On August 8, 1860, an exuberant political rally parade passed by the Lincoln home with 180 train cars of Lincoln supporters, 28 oxen pulling a mammoth wagon, 21 Wide Awake Clubs of young pro-Lincoln men, 10 decorated caravans of ladies, a full rigged schooner with sailors, and a huge wagon pulled by 6 horses with a power loom manufacturing jean cloth. Amid fireworks, floats, and thousands of onlookers, Lincoln asked supporters to "kindly let me be silent." During the election, his Democratic rival Stephen A. Douglas campaigned actively, while Lincoln followed tradition and let others represent him, including his friend and neighbor Jesse K. Dubois. Dubois had served with Lincoln in the Illinois House of Representatives, welcomed Lincoln's help in his 1856 bid for state auditor, often campaigned for Lincoln in return, declared during Lincoln's 1854 senate campaign, "I am for you against the world," and later served as a pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral in 1865.
