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... Indiana Republicans , according to Lincoln's proposal . In return for Indiana's full support on the first ballot Lincoln was to name Caleb Smith his Secretary of the Interior , and the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs was also ...
... Indiana Republicans , according to Lincoln's proposal . In return for Indiana's full support on the first ballot Lincoln was to name Caleb Smith his Secretary of the Interior , and the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs was also ...
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... Indiana candidate . That gentleman , however , led in appear- ance only , for he had been one of the early Bates - for - President men , and had done all he could to make the Indiana delegation a part of the Bates movement . Smith had ...
... Indiana candidate . That gentleman , however , led in appear- ance only , for he had been one of the early Bates - for - President men , and had done all he could to make the Indiana delegation a part of the Bates movement . Smith had ...
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... Indiana having a man , nor to Smith being the man . " 1 Though in the discussion between Lincoln and Weed , Smith . had been considered the likely Indiana choice , the pressure continued . " Caleb B. Smith is still thrust upon the ...
... Indiana having a man , nor to Smith being the man . " 1 Though in the discussion between Lincoln and Weed , Smith . had been considered the likely Indiana choice , the pressure continued . " Caleb B. Smith is still thrust upon the ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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