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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln



by Abraham Lincoln






VOLUME 5。









TO SYDNEY SPRING; GRAYVILLE; ILL。



SPRINGFIELD; June 19; 1858。



SYDNEY SPRING; Esq。



MY DEAR SIR:Your letter introducing Mr。 Faree was duly received。

There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public

Instruction; but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution

to the convention。 I think it may be fairly said that he came off the

lion of the dayor rather of the night。 Can you not elect him to the

Legislature?  It seems to me he would be hard to beat。  What

objection could be made to him?  What is your Senator Martin saying

and doing?  What is Webb about?



Please write me。

Yours truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO H。 C。 WHITNEY。



SPRINGFIELD; June 24; 1858



H。 C。 WHITNEY; ESQ。



DEAR SIR:Your letter enclosing the attack of the Times upon me was

received this morning。  Give yourself no concern about my voting

against the supplies。  Unless you are without faith that a lie can be

successfully contradicted; there is not a word of truth in the

charge; and I am just considering a little as to the best shape to

put a contradiction in。  Show this to whomever you please; but do not

publish it in the paper。



Your friend as ever;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO J。 W。 SOMERS。



SPRINGFIELD; June 25; 1858。



JAMES W。 SOMERS; Esq。



MY DEAR SIR:Yours of the 22nd; inclosing a draft of two hundred

dollars; was duly received。 I have paid it on the judgment; and

herewith you have the receipt。 I do not wish to say anything as to

who shall be the Republican candidate for the Legislature in your

district; further than that I have full confidence in Dr。 Hull。  Have

you ever got in the way of consulting with McKinley in political

matters?  He is true as steel; and his judgment is very good。  The

last I heard from him; he rather thought Weldon; of De Witt; was our

best timber for representative; all things considered。  But you there

must settle it among yourselves。  It may well puzzle older heads than

yours to understand how; as the Dred Scott decision holds; Congress

can authorize a Territorial Legislature to do everything else; and

cannot authorize them to prohibit slavery。  That is one of the things

the court can decide; but can never give an intelligible reason for。



Yours very truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO A。 CAMPBELL。



SPRINGFIELD; June 28; 1858。



A。 CAMPBELL; Esq。



MY DEAR SIR:In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any

sum not exceeding five hundred dollars。  I see clearly that such a

privilege would be more available now than it was then。  I am aware

that times are tighter now than they were then。  Please write me at

all events; and whether you can now do anything or not I shall

continue grateful for the past。



Yours very truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO J。 GILLESPIE。



SPRINGFIELD; July 16; 1858。



HON。 JOSEPH GILLESPIE。



MY DEAR SIR:I write this to say that from the specimens of Douglas

Democracy we occasionally see here from Madison; we learn that they

are making very confident calculation of beating you and your friends

for the lower house; in that county。  They offer to bet upon it。

Billings and Job; respectively; have been up here; and were each as I

learn; talking largely about it。 If they do so; it can only be done

by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they

seem to 'be' going in the other party。  Below is the vote of 1856; in

your district:



Counties。



          Counties。   Buchanan。     Fremont。     Fillmore。

     Bond 。。。。。。。。。。。。  607           153           659

     Madison 。。。。。。。。。 1451          1111          1658

     Montgomery 。。。。。。  992           162           686

                                           

                       3050          1426          3003



By this you will see; if you go through the calculation; that if they

get one quarter of the Fillmore votes; and you three quarters; they

will beat you 125 votes。 If they get one fifth; and you four fifths;

you beat them 179。  In Madison; alone; if our friends get 1000 of the

Fillmore votes; and their opponents the remainder; 658; we win by

just two votes。



This shows the whole field; on the basis of the election of 1856。



Whether; since then; any Buchanan; or Fremonters; have shifted

ground; and how the majority of new votes will go; you can judge

better than I。



Of course you; on the ground; can better determine your line of

tactics than any one off the ground; but it behooves you to be wide

awake and actively working。



Don't neglect it; and write me at your first leisure。

Yours as ever;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO JOHN MATHERS; JACKSONVILLE; ILL。



SPRINGFIELD; JULY 20; 1858。



JNO。 MATHERS; Esq。



MY DEAR SIR:Your kind and interesting letter of the 19th was duly

received。  Your suggestions as to placing one's self on the offensive

rather than the defensive are certainly correct。  That is a point

which I shall not disregard。  I spoke here on Saturday night。 The

speech; not very well reported; appears in the State journal of this

morning。  You doubtless will see it; and I hope that you will

perceive in it that I am already improving。  I would mail you a copy

now; but have not one 'at' hand。  I thank you for your letter and

shall be pleased to hear from you again。



Yours very truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE。



SPRINGFIELD; JULY 25; 1858。



HON。 J。 GILLESPIE。



MY DEAR SIR:Your doleful letter of the 8th was received on my

return from Chicago last night。 I do hope you are worse scared than

hurt; though you ought to know best。  We must not lose the district。

We must make a job of it; and save it。  Lay hold of the proper

agencies; and secure all the Americans you can; at once。  I do hope;

on closer inspection; you will find they are not half gone。  Make a

little test。  Run down one of the poll…books of the Edwardsville

precinct; and take the first hundred known American names。  Then

quietly ascertain how many of them are actually going for Douglas。  I

think you will find less than fifty。  But even if you find fifty;

make sure of the other fifty; that is; make sure of all you can; at

all events。  We will set other agencies to work which shall

compensate for the loss of a good many Americans。  Don't fail to

check the stampede at once。  Trumbull; I think; will be with you

before long。



There is much he cannot do; and some he can。  I have reason to hope

there will be other help of an appropriate kind。  Write me again。



Yours as ever;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO B。 C。 COOK。



SPRINGFIELD; Aug。 2; 1858。



Hon。 B。 C。 COOK。



MY DEAR SIR:I have a letter from a very true and intelligent man

insisting that there is a plan on foot in La Salle and Bureau to run

Douglas Republicans for Congress and for the Legislature in those

counties; if they can only get the encouragement of our folks

nominating pretty extreme abolitionists。



It is thought they will do nothing if our folks nominate men who are

not very obnoxious to the charge of abolitionism。  Please have your

eye upon this。  Signs are looking pretty fair。



Yours very truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO HON。 J。 M。 PALMER。



SPRINGFIELD; Aug。 5; 1858。



HON。 J。 M。 PALMER。



DEAR SIR:Since we parted last evening no new thought has occurred

to 'me' on the subject of which we talked most yesterday。



I have concluded; however; to speak at your town on Tuesday; August

31st; and have promised to have it so appear in the papers of

to…morrow。  Judge Trumbull has not yet reached here。



Yours as ever;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO ALEXANDER SYMPSON。



SPRINGFIELD; Aug。 11; 1858。



ALEXANDER SYMPSON; Esq。



DEAR SIR:Yours of the 6th received。 If life and health continue I

shall pretty likely be at Augusta on the 25th。



Things look reasonably well。  Will tell you more fully when I see

you。



Yours truly;



A。 LINCOLN。









TO J。 O。 CUNNINGHAM。



OTTAWA; August 22; 1858。



J。 O。 CUNNINGHAM; Esq。



MY DEAR SIR:Yours of the 18th; signed as secretary of the

Republican club; is received。  In the matter of making speeches I am

a good deal pressed by invitations from almost all quarters; and

while I hope to be at Urbana some time during the canvass; I cannot

yet say when。  Can you not see me at Monticello on the 6th of

September?



Douglas and I; for the first time this canvass; crossed swords here

yesterday; the fire flew some; and I am glad to know I am yet alive。

There was a vast concourse of peoplemore than could get near enough

to hear。



Yours as ever;



A。 LINCOLN。









ON SLAVERY IN A DEMOCRACY。



August ??; 1858



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