...Blair, and other Conservative members in the cabinet was watered down to an ambiguous resolution deeming it "essential to the general welfare that harmony should prevail in the National Councils" and that "those only who cordially endorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions" were worthy...

...Missouri delegation. The platform included a plank, presented by the Missouri delegation, announcing that "harmony should prevail in the national councils,...confidence and official trust those only who cordially endorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions and which should characterize the administration...

...Union Party platform like everybody else. It had said in effect that only those who "cordially endorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, and...characterize the administration of the Government," ought to be in the cabinet. 41 That had meant anybody who was not of the radical belief, and Blair...

...Lincoln reorganize his administration in keeping with the Republican platform's declaration that it was "essential to the general welfare that harmony should prevail in the national councils." Radicals interpreted this statement to mean that the president should dismiss the conservatives Seward,...

...Huny Wilson, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America (Boston, 1872-1877), 3:545. and official trust those only who cordially indorse...characterize the administration of the government." This was delightedly interpreted by the radical press as an ultimatum for the removal of Blair and Seward.2*...

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...Constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. " 6. That we deem it essential to the general welfare that...characterize the administration of the Government. " 7. That the Government owes to all men employed in its armies, without regard to distinction of color,...

...constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the general welfare that...characterize the administration of the Government. Resolved, That the Government owes to all men employed in its armies, without regard to distinction...

...constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. "Ra-olved, That we deem it essential to the general welfare that...characterize the administration of the Government. [Applause.] ^Resolved, That the Government owes to all men employed in its armies, without regard to...

...constitutional measures essential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. 6. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the general welfare that...characterize the administration of the government. 7. Resolved, That the government owes to ail men employed in its armies, without regard to distinction...