Chapter 2 Flashcards
1841?
A floating driftwood who ended up at new salem … Like the heavy flatboat that lodged there…offut saw licoln unlodge it and wanted to make lincoln a manager there
1831 1841 jobs
Trued everything as he did not want to be a farmer like his dad. Seemed fit for lawyer and politician
New salem
1831 commercial village founded by camron and rutledge. 100 or so …large community for abe. Store run by hill and mcneil. Lincoln had lots of anecdotes and stories
Define scatalogical.
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Who supposedly told the story about washington picture innthe toilet
Col ethan allen…nothing makes an englishman shit…hung in outhopuse.
Lincolns countenance lit up as he told stories. What is countenance
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Who is jack armstrong?
Clarys grove boy who would come to new store, he was the wrestling champion there. Ae lost to him but earned respect. The clarys grove were frontier like…the villages inhabitants were more sedentary
How was the village
Surprisingly had some educated and cultured. Even had a public debating club, abe showed interest in town meetings.
Define corpulent
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Follwing a book of forms
Abe could make deeds, receipts etc
They wanted abe torun for
Statelegislature
The village was on
The sagamon river at new salem and if the river was fixed it could be more navigable if nit the new railroad might dry them out. They needed a rep esp a riverboat man in the illinois state legislature
Wat qualification did state leg need
None.., could cattle be fence or free roam, no patrons needed politics were in flux. This is a time of President Jackson and Henry Clay and fighting over cental bank and formation of democratic and whig parties 1832.
Was he a likely candidate.
Friendless uneducated penniless boy working on an flatboat a 23 year old with one year of forma education. Had lots of local friends but going against while county….appealed to public in sagamon journal (maybe help of oneil storekeeper)
What did he challenge
Railroad vs improvement of river
He had extensive experience there
Short if credit … There was usury…too high interest rates…stop practice
Improve education (but no plan or program)
No high falutent language… Simple language…hold in esteem
Born in humble walks of life (standard appeal)
Referred ton himself as “humble abraham lincoln”
Boat traveled to show navagability of sagamon river….beardstown
Talisman arrived there…lincoln took charge….went up river. But news that the river level was dropping quickly sent them back down quickly.
Political career jeaporized by
Collapse of offuts business ventures. Build pen for 1000 hogs. Also overextended buying tons of seed. Lincoln had no job and then had an Indian difficulty.
Sauk and fox tribes
Outbreak of black hawk war…repudiated their treaty with US…abe nominated by clarys grove boys
Indian with papers came in
Lincoln did not let others kill him
Orville hickman browning
Quincy lawyer and influential friend met thru war
John todd stuart
Lawyer opposite of lincoln same e battalion and friend
Speeches
Anti jackson man Clay man Most concerned about river Was 8th of 13 When 4 placed Only time he lost when it was vote of people But new salem supported him 277/300
Now what.
Blacksmith … But hated manual labor
Maybe study law?
Realized he needed education
Herndon sell general store to berry (licolns corproal) and lincoln
Competitor beat out by grove boys
Green bought it out and immediately sold to lincoln
Tea coffee sugar salt muslin hats shoes
Slllow business plenty of time to read in new salem
What one nonfiction did he try to read
Ivanhoe and poetry and some shakespeare Liked sentimental verse Holmes the last leaf Poem mortality of knox a scotsman More focused on nonfiction Liked structure and use of language and needed to learn grammar Walked six miles into the country to get a book
Autobiographical sketch
1860
Who conducted revival meeting
Cartwright
Religious wars attracted lincolns attention but he
Refused a creed Liked natural law Not deity He like thomas paynes age of reason Morality is the only essential part His scoffing hurt him in his race for congress 1846 ...had to clarify
His religious views
Early…doctrine of necessity
Tried to maintain in argument with some
How was the store
Lincoln interested in talking and reading By 1833 ceased to grow new salem because river not adequate No railroad Whiskey showed some profit by jug Asked for license to sell by glass Lincoln name may have been forged Tavern license still couldnt save store Back to day labor
Friends wated him to stay
Someone tried to get him postmaster
Modest appointment of jackson administration even though he was a clay supporter
He was very pleased…he could see all newspapers
Carried on horseback mail came 2x a day
Recipient paid and postmaster collected fee
1834-1835 full year of tenure made 55
Piblic servants top duty
Help people
Liberal interpretation of rules
Left door unlocked
But scrupulous in keeping financial records
New salem discontinued moved to Springfield
Still needed livlihood
Calhoun assistant? Democratic
Bought a book on surveying, bought compass chain and trig book
Studied hard
Went that route
Through swamps bushes etc
Accepted buckskin from one client and fortified his oants
Charges actually set by state
Surveyed for a road
But notes for the failed store came due … Election took new urgency
First successful election
Jackson vs clay
Licoln liked clay but published no speeches
Instead had handshaking campaign while surveying
Took to farms to convince farmers
Democratic leaders came with a deal
Feared john todd stuart
Dropped two other candidates to support lincoln
Lincoln got elected with Stuart
What was his new exposure to cour
Witness
Juror
Watching untrained lawyers
Borrowed stuarts law books
Was quiet at first
Bought blackstones commentary at n auction
Asked to borrow 200 from smoot and bought a suit until legislature check came
Dec 1834 feb 1835
Silent member of legislature 80 other legislatures most stayed at boarding cabins Next to youngest bit no less experienced Grew more at home Ability to draw law grew Legible handwriting Started to debate Returned to new salem to pay his overdue notes and get his hire and compass back...which didnt happen
Spring summer 1834 1835
Delivered mail
Read law books
Earned inn at new salem
A rutledge
What happened when his stuff went fir auction
A friend bought it back so he could survey for more money
Ann rutlege
Tavern dauter From village founders Pretty Short 53 150 heavyset He liked plump Kind Goodhearted Macnamore/hill was after her Since she was betrother he got over his shyness 1835 understanding ...conditional or unconditional engagement Lincoln had no mney Ann wanted to see macnamore in person Also had legislative break Symbolized appraiching death of new salem
Summer 1835
Lincoln thru country surveying Slogging the law books Ann had typhoid and was put to bed Aug 25 she died Reminded of brother, sister etc Too much work Too much study Melancholy deep Went to bowling green for rest
Winter 1835
Called to legislatur
Shaped his future
National politics came to local
Democrats concerned bout jackson picking vanburen as successor
Called for convention
Whigs infuriated they liked the democrat infighting
Whigs had to learn the system of party conventiaons
Also important reapportionment
Sagamon got 7 vs 4 representatives
Gov duncan enacted legislatio. For canal for illinois river…ocmparable to erie canal loan of500000 for i
Bonds for illinois and michigan canal. Shift in lincoln for internal improvement…canal road railroad…thought private capital now saw need for govt
Election to 1836 legislature
Needed to rerun Talked suffrage Ballot 6 month white resident male Irish immigrants canal workers no vote.... Also joked about women No mention african americans Travleled by hirseback to villages Local a d national issues now
Define probosis.
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Lightning rod
Opponent forquer
Long nine
1837 tall illinois legislature
Stephen a douglas
Democrat leader 5 4 Age 23 Legislative politics Economic development f state North south railroad Coonecg with e w Underwritten by state Complete canal Whigs welcomed nonpartisan issue Rival mass and penn for trans
Panic of 1837
Killed trNsportation Illinoos bondsvfailed Interest charges too high Stephen douglas? Long nine? Fault? No oatter. Of logrolling.
What is logrolling.
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Capital moved from vendalia to
Springfield not alton or peoria etc. bringing land value increase etc
Usher linder
Self important rep from coles county opposed mosiving to springfield
Jan 11 1837
Lincoln first speech. Vs linder. Resorted to demagogy not bank talk.
Define demagogy.
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Third thing legislature talked about abolitionists
Legoature condemned abolitionist society and said slavery was guaranteed by constitution.sponsored by linder. Stone and lincoln voted against saying it was injustice and bad policy.
Lincoln said new capital needed to
Offer money and land and had someone else introduce it.
The fourth ballot for capitol
Springfield won.
March 1 1837
Licensed to practice law. In april opened an office on hoffman’s row
