Storm. Agreed to be at Faneuil Hall and act as an officer of
the meeting. Public meeting at Faneuil Hall. A grand affair. The crowd was very
great even on the outside. Ex-Governor Lincoln presided. Though over eighty
years old he appeared well. Mr. Everett spoke as well as I ever heard him. Then
Caleb Cushing. The enthusiasm was tremendous whenever the Union was
alluded to. The Democrats will try to make something of it.
SOURCE: William Lawrence, Life of Amos A. Lawrence:
With Extracts from His Diary and Correspondence, p. 134
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