MAY 29, 1856   NEW YORK PRINTED FOR THE COMMITTEE 1897   NEW YORK PRINTED FOR THE COMMITTEE 1897 Copyright, 1896, by Sarah A. Whitney THE DE VINNE PRESS...

MR. Chairman and Gentlemen : I was over at—[Cries of “Platform!” “Take the platform!”] I say, that while I was at Danville Court, some of our friends of anti-Nebraska got together in Springfield and elected me as one delegate to represent old Sangamon with them in this convention, and I am here certainly as a sympathizer in this movement and by virtue of that meeting and selection. But we can hardly be called delegates strictly, inasmuch as, properly speaking, we represent nobody but ourselves.