<P> I. Windslow Ayer 's 1865 polemic alleges , `` Judge Morris of the Circuit Court of Illinois at an August meeting of Order of the Sons of Liberty said : `` Thousands of our best men were prisoners in Camp Douglas , and if once at liberty would ' send abolitionists to hell in a hand basket . ' '' </P>
<P> I. Windslow Ayer 's 1865 polemic alleges , `` Judge Morris of the Circuit Court of Illinois at an August meeting of Order of the Sons of Liberty said : `` Thousands of our best men were prisoners in Camp Douglas , and if once at liberty would ' send abolitionists to hell in a hand basket . ' '' </P>
where did the phrase go to hell in a handbasket come from
where did the phrase go to hell in a handbasket come from
I. Windslow Ayer 's 1865 polemic
I. Windslow Ayer 's 1865 polemic