I feel that I owe you and our friends of Marshall a
good deal, and I will come if I can; and if I do not get there, it will
be because I shall think my efforts are now needed farther south.
Present my regards to Mrs. Boal, and believe [me], as ever,
Your friend,
A. LINCOLN.
TO HENRY O'CONNER, MUSCATINE, IOWA.
SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 14, 1856.
DEAR SIR:--Yours, inviting me to attend a mass-meeting on the 23d inst.,
is received. It would be very pleasant to strike hands with the
Fremonters of Iowa, who have led the van so splendidly, in this grand
charge which we hope and believe will end in a most glorious victory. All
thanks, all honor to Iowa! But Iowa is out of all danger, and it is no
time for us, when the battle still rages, to pay holiday visits to Iowa.
I am sure you will excuse me for remaining in Illinois, where much hard
work is still to be done.
Yours very truly,
A. LINCOLN.
AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY OF BUCHANAN
FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT A REPUBLICAN BANQUET IN CHICAGO, DECEMBER 10, 1856.
We have another annual Presidential message. Like a rejected lover making
merry at the wedding of his rival, the President felicitates himself
hugely over the late Presidential election.
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