General William Colfax, Washington's Friend--Mr. Colfax his Grandson--Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood--Removes to Indiana--Becomes Deputy County Auditor--Begins to Deal with Politics--Becomes an Editor--The Period of Maximum Debt-- Mr. Colfax's First Year--He is Burnt Out--His Subsequent Success as an Editor--His Political Career as a Whig--Joins the Republican Party--Popularity in his own District--The Nebraska Bill--Mr. Colfax goes into Congress--The Famous Contest for Speakership--Mr. Colfax Saves his Party from Defeat --Banks Chosen Speaker--Mr. Colfax's Great Speech on the Bogus Laws of Kansas--The Ball and Chain for Free Speech--Mr. Colfax Shows the Ball, and A. H. Stephens Holds it for him--Mr. Colfax Renominated Unanimously--His Remarkable Success in his own District--Useful Labors in Post Office Committee--Early for Lincoln for President--Mr. Colfax urged for Post Master General--His Usefulness as Speaker--The Qualifications for that Post--Mr. Colfax's Public Virtues. 347 CHAPTER XI.--EDWIN M. STANTON. Rebel Advantages at Opening of the War--They Knew all about the Army Officers--Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference--Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post--His Birth and Ancestry--His Education and Law Studies--County Attorney--State Reporter--Defends Mr. McNulty--Removes to Pittsburg--His Line of Business--The Wheeling Case--He Removes to Washington--His Qualifications as a Lawyer--He Enters Buchanan's Cabinet--His Unexpected Patriotism--His Own Account of the Cabinet at News of Anderson's Move to Sumter --The Lion before the Old Red Dragon--Appointed Secretary of War--"Bricks in his Pockets"--Stanton's Habitual Reserve-- His Wrath--"The Angel Gabriel as Paymaster"--Anecdotes of Lincoln's Confidence in Stanton--Lincoln's Affection for him-- The Burdens of his Office--His Kindness of Heart within a Rough Outside--The Country his Debtor. 363 CHAPTER XII.--FREDERICK DOUGLASS.