you have the receipt. I do not wish to say anything as to who shall be
the Republican candidate for the Legislature in your district, further
than that I have full confidence in Dr. Hull. Have you ever got in the
way of consulting with McKinley in political matters? He is true as
steel, and his judgment is very good. The last I heard from him, he
rather thought Weldon, of De Witt, was our best timber for
representative, all things considered. But you there must settle it among
yourselves. It may well puzzle older heads than yours to understand how,
as the Dred Scott decision holds, Congress can authorize a Territorial
Legislature to do everything else, and cannot authorize them to prohibit
slavery. That is one of the things the court can decide, but can never
give an intelligible reason for.

Yours very truly,

A. LINCOLN.




TO A. CAMPBELL.

SPRINGFIELD, June 28, 1858.

A. CAMPBELL, Esq.

MY DEAR SIR:--In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars. I see clearly that such a privilege
would be more available now than it was then. I am aware that times are
tighter now than they were then. Please write me at all events, and