while she rested. In the meantime, Lincoln chatted with her, so that
Ewing could hardly get a word in. At his finishing his self-chosen
task, he beheld the pair deeply absorbed, for Lincoln had exercised
his glib tongue to such advantage as to secure her influence over
her man's vote.


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PARALLEL COURSES.

In the thirteenth Congress, Jefferson Davis was in the Senate, while
Lincoln and Alexander Stephens were in the House.


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JUMPING JIM CROW!

When in Congress, he was a conscience Whig, as opposed to the cotton
ones--that is, for the anti-slavery doctrine and not "cottoning" for
the South. He wrote home:

"As you (at Springfield) are all so anxious for me to distinguish
myself, I have concluded to do so before long." He nearly
ex-tinguished himself, for suddenly he went right about face--
according to the popular song--quite a political if not a
politic course: