Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Greeley haana kutanga kutsigira Lincoln kuti asarudzwe muna 1864, achironga vamwe vakwikwidzi. Muna February, akanyora mu"Tribune" kuti Lincoln aisagona kusarudzwa kuti atonge kechipiri. Kunyange zvakadaro, hapana mukwikwidzi akaita chinetso chakakomba kuna Lincoln, uye Lincoln akasarudzwa muna June, izvo "Tribune" yakaombera maoko zvishoma. Muna August, achitya kukunda kweDemocratic uye kugamuchirwa kweConfederation, Greeley akabatanidzwa muchirongwa chekuita kuti gungano idzva riise mumwe mukwikwidzi, naLincoln achibvisa. Zano racho harina kubudirira. Apo Atlanta yakatorwa
neuto reUnion musi waSeptember 3, Greeley akava mutsigiri anoshingaira waLincoln. Greeley akafadzwa nekusarudzwazve kwaLincoln uye nekuramba kweUnion kukunda.