He has since been Secretary of War
and Minister to England, and has held many other important
positions of trust.
His wedding over, Lincoln took up again the practical routine of
daily life. He and his bride were so poor that they could not
make the visit to Kentucky that both would so much have enjoyed.
They could not even set up a little home of their own. "We are
not keeping house," he wrote to a friend, "but boarding at the
Globe Tavern," where, he added, their room and board only cost
them four dollars a week. His "National Debt" of the old New
Salem days was not yet all paid off, and patiently and resolutely
he went on practising the economy he had learned in the hard
school of experience.
Lincoln's law partnership with John T. Stuart had lasted four
years. Then Stuart was elected to Congress, and another one was
formed with Judge Stephen T. Logan. It was a well-timed and
important change. Stuart had always cared more for politics than
for law. With Logan law was the main object, and under his
guidance and encouragement Lincoln entered upon the study and
practical work of his profession in a more serious spirit than
ever before. His interest in politics continued, however, and in
truth his practice at that time was so small as to leave ample
time for both. Stuart had been twice elected to Congress, and
very naturally Lincoln, who served his party quite as faithfully,
and was fully as well known, hoped for a similar honor.
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