Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . perable barrier to his political advancement, cannot bedoubted. But for his unbelief, what political honors mighthave awaited him cannot certainly be known. But recallingthe questions then under discussion, the intensity of partyfeeling, and the enthusiasm that his marvellous eloquencenever failed to arouse in the thousands who hung upon hiswords, it is probable that the most exalted station mighthave been attained. To those familiar with the politicalevents of that day, it is known
Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . perable barrier to his political advancement, cannot bedoubted. But for his unbelief, what political honors mighthave awaited him cannot certainly be known. But recallingthe questions then under discussion, the intensity of partyfeeling, and the enthusiasm that his marvellous eloquencenever failed to arouse in the thousands who hung upon hiswords, it is probable that the most exalted station mighthave been attained. To those familiar with the politicalevents of that day, it is known that the antagonism arousedby his assaults upon the citadel of the faith sacred to themany, compassed his defeat in his candidature in 1868 forthe Governorship of Illinois. His explanation was, that hisdefeat was caused by a slight difference of opinion betweenhimself and some of the brethren upon the highly excitingquestion of total depravity. Some years later, the nominee of his party for the Presi-dency was exceedingly obnoxious to him. Meeting theColonel the morning after the adjournment of the conven-. R. G. INGERSOLL
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