The Illinois Whigs Before 1846

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The Illinois Whigs Before 1846
Charles Manfred Thompson
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. Rid . . . The countrj^ of the corrupt horde of hireling office holders, which are now, like hungry blood suckers, eating and stealing our substance. " Such methods characterized the presidential campaign of 1840. Not only was genuine and legitimate enthusiasm mani- fested, but extravagant and farcical pretensions were carried to an almost unbelievable extreme. Sympathies and passions were appealed to; tlie liospitality, unpretentious life, bravery, loy- alty, and even the illiteracy and pover...ty of Harrison were cited and magnified by the Whigs in an endeavor to bring their can- didate into sharp contrast with the cultured and cosmopolitan Van Buren.^*^ Songs, learned more quickly and remembered longer on account of their jingle than because of any sense they conveyed, were used to drown out any arguments that might be advanced by friends of the administration ; pictures of log i^In Lincoln, Complete Works, I. , 38-g, the circular is printed as having been written by Mr. Lincoln. The following is the way in which the circular became public : a copy was sent to John Wentworth, who pub- lished it in his paper, the Chicago Democrat, together with the following letter : "Springfield, January i, 1840.

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