Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American PoliticsJohnson, Allen
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Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics
Johnson, Allen
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
[Footnote 688: _Ibid._, p. 11.]
[Footnote 689: Debates, p. 18.]
[Footnote 690: Debates, p. 20.]
[Footnote 691: _Ibid._, p. 24.]
[Footnote 692: Flint, Douglas, pp. 114-117; Chicago _Times_, July 18,
1858.]
[Footnote 693: Debates, p. 24.]
[Footnote 694: Debates, p. 27.]
[Footnote 695: _Ibid._, p. 30.]
[Footnote 696: _Ibid._, pp. 33-34.]
[Footnote 697: Debates, p. 35.]
[Footnote 698: _Ibid._, p. 39.]
[Footnote 699: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 417; Chicago _Times_, July 21,
1858.]
[Footnote 700: Debates, p. 44.]
[Footnote 701: _Ibid._, p. 60.]
[Footnote 702: _Ibid._, p. 61.]
[Footnote 703: _Ibid._, p. 63.]
[Footnote 704: Debates, p. 64.]
[Footnote 705: _Ibid._, pp. 64-65.]
[Footnote 706: _Ibid._, p. 66.]
[Footnote 707: Debates, p. 66.]
[Footnote 708: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp.
104-105.]
[Footnote 709: For the following description I have drawn freely from
the narratives of eye-witnesses. I am particularly indebted to the
graphic account by Mr. Carl Schurz in _McClure's Magazine_, January,
1907.]
[Footnote 710: Mr. Schurz in _McClure's_, January, 1907.]
[Footnote 711: Debates, p. 67.]
[Footnote 712: Debates, p. 68.]
[Footnote 713: _Ibid._, p. 69.]
[Footnote 714: Herndon in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp. 76-77; Mr.
Carl Schurz in _McClure's_, January, 1907.]
[Footnote 715: Debates, p. 73.]
[Footnote 716: Debates, p. 75.]
[Footnote 717: _Ibid._, p. 82.]
[Footnote 718: _Ibid._, p. 86.]
[Footnote 719: Henry Villard, Memoirs, I, p. 93; Mr. Horace White in
Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 108.]
[Footnote 720: Debates, p. 129.]
[Footnote 721: _Ibid._, p. 130.]
[Footnote 722: Holland, Lincoln, p. 185; Tarbell, Lincoln, _McClure's
Magazine_, VII, pp. 408-409.]
[Footnote 723: Debates, p. 89.]
[Footnote 724: Holland, Lincoln, pp. 188-189; Mr. Horace White in
Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 109.]
[Footnote 725: Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 109.]
[Footnote 726: Debates, p. 95.]
[Footnote 727: Debates, pp. 94-97.]
[Footnote 728: Debates, pp. 100-101.]
[Footnote 729: Debates, p. 101.]
[Footnote 730: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, p. 110.]
[Footnote 731: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, p. 118.]
[Footnote 732: Debates, pp. 113-114.]
[Footnote 733: _Ibid._, p. 120.]
[Footnote 734: Debates, p. 127.]
[Footnote 735: _Ibid._, p. 129.]
[Footnote 736: _Ibid._, p. 135.]
[Footnote 737: Debates, p. 133. Lamon is authority for the statement
that Lincoln pledged himself to Lovejoy and his faction to favor the
exclusion of slavery from all the territory of the United States.
Douglas did not know of this pledge, but suspected an understanding to
this effect. If Lamon may be believed, this statement explains the
persistence of Douglas on this point and the evasiveness of Lincoln.
See Lamon, Lincoln, pp. 361-365.]
[Footnote 738: _Ibid._, p. 135.]
[Footnote 739: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, p. 119.]
[Footnote 740: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, p. 121.]
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