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The  second  paper  established  on  Illinois  soil
was  "The  Shawnee  Chief,"  which  began  publica-
tion at  Shawneetovvn,  Sept.  5,  1818,  with  Henry
Eddy — who  afterwards  became  a  prominent  law-
yer of  Southern  Illinois — as  its  editor.  The  name
of  "The  Chief"  was  soon  afterwards  changed  to
"The  Illinois  Emigrant,"  and  some  years  later,
became  "The  Shawneetown  Gazette."  Among
others  who  were  associated  with  the  Shawnee-
town paper,  in  early  days,  was  James  Hall,  af  tei--
wards  a  Circuit  Judge  and  State  Treasurer,  and,
without  doubt,  the  most  prolific  and  popular
writer  of  his  day  in  Illinois.  Later,  he  estab-
lished "The  Illinois  Magazine"  at  Vandalia,  sub-
sequently removed  to  Cincinnati,  and  issued  under
the  name  of  "The  Western  Monthly  Magazine."
He  was  also  a  frequent  contributor  to  other  maga-
zines of  that  period,  and  author  of  several  vol-
umes, including  "Legends  of  the  "West"  and
"Border  Tales."  During  the  contest  over  the
slavery  question,  in  1823-24,  "The  Gazette"
rendered  valuable  service  to  the  anti-slavery
party  by  the  publication  of  articles  in  opposition
to  the  Convention  scheme,  from  the  pen  of  Morris
Birkbeck  and  others.
The  third  Illinois  paper — and,  in  1823-24,  the
strongest  and  most  influential  opponent  of  the
scheme  for  establishing  slavery  in  Illinois — was
"The  Edwardsville  Spectator,"  which  began  pub-
lication at  Edwardsville,  Madison  County,  May
23,  1819.  Hooper  Warren  was  the  publisher  and
responsible  editor,  though  he  received  valuable
aid  from  the  pens  of  Governor  Coles,  George
Churchill,  Kev.  Thomas  Lippincott,  Judge
Samuel  D.  Lockwood,  Morris  Birkbeck  and
others.  (See  Warren,  Hooper.)  Warren  sold
"The  Spectator"  to  Bev.  Thomas  Lippincott  in
1825,  and  was  afterwards  associated  with  papers
at  Springfield,  Galena,  Chicago  and  elsewhere.
