HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Copyright, 1886 and 1890,
by JOHN G. NICOLAY

and JOHN HAY.

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOL. II

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

.Frontispiece
From an ambrotype taken for Marcus L. Ward (afterwards
Governor of New Jersey) in Springfield, Ill., May 20, 1860, two
days after Mr. Lincoln's nomination.

GENERAL JOHN W. GEARY

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From a photograph taken, in 1866, by Draper and Husted.

From a painting by D. C. Fabronius, after a photograph by
Brady.

DAVID COLBRETH BRODERICK..

From a photograph by Brady.

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JOHN BROWN......

192

From a photograph by J. W. Black & Co.

HOUSE IN WHICH JOHN BROWN was BORN, TORRINGTON, CONN. 208

From a daguerreotype taken about 1850, lent by Anson
Maltby.

THE WIGWAM AT CHICAGO IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS NOMINATED, 320

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAPTER I. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON REBELLION

Civil War in Kansas. Guerrillas dispersed by Colonel

Sumner. General P. F. Smith supersedes Sumner.

Governor Shannon Removed. Missouri River Block-

aded. Jefferson Davis's Instructions on Rebellion.

Acting-Governor Woodson Proclaims the Territory in

Insurrection. Report of General Smith. John W.

Geary Appointed Governor. Inaugural Address. His

Military Proclamations and Measures. Colonel Cooke's

"Cannon" Argument. Hickory Point Skirmish. Im-

prisonment of Free State Men. End of Guerrilla War.

Removal and Flight of Governor Geary.

CHAPTER II. THE CONVENTIONS OF 1856

Formation of the Republican Party in Illinois. The

Decatur Convention. Action of the "Know-Nothing"

Party. Nomination of Fillmore and Donelson. Demo-

crats of Illinois Nominate William A. Richardson for

Governor. The Davis-Bissell Challenge. The Bloom-

ington Convention. Bissell Nominated for Governor.

Lincoln's Speech at Bloomington. The Pittsburgh Con-

vention. The Philadelphia Convention. Nomination

of Frémont and Dayton. The Philadelphia Platform.

Lincoln Proposed for Vice-President. The Cincinnati

Convention. The Cincinnati Platform. Nomination

of Buchanan and Breckinridge. Buchanan Elected

President. Bissell Elected Governor. Lincoln's Cam-

paign Speeches

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CHAPTER III.

CONGRESSIONAL RUFFIANISM

Sumner's Senate Speech on Kansas. Brooks's Assault

on Sumner. Action of the Senate. Action of the

House. Resignation and Reëlection of Brooks. Wilson

Challenged. Brooks Challenges Burlingame. Sum-

ner's Malady. Reëlection of Sumner. Death of Butler

and Brooks. Sumner's Re-appearance in the Senate. 47

CHAPTER IV. THE DRED SCOTT DECISION

The Dred Scott Case. Its Origin. The Law of Slavery.

Preliminary Decisions of the Case. Appeal to the U.S.

Supreme Court. The Case Twice Argued. Opinion of

Justice Nelson. Political Conditions. Mr. Buchanan's

Announcement. The Dred Scott Decision. Opinions

by all the Judges. Opinion of the Court. Dred

Scott Declared Not a Citizen. Slavery Prohibition

Declared Unconstitutional. Language of Chief-Justice

Taney. Dissenting Opinions

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CHAPTER V. DOUGLAS AND LINCOLN ON DRED SCOTT

Political Effects of the Dred Scott Decision. Douglas's

Springfield Speech on the Dred Scott Decision. He

Indorses Chief-Justice Taney's Opinion. Freeport

Doctrine Foreshadowed. Lincoln's Speech in Reply to

Douglas. Uses of Judicial Decisions. Prospects of the

Colored Race in the United States. Principles of the

Declaration of Independence.

CHAPTER VI. THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION

Constitutional Convention Called by the Legislature.

Resignation and Flight of Governor Geary. Walker

Appointed Governor. Promises of Buchanan and his

Cabinet. Walker's Kansas Policy. Action of the

Free-State Mass Meeting. Pro-slavery Convention at

Lecompton. Election of Delegates. Governor Walker

favors Submission of the Constitution to Popular Vote.

Protests from Southern States. The Walker-Buchanan

Correspondence. Lecompton Constitutional Conven-

tion. The October Election. The Oxford and McGee

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