[Footnote 639: New York _Tribune_, December 10, 1857.] [Footnote 640: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 21-22.] [Footnote 641: _Globe_, 5 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 120.] [Footnote 642: _Ibid._, p. 137.] [Footnote 643: Chicago _Times_, December 24, 1857.] [Footnote 644: _Ibid._, December 23, 1857.] [Footnote 645: Correspondent to Cleveland _Plaindealer_, quoted in Chicago _Times_, January 29, 1858.] [Footnote 646: Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Pierce, MS. Letter, April 4, 1858.] [Footnote 647: Mrs. Roger Pryor, Reminiscences of Peace and War, pp. 69-70.] [Footnote 648: _Ibid._, Chapter 4.] [Footnote 649: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 289.] [Footnote 650: Message of February 2, 1858.] [Footnote 651: Senate Report No. 82, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., February 18, 1858.] [Footnote 652: Minority Report, p. 52.] [Footnote 653: Minority Report, p. 64.] [Footnote 654: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 502.] [Footnote 655: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 572-573.] [Footnote 656: Washington _Union_, February 26, 1858.] [Footnote 657: Richmond _South_, quoted in Chicago _Times_, December 18, 1857.] [Footnote 658: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 328; _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 193-194.] [Footnote 659: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 194-201, _passim._] [Footnote 660: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 297-299.] [Footnote 661: Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, p. 563.] [Footnote 662: Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, pp. 566-567.] [Footnote 663: This cannot, of course, be demonstrated, but it accords with his subsequent conduct.] [Footnote 664: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1869.] [Footnote 665: _Ibid._, p. 1870.] [Footnote 666: _Globe_, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1870.] [Footnote 667: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 300.] [Footnote 668: Cox, Three Decades of Federal Legislation, p. 58.] CHAPTER XVI THE JOINT DEBATES WITH LINCOLN