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Identifier: abrahamlincolnslstulinc (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln's law partners and students
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Stuart, John Todd, 1807-1885 Lawyers
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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ght with it some stinging lessons the young Illinoislegislator never forgot. The Whig party in part grew from criticism of theorganizational methods of the Democratic party, and Whigs,therefore, tended to be reluctant to adopt the organizationalmethods of the Democrats. Among Illinois Whigs, Lincolnand his close political allies like Anson G. Henry were leadersin urging better organization. Lincoln knew that this was theonly hope of success for the party in his overwhelminglyDemocratic state. In 1840 Lincoln wrote a confidentialcircular for the Whig State Committee suggesting that theway to overthrow the trained bands that are opposed to us,whose salaried officers are ever on the watch, and whosemisguided followers are ever ready to obey their smallestcommands was to organize the whole State. The letterrecommended the establishment of committees in everycounty to canvass voters to determine their preferences. When * V L fc : r> m. ;^iii V -,; 11 M^ifcir • imi * - .i- mta**^*^ $KJ
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From the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum FIGURE 3. John Todd Stuart. From the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum FIGURE 4. Zachary Taylor. Democrats seized on the circular as a campaign issue, Lincolnresponded: They set us the example of organization; and we,in self defence, are driven into it. . . . Let them disband theirdouble-drilled-army of forty thousand office holders.Lincoln continued to justify . . . urge . . . organization onthe score of necessity. Still, Lincoln was Whig enough to tellJohn Todd Stuart, while advising him on local appointmentsafter William Henry Harrisons election as President, I am,as you know, opposed to removals to make places for ourfriends. Lincoln insisted on having some reason beyondmere partisan identification for removing officeholders. Lincolns Whig campaign address in 1843 continued tostress the necessity of organization. He favored theconvention system for nominations, and he urged Whigs torun candidates for Congress in every di

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