BLOOMINGTON, December
28,1857.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull,
Dear Sir: What
does the New York Tribune mean by its constant eulogizing and admiring
and magnifying Douglas? Does it, in this, speak the sentiments of the
Republicans at Washington? Have they concluded that the Republican cause
generally can be best promoted by sacrificing us here in Illinois? If so, we
would like to know it soon; it will save us a great deal of labor to surrender
at once.
As yet I have heard of no Republican here going over to
Douglas, but if the Tribune continues to din his praises into the ears
of its five or ten thousand readers in Illinois, it is more than can be hoped
that all will stand firm. I am not complaining, I only wish for a fair
understanding. Please write me at Springfield.
Your obt. servant,
A. LINCOLN
SOURCE: Horace White, The
Life of Lyman Trumbull, p. 87
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