[Footnote 129: Illinois _State Register_, February 5, 1841. Judge Smith is put in an unenviable light by contemporary historians. There seems to be no reason to doubt that he misinformed Douglas and others. See Davidson and Stuve, History of Illinois, pp. 458-459.] [Footnote 130: Chicago _American_, February 18, 1841.] [Footnote 131: Sangamo _Journal_, March 19, 1841.] [Footnote 132: Chicago _American_, February 18, 1841.] [Footnote 133: Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 74.] [Footnote 134: Ford, History of Illinois, pp. 263-265; Linn, Story of the Mormons, pp. 236-237.] [Footnote 135: Linn, Story of the Mormons, pp. 237-238.] [Footnote 136: _Ibid._, p. 244.] [Footnote 137: _Times and Seasons_, II, p. 414.] [Footnote 138: Illinois _State Register_, August 13, 1841.] [Footnote 139: _Ibid._, September 24, 1841.] [Footnote 140: _Times and Seasons_, III, p. 651.] [Footnote 141: Ford, History of Illinois, p. 269.] [Footnote 142: Illinois _State Register_, June 17, 1842. Douglas replied in a speech of equal tartness. See _Register_, July 1, 1842.] [Footnote 143: Illinois _State Register_, June 10, 1842.] [Footnote 144: Ford, History of Illinois, pp. 277-278.] [Footnote 145: Gregg, History of Hancock County, p. 419.] [Footnote 146: Illinois _State Register_, November 4, 1842.] [Footnote 147: Illinois _State Register_, December 23, 1842.] [Footnote 148: Conkling, Recollections of the Bench and Bar, Fergus Historical Series, No. 22.] [Footnote 149: Conkling, Recollections of the Bench and Bar, Fergus Historical Series, No. 22] [Footnote 150: Arnold, Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar, Fergus Historical Series, No. 22.] [Footnote 151: Arnold, Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar.] [Footnote 152: Davidson and Stuve, History of Illinois, p. 698.] [Footnote 153: Statute of June 25, 1842.] [Footnote 154: A sheet called _The Gerrymander_ was published in March 1843, which contained a series of cartoons exhibiting the monstrosities of this apportionment. The Fifth District is called "the Nondescript."] [Footnote 155: Patterson, Early Society in Southern Illinois, Fergus Historical Series No. 14; Koerner, Das deutsche Element in den Vereinigten Staaten, pp. 245, 277; Baker, America as the Political Utopia of Young Germany; Peoria _Register_, June 30, 1838; Ballance, History of Peoria, pp. 201-202.] [Footnote 156: Illinois _State Register_, March 10, 1843.] [Footnote 157: Illinois _State Register_, June 16, 1843.] [Footnote 158: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 55; Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 75.] [Footnote 159: _Globe_, 28 Cong. 1 Sess. App. pp. 598 ff.] [Footnote 160: Alton _Telegraph_, July 20, 1843.] [Footnote 161: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 56; Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 75; Alton _Telegraph_, August 26, 1843.] [Footnote 162: According to the returns in the office of the Secretary of State. The _Whig Almanac_ gives 451 as Douglas's majority.] CHAPTER IV UNDER THE AEGIS OF ANDREW JACKSON