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Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2

CHAPTER XIII
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It seemed to be at hand, and in a parliamentary uproar the "question" was vehemently demanded, but the chairman skillfully managed at length to secure an adjournment.
The "crisis" had in reality come on Thursday night, in the committee-room, in the hopeless first double report of its platform committee.

The dissolution of the convention did not take place till the Monday following.

A great party, after a vigorous and successful life of thirty years, could not die easily.

The speeches of Avery and Payne, of Yancey and Pugh, on Friday, were recognized as cries of defiance, but not yet accepted as moans of despair.

On Saturday morning.


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