. The era of the Civil War, 1848-1870 . gress. Quietly and unobtru-sively he set about feeling the public pulse. The support ofcentral Illinois was especially important; he sought to learnits will. In September he appeared at the state fair at Spring-field and jovially greeted all persons whom he met with a shakeof the hand or a slap on the shoulder; he joined groups con-versing on the topics of the day and soon became thecenter of the The evidences of a growingantislavery sentiment in Illinois could not escape so shrewdan observer. Interest in the situation in bleeding Kansas was
. The era of the Civil War, 1848-1870 . gress. Quietly and unobtru-sively he set about feeling the public pulse. The support ofcentral Illinois was especially important; he sought to learnits will. In September he appeared at the state fair at Spring-field and jovially greeted all persons whom he met with a shakeof the hand or a slap on the shoulder; he joined groups con-versing on the topics of the day and soon became thecenter of the The evidences of a growingantislavery sentiment in Illinois could not escape so shrewdan observer. Interest in the situation in bleeding Kansas was unusu- 6 O. C. Dake to Trumbull, September 14, 1857, C. D. Hay to Trumbull,October 4, November 7, 1857, John O. Johnson to Trumbull, October 9, 1857,John G. Nicolay to Trumbull, December 20, 1857, Trumbull manuscripts. 7 See O. M. Hatch to Trumbull, September 11, 1857, Trumbull effect was to arouse the ire of zealous republicans, who resented havingthis truckling politician turn the fair grounds into a political /U^.
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