This forecast proved to be correct. Richardson, with all that he represented, went down to defeat. In November Buchanan carried the State by a narrow margin, the total Democratic vote falling far behind the combined vote for Fremont and Fillmore.[591] The political complexion of Illinois had changed. It behooved the senior senator to take notice. * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 536: Section 23, United States Statutes at Large, X, p. 285.] [Footnote 537: See remarks of Douglas, _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 360-361.] [Footnote 538: Howard Report, pp. 108-109.] [Footnote 539: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 360-361.] [Footnote 540: Spring, Kansas, pp. 39-41.] [Footnote 541: _Ibid._, pp. 43-49; Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 81-82.] [Footnote 542: Spring, Kansas, pp. 53-56.] [Footnote 543: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 99.] [Footnote 544: _Ibid._, p. 100.] [Footnote 545: _Ibid._, p. 101.] [Footnote 546: Spring, Kansas, Chapter V; Rhodes, II, pp. 102-103.] [Footnote 547: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 103.] [Footnote 548: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 286.] [Footnote 549: Senate Reports, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., No. 34.] [Footnote 550: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 639.] [Footnote 551: Senate Report, No. 34, p. 4.] [Footnote 552: _Ibid._, p. 7.] [Footnote 553: Senate Report, No. 34, pp. 7-9.] [Footnote 554: _Ibid._, p. 23.] [Footnote 555: Senate Report, No. 34, p. 34.] [Footnote 556: _Ibid._, p. 39.] [Footnote 557: Senate Report, No. 34, p. 40.] [Footnote 558: _Ibid._, pp. 39-40.] [Footnote 559: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 693.] [Footnote 560: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 657.] [Footnote 561: _Ibid._, App., pp. 280 ff.] [Footnote 562: New York _Independent_, May 1, 1856; quoted by Rhodes II, p. 128.] [Footnote 563: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App. p. 544.] [Footnote 564: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 531.] [Footnote 565: _Ibid._, p. 545.] [Footnote 566: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 547.] [Footnote 567: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 148.] [Footnote 568: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1305.] [Footnote 569: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 103-106; 154-166.] [Footnote 570: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1439.] [Footnote 571: _Ibid._, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 22.] [Footnote 572: _Ibid._, p. 119.] [Footnote 573: _Ibid._, p. 119.] [Footnote 574: Senate Report, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., No. 198.] [Footnote 575: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 795.] [Footnote 576: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 194-195.] [Footnote 577: Senate Bill, No. 172, Section 3.] [Footnote 578: Senate Bill, No. 356, Section 13.] [Footnote 579: _Globe_, 34 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 779.] [Footnote 580: Speech at Alton, Illinois, 1858.] [Footnote 581: Political Debates between Lincoln and Douglas, pp. 161 ff.] [Footnote 582: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 22.]