The Corner

Lincoln Bleg

I have a question about Abe Lincoln the lawyer. In 1854 or thereabouts, he defended a group of temperance-minded ladies who were arrested for trashing a saloon in Marion, Ill. That’s about the extent of what I know. Can anybody else fill out the story–or, better yet, point me toward an authoritative source on the case? If so, please e-mail me at nrorocks at yahoo dot com.

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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