. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . [848] Letter to Herndon 49 Letter to William H. Herndon Washington, June 22, 1848. DEAR WILLIAM: Last night I wasattending a sort of caucus of the Whigmembers, held in relation to the com-ing presidential election. The whole field ofthe nation was scanned, and all is high hopeand confidence. Illinois is expected to betterher condition in this race. Under these circum-stances, judge how heartrending it was to cometo my room and find and read your discourag-ing letter of the 15th. We have made no gains,but have lost H. R. Robinson, Turner, Camp-bell, and fou
. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . [848] Letter to Herndon 49 Letter to William H. Herndon Washington, June 22, 1848. DEAR WILLIAM: Last night I wasattending a sort of caucus of the Whigmembers, held in relation to the com-ing presidential election. The whole field ofthe nation was scanned, and all is high hopeand confidence. Illinois is expected to betterher condition in this race. Under these circum-stances, judge how heartrending it was to cometo my room and find and read your discourag-ing letter of the 15th. We have made no gains,but have lost H. R. Robinson, Turner, Camp-bell, and four or five more. Tell Arney toreconsider, if he would be saved. Baker andI used to do something, but I think you attachmore importance to our absence than is is another cause. In 1840, for instance,we had two senators and five representativesin Sangamon; now we have part of one senatorand two representatives. With quite one-thirdmore people than we had then, we have onlyhalf the sort of offices which are sought bymen of the
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