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THE CHICAGO CONVENTION; ASSEMBLING THE DELEGATES; Demonstrations of Popular Enthusiasm (5/15/1860)
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| 5/15/1860
Posted on 05/15/2020 5:02:15 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHICAGO, Monday, May 14. The passengers by the Southern Lake Shore line left Buffalo this morning, and reached Chicago at 9 o'clock this evening. Great enthusiasm was exhibited all along the route; at every point crowds of people thronged the depots. Bands of music, the booming of cannon, and numberless cheers, testified the great interest felt by the masses touching the objects of the Convention.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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