LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:— It will be very difficult for an audience so large as this to hear distinctly what a speaker says, and consequently it is important that as profound silence be preserved as possible.

MY DEAR SIR:— Your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day— or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It seems to me he would be hard to beat. What objection could be made to him? What is your Senator Martin saying and doing? What is Webb about?

OPINION ON THE LOSS OF GENERAL R. H. MILROY'S DIVISION. October 27, 1863.

Immediately after Lincoln's re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows

DEAR SPEED:— Yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a “bore, ” but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first.

POLITICAL SPEECHES& DEBATES of LINCOLN WITH DOUGLAS In the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 185

TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The third section of the “Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy, ” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides