<h3>ONE HAPPY DAY.</h3>
<p>To his friend Bowen, Lincoln avowed during the electioneering-time
that he was sure "from the word go," to become President, though the
split of the opposition into three parties was materially helpful:
Douglas, Bell, and Breckenridge. He thought the reward due him as
having gone "his whole length" for the Republican party, almost his
creation. So he frankly said on his success:</p>
<p>"I cannot conceal the fact that I am a very happy man. Who could help
being so under such circumstances?"--(To H. C. Bowen, of the New York
<i>Independent.</i>)
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