. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . ly one mother in. one thousand can say, that Abra-ham Lincoln never gave me a cross word or look and neverrefused in fact or appearance to do anything I asked him. 154 Abraham Lincoln [July 16 Call for Whig Convention, December [4?], 1851 To the Whigs of IllinoisThe Whigs of the State of Illinois are respect-fully requested to meet in convention at Spring-field, on the fourth Monday of December next,to take into consideration such action as uponconsultation and deliberation may be deemednecessary, proper, and effective for the best in-terests of the party,
. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . ly one mother in. one thousand can say, that Abra-ham Lincoln never gave me a cross word or look and neverrefused in fact or appearance to do anything I asked him. 154 Abraham Lincoln [July 16 Call for Whig Convention, December [4?], 1851 To the Whigs of IllinoisThe Whigs of the State of Illinois are respect-fully requested to meet in convention at Spring-field, on the fourth Monday of December next,to take into consideration such action as uponconsultation and deliberation may be deemednecessary, proper, and effective for the best in-terests of the party, and to secure a morethorough organization of the Whig party at anearly day. (Signed)Abraham Lincoln,J. T. Stuart,J. C. Conkling,H. O. Merriman,Geo. W. Meeker,J. O. Norton,Churchill Coffing,Joseph Gillespie,Isaac Hardy,Horace Miller,E. B. Washburne,Henry Watterman, Ezra Griffith,Samuel Haller,Joseph T. Eccles,Jas. W. Singleton,O. H. Browning,C. W. Craig,J. L. Wilson,B. G. Wheeler,H. D. Risley,Levi Davis,B. S. Edwards,And many Abraham Lincoln Reproduced from an Old Daguerreotype made about 1838, and now in the possession of Major William H. Lambert of Philadelphia. 1852] Eulogy on Henry Clay *55 Eulogy on Henry Clay Delivered in the State House at Springfield, Illinois, July 16, 1852 * ON THE fourth day of July, 1776, the peo-ple of a few feeble and oppressed colo-nies of Great Britain, inhabiting a por-tion of the Atlantic coast of North America,publicly declared their national independence,and made their appeal to the justice of theircause and to the God of battles for the mainte-nance of that declaration. That people werefew in number and without resources, save onlytheir wise heads and stout hearts. Within thefirst year of that declared independence, andwhile its maintenance was yet problematical,—while the bloody struggle between those resoluterebels and their haughty would-be masters wasstill waging,—of undistinguished parents andin an obscure district of one
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