[228] Globe, 29 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 816-817.
[229] Forney, Anecdotes of Public Men, I, p. 52.
[230] Polk, MS. Diary, Entry for June 22, 1846.
[231] Polk, MS. Diary, Entry for June 23, 1846.
[232] Even the Alton Telegraph, a Whig paper, and in times past no admirer of Douglas, spoke (May 30, 1846) of the "most admirable" speech of Judge Douglas in defense of the Mexican War (May 13th).
[233] The official returns were as follows:
| Douglas | 9629 |
| Vandeventer | 6864 |
| Wilson | 395 |
[234] The Abolitionist candidate in 1846 showed no marked gain over the candidate in 1844; Native Americanism had no candidates in the field.
[235] Polk, MS. Diary, Entry for September 4, 1846.
[236] Globe, 29 Cong., 2 Sess., pp. 13-14.