A history of the United States for schools . The gov-ernment did little to hinder this slave trade, and it wenton growing in dimensions until it was stopped by theCivil War. (2) A small party in Kansas, with the aidof the president and a party in Congress, tried to forcea slave constitution, known as the Lecompton . , ? A slave Constitution, upon Kansas, in spite of the constitu-determined opposition of the great majorityof the people of that territory. All these things woretoo much for the northern Democrats, and the Lecomp-ton business, in 1858, was the occasion of a break be-tween Buchanan
A history of the United States for schools . The gov-ernment did little to hinder this slave trade, and it wenton growing in dimensions until it was stopped by theCivil War. (2) A small party in Kansas, with the aidof the president and a party in Congress, tried to forcea slave constitution, known as the Lecompton . , ? A slave Constitution, upon Kansas, in spite of the constitu-determined opposition of the great majorityof the people of that territory. All these things woretoo much for the northern Democrats, and the Lecomp-ton business, in 1858, was the occasion of a break be-tween Buchanan and Douglas, which heralded a split inthe Democratic party. 366 THE FEDERAL UNION. Cm. XV. 135. The Debate between Lincoln and 1858, Senator Douglas was a candidate for reelec-tion to the Senate, and the Republicans of Illinois putforward Abraham Lincoln as rival candidate. Abra-ham Lincoln was then forty-nine years old. Descendedfrom Virginian ancestors, he was born in Kentucky,February 12, 1809. His parents were so poor and. THE HOME OK LINCOLN AT THE AGE OF ignorant that they are often spoken of as belonging tothe poor white class. Of schooling Lincoln hadbut little. He served as a flat-boat hand, as a clerkand storekeeper in a country village in Illinois, as aAbraham postmastcr, and as a surveyor, and, at length,Lincoln. having taught himself law, he was admitted tothe bar, and soon won distinction as a lawyer. He was Drawn from a photograph by permission of the Abraham LincolnLog Cabin Association. This log cabin was situated on Goose-NestPrairie, near Farmington, 111., and was built by Abraham Lincoln and hisfather, in 1831. §§ 135, 36- SLAVERY AND SECESSION. 367 several times elected to the Illinois Legislature, andserved for a short time in Congress. Long before 1858,his local reputation was that of one of the ablest menin Illinois. He was extremely clear-headed and saga-cious, with wonderful insight into mens characters. Asan orator, although
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