The Life And Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln
The book The Life And Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln was written by author Bartlett, D. W. (David W.), 1828-1912 Here you can read free online of The Life And Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Life And Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln a good or bad book?
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Lincoln served with me in the Legislature in 1836, when we both retired, and he subsided, or became submerged, and he was lost sight of as a public man for some years. In 1846, when Wilmot introduced the celebrated proviso, and the Ab- olition tornado swept over the country, Lincoln again turned up as a member of Congress from the Sanga- mon district. I was then in the Senate of the United States, and was glad to welcome my old friend and companion. While in Congress, he distmguished him- self ...by his opposition to the Mexican war, taking the side of the common enemy against his own country ; and when he returned home he found that the indigna- tion of the people followed him everywhere, and he was again submerged or obliged to retire into private life, forgotten by his former friends.'" To which Mr. Lincoln replied : 94 LIFE AND SPEECHES OF "The Judge is Avofully at fault about liis early friend Lincoln being a ' grocery-keej)er/ I don't know as it would be a great sin if I had been ; but he is mista- ken.
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