The candidate for lieutenant-governor was named in like manner.

So little did the convention think or care about the mere distribution of political honors on the one hand, and so much, on the other, did it regard and provide for the success of the cause, that it did not even ballot for the remaining candidates on the State ticket, but deputed to a committee the task of selecting and arranging them, and adopted its report as a whole and by acclamation.

The more difficult task of drafting a platform was performed by another committee, with such prudence that it too received a unanimous acceptance.

It boldly adopted the Republican name, formulated the Republican creed, and the convention further appointed delegates to the coming Republican National Convention.
There were stirring speeches by eloquent leaders, eagerly listened to and vociferously applauded; but scarcely a man moved from his seat in the crowded hall until Mr.Lincoln had been heard.

Every one felt the fitness of his making the closing argument and exhortation, and right nobly did he honor their demand.