The Edwardsville folks have agreed to the change in your appointments, and we have published the change, as you may see in the Greenville Advocate, a copy of which I send you.2 You will therefore be expected here on Monday the 13^th Sept[September]. If it is agreeable to you, we will make arrangements to bring you down— I was going to say from Hillsboro, but you will go to Edwardsville from there, and you will have ample opportunity to come up from there, ^that place,^ as Gillespie, Metcalf, and others will be coming up to our court, and can bring you as well as not.3

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When you want to leave Greenville, we will "send you on your way rejoicing." Douglas spoke at Highland, and the people there are very anxious to hear you, and say you must give them a speech, or they will feel slighted. And I know of but one way you can do it, at the time you are here, ^in these parts,^ and that would seem to be travelling almost too much. You could go from Hillsboro by Railroad to Trenton, which is 10 miles from Highland, where they say they would meet you and convey you there. You could speak there Friday afternoon or evening. You would then have 17 miles to travel to reach Edwardsville on the next day. The Highland folks

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would see you taken there.4

The more I hear from the country folks in this county, the better I have become satisfied that Douglas gained nothing here. There is a fine opening for a speech of the right kind to do good here. There are a great many Democrats on the fence, as well as some Fillmore men.5 Trumbull could do much good here as well as yourself. He would probably have more influence on old Democrats who have long known him, while you could make the most impression on old Clay Whigs, some of whom, I am sorry to say, are wavering.6