ymen's delegation, 427;
Greeley and L., 429-431;
L's own account, 446-448;
4th annual message, 552
_Early political career_,
change in views, 8;
made election clerk, 32;
appointed postmaster at Salem, 44;
made deputy surveyor, 47;
natural taste for politics, 55;
candidate for presidential elector, 87;
Whig leader, 87;
canvassed Illinois in Clay-Polk campaign, 99;
leader of Whigs in Congress, 100;
Whig delegate to National Convention, 104;
seeks appointment as land commissioner, 106-107;
little interested in politics until 1854, 147;
building up the Free Soil party, 150;
admits being a Whig, 153, 157;
generosity toward rivals, 160;
considered for vice president, 170, 228-229;
activity in Fremont campaign, 170-173;
no political enemies, 232;
bored with talk on politics, 240
_Illinois legislature_,
defeat and election, 33;
first candidacy unsuccessful, 41-42, 47;
campaign of 1834, and election, 48;
aids canal bill, 49;
reputation in, 49;
renominated, 1836, 55;
campaign methods, 56-60;
lightning rod anecdote, 56-57;
not an aristocrat, 57-58;
reply to Early, 58-59;
letter to Allen, 59-60;
election, 60;
journey to capital, 60;
meets Judge Caton, 61;
first meeting with Douglas, 61-62;
removal of Illinois Capitol, 62;
an early speech, 62-65;
opposes pro-slavery enactment, 65-66;
contest with Ewing, 66-67;
campaign of 1838 and election, 85;
end of legislative service, 86;
election and resignation, 1864, 160-161;
senatorial contest, 161-161
_Black Hawk War_,
candidate for captain, 36;
memories of L., 36-37;
first experience drilling troops, 37;
rescues an Indian, 37-38;
meeting with Stuart, 38-39;
L. re-enlists, 39;
recollects Major Anderson after 29 years, 39;
courage as a soldier, 40;
his own account of his service, 40-41;
popularity with comrades, 41
_Congress_,
aspirations, 97;
elected to lower house, 1846, 34, 99-100, 159;
Whig leader, 100;
reputation in, 100;
first speech, 101;
Mexican War attitude, 101-102;
notable speech and ridicule of Gen. Cass, 102-104;
bill for abolition of slavery, 104;
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