[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.