. Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated : a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits. , was prevented. In allusion to this event, ]\Ir. Carpenter says,Mr. Lincoln himself regarded the circumstancewith much regret and mortification, and hoped itmight be forgotten. In February preceding hisdeath, a distingushed officer of the army calledat the White House, and w^as entertained by thePresident and ^Irs. Lincoln for an hour in theparlor. During the conversation, the gentlemansaid, turning to ]\
. Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated : a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits. , was prevented. In allusion to this event, ]\Ir. Carpenter says,Mr. Lincoln himself regarded the circumstancewith much regret and mortification, and hoped itmight be forgotten. In February preceding hisdeath, a distingushed officer of the army calledat the White House, and w^as entertained by thePresident and ^Irs. Lincoln for an hour in theparlor. During the conversation, the gentlemansaid, turning to ]\Ir. Lincoln, Ts it true, , as I have heard, that you once wentout to fight a duel for the sake of the lady byyour side? T do not deny it, replied Mr. Lin-coln; but, if you desire my friendship, you w^Unever mention the circumstance again. In 1842 Mr. Lincoln married Miss Mary Todd,daughter of Hon. Robert S. Todd, of Lexington,. ABRAHAM LINXOLX 2>7 Ky., who had resided several years in the great political contest of 1844, earnesth- espoused the cause of his po-litical idol, Henry Clay. In the canvass he ac-quired much celebrity as an efficient speaker. Hischagrin was intense that an intelligent peoplecould prefer Mr. Polk to Mr. Clay. For a timehe mistrusted the capacity of the people for self-government, and resolved to have no more to dowith politics. In 1846 Mr. Lincoln was nominated from theSangamon District for Congress. He was elect-ed by a very great , and in December1847, took his seat in the thirtieth Congress. Dur-ing the same session, Stephen A. Douglas tookhis seat in the Senate. ]Mr. Douglas was one ofthe champions of the Democratic part} in theSenate. 5lr. Lincoln was the warm advocate ofWhig principles in the House. He was opposedto the ^Mexican war, as unnecessarih- and un-constitutionally begun by the President of theUnited States. A speech which he m
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