Many a parent will come to know the grief of sending their son off to seek his fortune in the East in time to be tempted and corrupted by its crass and decadent culture.
The people of Downstate Illinois are good honest hardworking folks
Bah! We have no use for you lords of Little Egypt, who deserted LINCOLN in his hour of need. You are practically Southerners! But Frémont has great love for the Old Northwest, wherein in 1787 the spirit of the West was born. It may be that spirit is still alive in the hearts of the people, waiting out the mastery of their cruel Eastern overlords. When it should spring forth again, we shall happily accept them as brothers and comrades in the struggle against Southern domination!