The Real Cause of the U.S. Civil War



Robert Hosea to Salmon P. Chase, May, 18, 1860


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the nomination.    Ohio has thrown away

the opportunity either to elect you or to

make Seward president simply in con-

sequence of the petty [trinters?] who have

through trickery been sent here to repre

sent her Numy [honor? No] an unnecessary you will

learn them soon enough , Suffice it to

say your friends have been tricked

and your interest trifled and the

honest wishes of the people of Ohio

trifled with. I have stated this as my

view of their duty, as my connections to a few

of your reliable friends both in our own

delegation and the Ky delegation but without

avail[.] There could be no unanimity amongst

them and the nomination has been made

really without the aid of Ohio. The[y] have

exercised no commanding influence in the

Convention simply because the[y] did not come

here as the true, honest, and united exponent

of the wishes of the people as[?] declared upon

every occasion for the past 4 years[.] as far as

the result is concerned, she might as well have

staid at home and you have [?] been saved

the contemptible farce of a complimentary

vote by a delegation looking one way and

[roning?] another - Their Conduct will






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