Charlottesville

[Eva Elisabeth]

Laurie, there's a German proverb saying teasing is a sign of love/affection which I think valid in this case. Despite different political standings the two had probably more affection and respect for each other than Stephens for Jefferson Davis.
You should check out what Abraham Lincoln did for Stephen's nephew right after the meeting:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/selecti...etter.html

"Lincoln and Stephens made their acquaintance after Lincoln came to Washington in December 1847 for his first and only congressional term. Lincoln friend Joseph Gillespie wrote: 'Of all men in the South (of those who differed from him on the slavery question I mean[)] Mr[.] Stephens of Georgia was his favorite[.] I have frequently heard him speak in very respectful terms of Stephens[.]' On February 2, 1848, Lincoln wrote law partner William H. Herndon: 'I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like [Stephen T.] Logan’s, has just concluded the very best speech of an hour’s length I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears yet. If he writes it out anything like he delivered it our people shall see a good many copies of it.'
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Stephens later said of Lincoln: 'I was as intimate with him as with any other man of that Congress except perhaps one….Mr. Lincoln was warm-hearted; he was generous; he was magnanimous; he was most truly ‘with malice toward none, with charity for all.' Stephens recalled: 'Mr. Lincoln was careful as to his manners, awkward in his speech, but was possessed of a very strong, clear, and vigorous mind. He always attracted the riveted attention of the House when he spoke; his manner of speech as well as thought was original. He had no model. He was a man of strong convictions, and was what Carlyle would have called an earnest man.' Lincoln commented: 'Mr. Stephens is a great man – he’s a man that can get up a blaze whenever he’s a mind to – his speech has got up a great blaze in Georgia – I never could get up a blaze more than once or twice in my life.'”
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/...-stephens/