Excerpt from Early Speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860: "Lost Speech," Illinois Republican Convention, May 29, 1856; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources This declaration of Mr. Lincoln's; saved the resolution, and, in fact. Helpedi to establish the new party on the most libeial democratic basis. It was adopted? At the Bloomington convention and next at the great, and the first. National Re publican convention at Philadelphia on; the 18th of June. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.