. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. ext year, 1845, he found the abolition sentimentstronger than ever. Prominent among the leaders of thethird party in the State were two brothers, Williamson andMadison Durley of Hennepin, Illinois. They were outspo-ken advocates of their principles, and even operated a sta-tion of the underground railroad. Lincoln knew the Dur-leys, and, when visiting Hennepin to speak, solicited theirsupport. They opposed their liberty principles. When Lin-coln returned to Spr
. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. ext year, 1845, he found the abolition sentimentstronger than ever. Prominent among the leaders of thethird party in the State were two brothers, Williamson andMadison Durley of Hennepin, Illinois. They were outspo-ken advocates of their principles, and even operated a sta-tion of the underground railroad. Lincoln knew the Dur-leys, and, when visiting Hennepin to speak, solicited theirsupport. They opposed their liberty principles. When Lin-coln returned to Springfield he wrote Williamson Durley aletter which sets forth with admirable clearness his exactposition on the slavery question at that period. It is themost valuable document on the question which we have upto this point in Lincolns life. When I saw you at home, Lincoln began, it was agreedthat I should write to you and your brother Madison. UntilI then saw you I was not aware of your being what is gen-erally called an Abolitionist, or. as you call yourself, a Lib-erty man, though I well knew there were many such in From photograph by Brady. The debate with Douglas in 1838 had given Lincoln anational reputation, and the following year he received many invitations to lecture. Onecame from a young mens Republican club in New York. Lincoln consented, and in Feb-ruary, 1860 (about three months before his nomination for the presidency), delivered what isknown, from the hall in which it was delivered, as the Cooper Institute speech. While inNew York he was taken by the committee of entertainment to Hradys gallery, and sat forthe portrait reproduced above. It was a frequent remark with Lincoln that this portrait andthe Cooper Institute speech made him President. BECOMES A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS 201 I was glad to hear that you intended to attempt to bringabout, at the next election in Putnam, a union of the Whigsproper and such of the Liberty men as are Whigs in principle
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