Republicans cast about for a moderate possibility to run with their impartial stage. The chief Republican, William H. Seward, had made adversaries with his radical "higher law" tenet, which guaranteed that there was a higher good law than the Constitution, and with his "irrepressible clash" discourse, in which he proclaimed that North and South were destined to impact. Lincoln, notwithstanding, following blasting onto the national scene in 1858 had shown his unmistakable reason, practical insight, and strong Republican accreditations. That, and his living arrangement in Illinois, a critical state, made him alluring to the gathering. On the third tally, the representatives picked Lincoln. Crushed by Douglas in a state challenge less
Republicans cast about for a moderate possibility to run with their impartial stage. The chief Republican, William H. Seward, had made adversaries with his radical "higher law" tenet, which guaranteed that there was a higher good law than the Constitution, and with his "irrepressible clash" discourse, in which he proclaimed that North and South were destined to impact. Lincoln, notwithstanding, following blasting onto the national scene in 1858 had shown his unmistakable reason, practical insight, and strong Republican accreditations. That, and his living arrangement in Illinois, a critical state, made him alluring to the gathering. On the third tally, the representatives picked Lincoln. Crushed by Douglas in a state challenge less