Thursday, May 4, 1848.Washington, DC. | Lincoln participates in debate on proposal to pay regiment of Texas
volunteers for horses lost during campaign. Volunteers are not allowed compensation for
lost horses, and he opposes preferential treatment for Texas regiment. He votes against
motion to refer bill to raise ten additional regular regiments to Committee of Whole.
Motion is defeated.Globe; Remarks in United States House
of Representatives Concerning Payment of Texas Volunteers, 4 May 1848,
CW, 1:468-69. |