Note 218 — Chapter VIII · SEYMOUR’S PRESIDENTIAL FEVER 1864
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Under date of Aug. 18, 1864, Greeley wrote Opdyke: "I must go out of town to-morrow and cannot attend the meeting at your house. Allow me to say a word. Mr. Lincoln is already beaten. He cannot be elected. We must have another ticket to save us from utter overthrow. And such a ticket we ought to have anyhow, with or without a convention."—Ibid.
On August 26, Dickinson declared that "the cry for a change, whether wise or ill founded, should be both heard and heeded."—Ibid.
On August 29, Lucius Robinson regretted "that it will be impossible for me to be present at the meeting at Mr. Field's to-morrow evening.... McClellan will be the next President unless Lincoln is at once withdrawn."—Ibid.