The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . e laws: The law of self-protection; the law of the land, or statute law; and the morallaw, or law of God. First, the law of self-protection is a law of necessity, asevinced by our forefathers in casting the teaoverboard and asserting their right to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In this case it is the only defense theladies have, for Tanner neither feared Godnor regarded man. Second, the law of theland, or statute law, and Tanner is recreantto both. Third the moral
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . e laws: The law of self-protection; the law of the land, or statute law; and the morallaw, or law of God. First, the law of self-protection is a law of necessity, asevinced by our forefathers in casting the teaoverboard and asserting their right to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In this case it is the only defense theladies have, for Tanner neither feared Godnor regarded man. Second, the law of theland, or statute law, and Tanner is recreantto both. Third the moral law, or law ofGod, and this is probably a law for theviolation of which the jury can fix nopunishment. Lincoln quoted some of his own obser-vations on the ruinous effects of whiskey in society, and demanded its early suppression. After he had con-cluded, the Court, without awaiting the return of the jury, dis-missed the ladies, saying: Ladies, go home, I will require nobond of you, and if any fine is ever wanted of you, we will let youknow. Hemdons Lincoln, William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, Vol. II, page These Boys Would Never Have Tried to Cheat Old Farmer Case The suit of Case vs. Snow, tried at the spring term of the Taze-well Circuit Court, illustrates both Mr. Lincolns love of justice andhis adroitness in managing an ordinary case. He had brought anaction in behalf of an old man named Case against the Snow boysto recover the amount of a note given them in payment for whatwas known as a prairie team. This consists of a breaking plowand two or three yoke of oxen, making up a team strong enough tobreak up the strong, tough, thick turf of the prairie. The defendants, the Snow boys, appeared by their counsel andpleaded that they were infants, or minors, when the note was the trial Lincoln produced the note, and it was admitted that it 246 THE STORY-LIFE OF LIXCOLX was given for the oxen and plow. The defendants then offered toprove that they were under twenty
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