Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Arnold, Isaac N.

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ISBN 10: 1331488605 ISBN 13: 9781331488606

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers We should hear the late Judge Breese making a very learned argument for the defence. If we lingered until the next case was called, we should hear the sharp, clear, ringing voice of Stephen T. Logan, opening his case. If we remained until the trial ended, we should concur in the remark, that this small, red-haired man, inferior in person, but with an eye whose keeness indicated his sharp and incisive intellect, this little man, take him all in all, was then the best nisi-prius lawyer in the State, and it would be difficult to find his superior anywhere. Among the leading practitioners in this Court, held in Springfield, for the first time in June, 1839, were Logan, Lincoln, Baker, Trumbull, Butterfield & Collins, Spring & Goodrich, Cowles & Krum, Davis, Harden, Browning, and Archy Williams. At the June Term, 1840, I am proud to find my own humble name on the record among these great lawyers and advocates. The June Term, 1840, was held amidst the turmoil and excitement of the 'Hard-Cider' and 'Log-Cabin' campaign, that resulted in the election of General Harrison. In all the Presidential elections, which have occurred within my recollection, I have never known any to compare with that. Log-cabins for political meetings, with the traditionary gourd, for cider-drinking, hanging on one side of the door, and the coon-skins nailed to the logs on the other, sprang up like magic, not only on the frontier, but in all the cities and towns, and in every village and hamlet. A great Whig Convention was held in this City during Court, and the people came in throngs from every part of the State. Chicago sent a large delegation, at the head of which were John H. Kinzie, Gurdon S. Hubbard, Geo. W. Dole, and others, and, as the representatives of the commercial capital of the State, they brought with them a full-rigged ship on wheels. It was the first full-rigged ship that many

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Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers

A great Whig Convention was held in this City during Court, and the people came in throngs from every part of the State. Chicago sent a large delegation, at the head Of which were John H. Kinzie, Gurdon S. Hubbard, Geo. W. Dole, and others, and, as the representatives of the commercial capital of the State, they brought with them a full-rigged ship on wheels. It was the first full-rigged ship that many of the natives Of the interior Of Illinois had ever seen, and it was, of course, a great curiosity. The delegation were supplied with tents and provisions with plenty Of good cider, and camped out at night upon the prairies.

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331488605
• ISBN 13: 9781331488606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38