GDG- an immense amount of `sound and fury

[Dennis Lawrence]

Monday, October 9, 1848.
Peoria, IL.


Lincoln and J. Y. Scammon speak at courthouse in evening. After chairman 
"designated the spot where he should stand," reported Democratic Free Press 
(October 11, 1848), "Mr. L. blew his nose, bobbed his head, threw up his 
coat tail, and in the course of two hours was delivered of an immense 
amount of `sound and fury'." He defends Taylor's seeming lack of principles 
and urges Free Soil men to support Taylor rather than Van Buren.