Identifier: eraofcivilwar18400cole (find matches)
Title: The era of the Civil War, 1848-1870
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Cole, Arthur Charles, 1886-1976 Alvord, Clarence Walworth, 1868-1928 Illinois. Centennial Commission
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Publisher: Springfield : Illinois Centennial Commission
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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state and say that he had been refused a hearing by theabolitionists of Chicago. He met with very little more suc-cess, however, throughout the northern counties. At Genevahe was compelled to leave off speaking until his opponent, Icha-bod Codding, responding to the calls of the audience, gra-ciously urged that Douglas be heard through.24 Undaunted,he continued on his canvass, dashing from point to point inthe country of the enemy and in the more favorable terri-tory in central Illinois. The climax came at Springfield duringthe state fair, where his supporters hoped to score heavily byarranging for a formal address. The anti-Nebraska forcesmade their preparations to meet Douglas; Judge Trumbull,Judge Breese, Colonel McClernand, Judge Palmer, Colonel 21 Free West, September 7, 1854. 22 Chicago Daily Democratic Press, September 4, 1854. 23 See Chicago Tribune account in Illinois State Register, September 7, 14,1854. 24 Free West, September 28, 1854; Aurora Guardian, September 21, 1854.
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ORIGIN OF REPUBLICAN PARTY 133 E. D. Taylor, and other democrats, were easily prevailedupon to be at hand to make reply. With them enlisted Abra-ham Lincoln, the whig anti-Nebraska champion. Douglasmade his main address on October 3 and was answered thenext day by Lincoln in behalf of the anti-Nebraska group.Douglas replied in a brief hour and a half speech. On thefifth, with McClernand and Palmer standing by ready to meas-ure lances with Douglas, Breese, Trumbull, and Taylor fellupon their erstwhile leader.25 Douglas himself, with no oppor-tunity to deliver a formal speech, had to content himself withbrief answers to the assaults of his opponents with such assist-ance as could be given by his Sangamon county lieutenant, JohnCalhoun. All this opposition seems to have made no impres-sion upon the fighting senator; he was soon off to other battle-grounds to get in his blows during the remaining weeks of thecanvass. Loudly and aggressively did the democrats fling the chargeof abolitionis

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