Produced by David Widger AMERICAN ELOQUENCE STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY Edited with Introduction by Alexander Johnston Reedited by James Albert Woodburn Volume IV. (of 4) VII.--CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION VIII.--FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION. IX.--FINANCE AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION VII.--CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ABRAHAM LINCOLN First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861. JEFFERSON DAVIS Inaugural Address. Montgomery, Ala., February 18, 1867. ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS The "Corner-Stone" Address --Atheneum, Savannah, Ga., March 2, 1861. JOHN CALEB BRECKENRIDGE and EDWIN D. BAKER Suppression Of Insurrection --United States Senate, August 1, 1861. CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM On The War And Its Conduct --House Of Representatives, January 14, 1863. HENRY WARD BEECHER Address At Liverpool, October 16, 1863. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Gettysburgh Address, November 19, 1863. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865. HENRY WINTER DAVIS On Reconstruction ; The First Republican Theory --House Of Representatives, March 22, 1864. GEORGE H. PENDLETON On Reconstruction ; The Democratic Theory --House Of Representatives, May 4, 1864. THADDEUS STEVENS On Reconstruction; Radical Republican Theory --House Of Representatives-December 18, 1865. HENRY J. RAYMOND . On Reconstruction; Administration Republican Theory --House Of Representatives, December 21, 1865. THADDEUS STEVENS On The First Reconstruction Bill --House Of Representatives, January 3, 1867. VIII.--FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION. HENRY CLAY On The American System --In The United States Senate, February 2-6,1832. FRANK H. HURD. A Tariff For Revenue Only --House Of Representatives, February 18, 1881. IX.--FINANCE AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. JUSTIN S. MORRILL On The Remonetization Of Silver --United States Senate, January 28, 1878. JAMES G. BLAINE On The Remonetization Of Silver --United States Senate, February 7, 1878 JOHN SHERMAN On Silver Coinage And Treasury Notes --United States Senate, June 5, 1890. JOHN P. JONES On Silver Coinage And Treasury Notes --United States Senate, May 12, 1810. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS On The Spoils System And The Progress Of Civil Service Reform --Address Before The American Social Science Association, Saratoga, N. Y., September 8, 1881. CARL SCHURZ On The Necessity And Progress Of Civil Service Reform --Address At The Annual Meeting Of The National Civil Service Reform League, Chicago, Ills., December 12, 1894. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE W. CURTIS--Frontispiece From a painting by SAMUEL LAWRENCE.