Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858

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    Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, June 16, 1858, Washington, DC, Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html.
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    Transcribed by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
    Adapted by Ben Lyman, Dickinson College
    The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.

    Senate Chamber

    June 16, 1858--

    My Dear Sir,

    It is quite a disappointment to me not to be at Springfield to-day, but I could not do so without leaving before the business was through--

    The Senate is now in Executive session acting on some unimportant appointments-- The special session seems to have been called without any important object--

    I hope the convention is well attended & that all may go off harmoniously-- Douglas made one of his characteristic speeches yesterday, denouncing the late Buchanan convention as attempt of a few office holders & traitors to the Democracy of Illinois to bring about its defeat he denounced the men engaged in it as bolters, & charged that they were acting in alliance with the Republicans to defeat him; that the common object of both was to beat Douglas, as if he was the only object of party organizations in Ills-- On the same principle all the Buchanan & Fremont men were in alliance at the last election to defeat Filmore, because both were opposed to him-- Douglas was very severe on Dr. Leib & also made some allusions to Wentworth asserting that the only hope ing of defeating him was by getting up a division among the Democracy & opposing its regular nominations-- I took occasion to say in a pleasant way that the Republicans of Ill. intended to beat all the factions of the Democracy whether single or united, & that Republicans had no affiliations or alliances with Leib & Co-- This speech of Douglas will no doubt be extensively circulated in Ill. & indicates what his line of policy is to be-- He will seek to obtain Republican support by charging that some Republicans for the sake of beating him are in alliance with the Lecompton office holders, & will by charge ing that there is a combination to put him down for opposing the Lecompton iniquity & in that way get up if he can sympathy in his favor-- I do not know how much the Buchanan movement in Ill-- may amount to, but Douglas certainly means to make war upon it-- I shall remain here a short time & shall be glad to hear from you-- Very truly Yours

    Lyman Trumbull

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