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any man so much distressed.
He begged to be permitted to try it again, and was reluctantly indulged; and in the next effort he transcended our highest expectations.1 I never heard and never expect to hear such a triumphant vindication as he then gave of Whig measures or policy.
He never after, to my knowledge, fell below himself.”
The campaign ended in his election to the Legislature.
He was again the caucus nominee of the Whigs for Speaker, receiving thirty-six votes; but his former antagonist, William L. D. Ewing, was elected by a majority of ten votes over him. The proceedings of, and laws enacted by, this Legislature are so much a matter of history and so generally known that it seems a needless task on my part to enter into details.
It is proper to note, however, in passing, that Mr. Lincoln was neither prompt nor constant in his attendance during the session.
He had been to a certain extent “upset” by another love affair, the particulars of which must be assigned to a future chapter.
1 Joseph Gillespie, Ms. letter, June 5, ‘66.
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