 3d of September to take advantage of any new phase which the situation might assume at or before that time. There were many members of the regular convention in sympathy with this movement, but the number who actually participated was not great.

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

HENRY WILSON.

His Humble Birth-Apprenticed to a Farmer-Learns the Shoemaker's Trade After Becoming Twenty-one-Pursues an Academical Course After That-Becomes a Stump Orator-Great success-Enters Public Life-In the Legislature—An Ardent Free Soiler-An Editor for Two Years-Chosen United States Senator in 1850-His Career in the Senate-Challenged by Bully Brooks-Service on the Military Committee-Joins the ArmyHis Labors for the Colored Race-Why he Would Not Join the Workingmen's Party-An Answer Worth Reading-A Busy Career.

Our sketch of Henry Wilson, Republican candidate for Vice-President, is mainly a hasty compilation from recent newspaper sketches, of which the New York Times and the Philadelphia Telegraph have published the best which have come to hand. The origin of Wilson, like that of Lincoln, Grant, Johnson and others whom the whole nation has seen fit to elevate to the highest places within its gift, was extremely humble; more so, indeed, than any of the others. His manner of struggling upward against adversity was very like that of Horace Greeley; but as the temperaments and minds of the two men are essentially different, the parallel does not extend to their respective careers after attaining manhood.

Henry Wilson was born at Farmington, N. H.,

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