that he was
persuaded by Henry Ward Beecher to enter the Christian ministry, but
the inward voice did not respond to the ministerial call.

Though his tenure of office as United States Senator lasted but one
full term of six years, he was given further opportunities for public
service. From 1881 to 1885, he served as Register of the Treasury,
having been appointed to this office by President Garfield. In 1889,
during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison, he was
appointed Recorder of Deeds when the office was operated under a
system of fees which netted from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars a
year. President McKinley called him a second time to the office of
Register of the Treasury, in which position he remained until his
death in 1898.

G. DAVID HOUSTON

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Congressional Record_, 44th Congress, First Session.

[2] Simmons, _Men of Mark_, 699-703.

[3] _Congressional Record_, 44th Congress, 1st Session, pp. 2100-2105.

[4] _Ibid._, pp. 736, 1547, 5138.

[5] _Congressional Record_, 1st Session, pp. 1444, 1445.

[6] _Congressional Record_, 44th Congress, 1st Session, pp. 2100-2105.

[7] _Congressional Record_, 44th Congress, 1st Session, p. 2104.

[8] _Congressional Record_, Forty-sixth Congress, 1st Session, p.
2104.

[9] _Ibid._, p. 2105.

[10] _Ibid._, p. 2105.

[11] _Congressional Record_, Forty-sixth Congress, 2d Session, pp.
2195-2196.

[12] _Congressional Record_, Forty-fifth Congress, 1st Session, pp.
201, 245; 3d Session, pp. 1314, 1316, 2309.

[13] _Ibid._, Forty-sixth Congress, 1st Session, pp. 45, 71, 435,
1679, 2415; 3d Session, pp. 632, 668.

[14] _Congressional Record_, Forty-sixth Congress, 2d Session, pp. 45,
273, 538.

[15] _Ibid._, pp. 1619, 1953, 2053, 2384, 4563.

[16] See Simmons, _Men of Mark_, pp. 699-703.

LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PLAN

There was some slavery in the Northwest Territory to which Lincoln
moved with his father from Kentucky, for although that section had
been dedicated to freedom by the Ordinance of 1787, slavery in a
modified form existed there for three reasons. The Ordinance was not
considered emancipatory so far as it regarded the British slaves held
in such service prior to 1795, those of French masters prior to 1763
and those already in that condition when the Ordinance was passed.
Furthermore, after separating from the Indiana Territory, Illinois
legalized slavery by inde