. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . political parties more than currency of the State bankswas well-nigh worthless, but it con-stituted nearly the only circulatingmedium in the State. In the mid-dle of August the Governor, Audit-or, and Treasurer issued a circularforbidding the payment of Statetaxes in this depreciated order was naturally taken bythe Whigs as indicating on thepart of these officers a keener in-terest in the integrity of their sal-aries than in the public welfare,and it was therefore severely at-tacked in all the opposition news-papers o
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . political parties more than currency of the State bankswas well-nigh worthless, but it con-stituted nearly the only circulatingmedium in the State. In the mid-dle of August the Governor, Audit-or, and Treasurer issued a circularforbidding the payment of Statetaxes in this depreciated order was naturally taken bythe Whigs as indicating on thepart of these officers a keener in-terest in the integrity of their sal-aries than in the public welfare,and it was therefore severely at-tacked in all the opposition news-papers of the State. The sharpest. THE SPEED HOMESTEAD AT FARMINGTON, THREE MILES FROM LOUISVILLE, WHERE LINCOLN VISITED tion, if only from its incongruity with the rest ofhis history. This was the farce — which as-pired at one time to be a tragedy — of his firstand last duel. Among the officers of the StateGovernment was a young Irishman namedJames Shields, who owed his post as Auditor,in great measure, to that alien vote which theDemocrats had overturned the Supreme Courtto -rain. The finances of the State were in a de-plorable condition : the treasury was empty;auditors warrants were selling at half theirnominal value; no more money was to beborrowed, and taxation was dreaded by both assault it had to endure, however, was in acommunication, dated August 27th, and print-ed in the Sangamon Journal of September2d, not only dissecting the administration cir-cular with the most savage satire, but coveringthe Auditor with merciless personal was written in the dialect of the country,dated from the Lost Town
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