[318] House Journal, p. 52.

[319] All these fifteen voted for the Democratic candidate for Speaker of the House.

[320] House Journal, p. 52; Senate Journal, p. 44. See also Harris, Negro Servitude in Illinois, p. 177.

[321] See Speech in Senate, December 23, 1851.

[322] See the writer's article on "The Genesis of Popular Sovereignty" in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics for January, 1905.

[323] Davidson and Stuvé, History of Illinois, pp. 241-242.

[324] Northwestern Gazette, March 19, 1842.

[325] September 27, 1849.

[326] Compare his utterances on the following dates: January 10, 1849; January 22, 1849; October 23, 1849 at Springfield, Illinois; February 12, 1850; June 3, 1850.