Proceedings of the National Union Convention

Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Union Convention: Held in Baltimore, MD., June 7th and 8th, 1864 Gentlemen of the Convention - You cannot be more sensible than I am, that the part which I have to perform here to-day is merely a matter of form; and acting upon the principles of my whole life, I was inclined, when the suggestion was made to me from various quarters, that it was in the mind of many mem bers of the Convention to confer this distinction upon me, to earnestly decline to accept; because I have never sought honors - I have never sought distino tion. I have been a working man, and nothing else. But certain considera tions led me to change my mind. [applause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.