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A Political History of the State of NewYork.
by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander.
VOL. III
1861-1882
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE UPRISING OF THE NORTH. 1861
II. NEW PARTY ALIGNMENTS. 1861
III. "THE MAD DESPERATION OF REACTION." 1862
IV. THURLOW WEED TRIMS HIS SAILS. 1863
V. GOVERNOR SEYMOUR AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 1863
VI. SEYMOUR REBUKED. 1863
VII. STRIFE OF RADICAL AND CONSERVATIVE. 1864
VIII. SEYMOUR'S PRESIDENTIAL FEVER. 1864
IX. FENTON DEFEATS SEYMOUR. 1864
X. A COMPLETE CHANGE OF POLICY. 1865
XI. RAYMOND CHAMPIONS THE PRESIDENT. 1866
XII. HOFFMAN DEFEATED, CONKLING PROMOTED. 1866
XIII. THE RISE OF TWEEDISM. 1867
XIV. SEYMOUR AND HOFFMAN. 1868
XV. THE STATE CARRIED BY FRAUD. 1868
XVI. INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN SENATORIAL ELECTIONS. 1869
XVII. TWEED CONTROLS THE STATE. 1869-70
XVIII. CONKLING DEFEATS FENTON. 1870
XIX. TWEED WINS AND FALLS. 1870
XX. CONKLING PUNISHES GREELEY. 1871
XXI. TILDEN CRUSHES TAMMANY. 1871
XXII. GREELEY NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT. 1872
XXIII. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF GREELEY. 1872
XXIV. TILDEN DESTROYS HIS OPPONENTS. 1873-4
XXV. RIVALRY OF TILDEN AND CONKLING. 1875
XXVI. DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE. 1876
XXVII. TILDEN ONE VOTE SHORT. 1876
XXVIII. CONKLING AND CURTIS AT ROCHESTER. 1877
XXIX. THE TILDEN ReGIME ROUTED. 1877
x.x.x. GREENBACKERS SERVE REPUBLICANS. 1878
x.x.xI. REMOVAL OF ARTHUR AND CORNELL. 1878-9
x.x.xII. JOHN KELLY ELECTS CORNELL. 1879
x.x.xIII. STALWART AND HALF-BREED. 1880
x.x.xIV. TILDEN, KELLY, AND DEFEAT. 1880
x.x.xV. CONKLING DOWN AND OUT. 1881
x.x.xVI. CLEVELAND'S ENORMOUS MAJORITY. 1881-2
A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
CHAPTER I
THE UPRISING OF THE NORTH
1861
While politicians indecently clamoured for office, as indicated in the concluding chapter of the preceding volume, President Lincoln, whenever escape from the patronage hunters permitted, was considering the wisdom of provisioning Fort Sumter. Grave doubt obtained as to the government's physical ability to succour the fort, but, a.s.suming it possible, was it wise as a political measure? The majority of the Cabinet, including Seward, voted in the negative, giving rise to the report that Sumter would be abandoned. Union people generally, wis.h.i.+ng to support the brave and loyal action of Major Anderson and his little band, vigorously protested against such an exhibition of weakness, and the longer the Government hesitated the more vigorously the popular will resented such a policy. Finally, on March 29, in spite of General Scott's advice and Secretary Seward's opinion, the President, guided by public sentiment, directed a relief expedition to be ready to sail as early as April 6.
