’ constitution and the laws, his fidelity to the '
party and the principle that the majority i
. govern, his interest in the advancement of
our party to its victory, that our country
' may rise to its true glory, induces me to as
sume to speak bis sentiments as I do indeed
i the opinions of our delegation, when I move
| you, as I do now, that the nomination of
[ Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, as the Re
publican candidate for the suffrages of the
ohole couutry for the office of Chief Mag
istrate of the American Union, be made
unanimous. [Enthusiastic cheers.
