[298] He was himself fully conscious of this influence. See his speech at Raleigh, August 30, 1860.
[299] The facts are so stated in Colonel Martin's will, for a transcript of which I am indebted to Judge R.M. Douglas.
[300] Extract from the will of Colonel Martin.
[301] This letter, dated August 3, 1850, is in the possession of Mrs. James W. Patton of Springfield, Illinois.
[302] The characteristics of Illinois as a constituency in 1850 are set forth in greater detail, in an article by the writer in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics, July, 1905.
[303] See Patterson, Early Society in Southern Illinois in the Fergus Historical Series, No. 14. Also Ford, History of Illinois, pp. 38, 279-280; and Greene, Sectional forces in the History of Illinois—in the Publications of Illinois Historical Library, 1903.
[304] Between 1818 and 1840, fifty-seven new counties were organized, of which fourteen lay in the region given to Illinois by the shifting of the northern boundary. See Publications of the Illinois Historical Library, No. 8, pp. 79-80.
[305] Ford, History of Illinois, pp. 280-281.
[306] Ibid., p. 280.
[307] See Davidson and Stuvé, History of Illinois, Chapter on "State Policy."