The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11

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the wounds he had made. After
that he was more careful of the
feelings of others and tried to
avoid saying or doing things
which would hurt them.
About this time springhtly
young woman named Mary Todd
came to visit in Springfield and
both Lincoln and Douglas fell in
love with her. Douglas was bril-
liant and dashing, while Lincoln
was slow and awkward But
Mary Todd preferred Lincoln to-
Douglas, and they were engaged
The engagement, however, was
broken off and Lincoln's old
melancholy came back upon him,
and some of his friends feared
that he might commit suicide. His
friend, Joshua Speed. took him
away to Kentuck in order to d.
vert him. When he came back he
very nearly got into a duel with
James T. Shields, auditor of state.
gallant, hot headed bachelor
from Tyrone county, Ireland" over
some political lampoons Mary
Todd had written for a Spring
, field newspaper. This drew the
lovers together again and on No
vember 4, 1912, they were mar
ried.
In 1S41 Lincoln had formed
law partnerships with Judge Ste
phen T. Logan. Logan kept most
of the money that they made, but
this did not trouble Lincoln. He
loved men more than money, and
said that wealth was Simply a
superiority of things we don't
need" But he became a much
better lawyer through contact with
Logan. In 1S43 he formed another
partnership with William H. Hern-
don. radical young abolitionist
This partnership lasted until Lin
coin died, and Herndon wrote a
biography of his great friend and
partner.
In 1S41 Lincoln might have been
nominated for governor, but after
his experience with internal i'm
provements he had lost his desire
to become the Dewitt Clinton of
Illinois and refused. But he was
ambitious and SO was his wife; he
wished to go to congress. but for a
long time he could not get the
nomination. Many people said he
was aristocratic because he had
married Mary Todd. who belong
ed to the best families" in Spring
field Finally, however, in 1916, he
was nominated for congress
against Peter Cartwright. ia
nous pioneer Methodist preacher.
Lincoln was elected and went to
Washington in 1S47 The Mexican
was was then on, and Lincoln, In
common with many others and
with many more since. thought
that the war had been improperly
begun by the United States. He
introduced resolutions which be-
came famous as the spot resolu-
tions," so called because President
Polk had said that Mexico had first
invaded our territory and shed
the blood of our citizens on our
own soil" In these resolutions
Lincoln asked the president to tell
on what spot" all this occurred.
AS there seemed to be no such
spot, Polk never replied. The reso-
buttons made Lincoln unpopular at
home, because the people there
felt very warlike and thought 1t
unpatriotic in him to oppose a war.
even If 1t was unjust.
Lincoln voted. too, for the Will
mot proviso to exclude slavery
from territory acquired from Next
co, and introduced ON act eXclud-
ing slavery from the District of
Columbia. Because of his course
with reference to the Mexican war
he was not renominated: indeed.
when his old law partner, Judge
logan, was nominated to succeed
him Lincoln's record defeated
even him. Lincoln then tried to
get the appointment as commits
sioner of the general land office.
but failed. Then he was offered
the governorship OF the territory
of Oregon and probably would
have accepted It II his wife had
not said no" And he went back
to Springfield Disguised with
politics and disappointed man.
(Tomorrow's article will tell of
Lincoln on the old eighth circuit;
of a defeated and disappointed
politician: OF Judge Davis and the
two courts that interfered one
with the other. and of preparing
to try the great cause OF human
ity before the jury Of the people.
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