[172] Niles' Register, Vol. 65, pp. 393-396.
[173] Globe, 28 Cong. I Sess. pp. 276-277.
[174] J.Q. Adams, Memoirs, XI, p. 510.
[175] Globe, 28 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 549-550. For the trend of public opinion in the district which Douglas represented, see Peoria Register, September 21, 1839.
[176] Globe,28 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 527-528
[177] Globe, 28 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 534.
[178] Illinois State Register, February 9, 1844.
[179] Ibid., May 17, 1844.
[180] It was intimated that he had at first aided Tyler in his forlorn hope of a second term.
[181] Globe, 28 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 598 ff.