Both candidates, having each a personal stake in the contest, united in declaring that the nomination of Mr.Seward meant a Democratic victory in Indiana.

Andrew G.Curtin, who had been nominated for governor of Pennsylvania, gave the same testimony respecting that State; and his judgment was sustained by his faithful friend and adviser, Alexander K.McClure.

Delegates from other States, where the contest was close, sympathized with the views of Pennsylvania and Indiana, and there was a rapid and formidable combination against Mr.Seward.

The reformer and his creed rarely triumph at the same time, and the fate of Mr.Seward was about to add one more illustration of this truth.
But if not Mr.Seward, who?
The Blairs and Horace Greeley answered, "Edward Bates of Missouri,"-- an old Whig, a lawyer of ability, a gentleman of character.

Though still in vigorous life, he had sat in the convention which framed the constitution of Missouri in 1820.