Saturday, September 6, 1856.Jacksonville, IL and Springfield, IL.
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Afternoon Fremont mass meeting is held in courthouse yard at
Jacksonville. Lincoln, first speaker, appeals to antislavery
Democrats not to vote for Buchanan. At four o'clock Springfield
delegation leaves to attend Kansas meeting that evening at
Springfield. After addresses by Lincoln, Conkling, and Robbins,
meeting adjourns until night of 8th.
Illinois State Journal, 8 September 1856; Speech at Jacksonville, Illinois, 6 September 1856, CW, 2:368-73. |