[154] A sheet called The Gerrymander was published in March 1843, which contained a series of cartoons exhibiting the monstrosities of this apportionment. The Fifth District is called "the Nondescript."
[155] Patterson, Early Society in Southern Illinois, Fergus Historical Series No. 14; Körner, Das deutsche Element in den Vereinigten Staaten, pp. 245, 277; Baker, America as the Political Utopia of Young Germany; Peoria Register, June 30, 1838; Ballance, History of Peoria, pp. 201-202.
[156] Illinois State Register, March 10, 1843.
[157] Illinois State Register, June 16, 1843.
[158] Sheahan, Douglas, p. 55; Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 75.
[159] Globe, 28 Cong. 1 Sess. App. pp. 598 ff.
[160] Alton Telegraph, July 20, 1843.
[161] Sheahan, Douglas, p. 56; Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 75; Alton Telegraph, August 26, 1843.
[162] According to the returns in the office of the Secretary of State. The Whig Almanac gives 451 as Douglas's majority.