the popular will of which he was the leader and the servant. Abraham Lincoln was in a deep and lasting sense the first American. All the world can see his worth, but perhaps only we who know the taste of the climate, the smell of the prairie, the tone of fresh and Democratic life, can quite appreciate his flavor. General and President Washington, who, standing firm, with wisdom and power, gave the opportunity to build a nation, has left a name that grows with the onward march of his country. Abraham Lincoln, nearly a century later, found the nation grown, about to test the sufficiency of its creed, and with the comprehension of lifelong intimacy helped it to understand itself. His fame also has risen, and will rise, with the fortunes of his country. His deeds stand first, but his story becomes higher through the pure and manifold character which accomplished them and the lastingly fair and vital words in which he defended them. L Lincoln, Abraham: ancestry, 2 early hardships, 6 his mother's death and its effect, 8 oratorical efforts, 23 reaches out into the world, 24-26 political aspirations, 28 forms partnership with Berry, 35 business difficulties, 37 becomes postmaster at New Salem, meets Ann Rutledge, 38 returns to private life, 46 its lasting effect upon his charac- fondness for lugubrious verse, 49 law studies, 61 forms law partnership with John declaration of love to Mary Owens, letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, growth of political power, 72 the engagement and its effect, 75, partnership with Stephen T. Lo- first issue with Douglas, 78 marriage to Miss Todd, 85 the Wilmot Proviso, 95 attitude toward his father, 97 his many-sided character, 104-111 family relations, 113, 114 the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 125 the Dred Scott case, 129 141 the first debate, 143 the Chicago convention and Lin- the result of the election, 168 preparation for the task before farewell speech in Springfield, 179 INDEX Adams, John Quincy, 16 194, 217, 232, 247, 311, 412 Alexandria (Virginia), 233 Alton (Illinois), 56, 58, 84, 146 American party, 125 Baltimore (Maryland), 163, 181, 182, Bates, Edward, 157, 161, 162, 184, Bates, Hymer D., 258 Anderson, General Robert, 33, 200, Bates forces, the, 185 Army of the Potomac, the, 255, 262, Berry, William F., 35, 36, 37, 42 298, 315, 316, 360, 362 Army of Virginia, the, 274 Austrian minister, the, 239 Baird, James, 2 Berry and Lincoln, 36, 37, 42, 97 Bible, the, 11, 88, 347, 392, 403, 405, 417 Big Black River, the, 327 Black, Judge, Secretary of State, 176 Black Hawk War, 31, 33, 62, 96, 187 "Black Republican," 143 Blackstone's Commentaries, 36, 38 Baker, Colonel, E. D., 73, 74, 99, Blair, Frank, 185, 186 246, 289 Baker, Edward H., 87, 88, 89, 99 Blair, Montgomery, 130, 185, 186, 192, 193, 269, 345, 348, 349, 370 |