Senator Seward, campaigning for the Republican ticket across the Midwest, received a hero's welcome in Lawrence, Kansas, the center of free soil Kansas. In the afternoon, thousands of people heard him give a rousing speech recounting the efforts Kansas was making to reject slavery and enter the Union as a free state. He left Kansas for Chicago where he gave a major address before a massive crowd at the Wigwam on October 2, 1860. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Political Campaign - Gov. Seward in Kansas," New York Times, October 3, 1860, p. 1.
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