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1909
CHAPTER
CONTENTS
I.
INTRODUCTORY
Lincoln's Life and Political Services-Lincoln as a
Story-teller-General Sherman and Lincoln - Thur-
low Weed-McClellan's Views-McClellan and Lincoln
-"I can Trust Phil."-Emancipation-Lincoln's Cab-
inet-The Dispatch to Minister Adams.
By ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE
[Late Editor of the North American Review]
LINCOLN'S STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE.
Lincoln in 1849-David Davis's Court-What Lincoln
Remembered of his Youth-Six Weeks of Schooling
-What he Read - From Indiana to Illinois - Rail-
splitting-Flat-boating-Nearly Killed by a Negro-
"The Greatest Obstacle of my Life"-One of the
"Long Nine"-Lincoln's Youth was Happy.
By LEONARD SWETT
[Practised Law in the Eighth Illinois Circuit with Lincoln-A Per- sonal Friend-Opponent of Slavery]
Early Life of Abraham Lincoln-In the Black Hawk
War (1837)—His First Political Success-Early Con-
temporaries-A Strong Partisan of Clay-At the In-
auguration Ball-On the Missouri Compromise (1854)—
Lincoln Defeated for the Senate (1858)-President of
the United States (1861)-Precautions against Assassi-
nation-Mr. Blaine's Error-Would Not Decline a
Second Term (1863)-The Fall of Richmond—“Mr.
Lincoln has Been Assassinated."
By E. B. WASHBURNE
[Member of Congress during Lincoln's Administrations-Secretary of State and Minister to France under Grant]
225211
LEADER OF THE ILLINOIS BAR .
"There Goes Old Mr. Lincoln"-He Likes the Atmos-
phere of a Court-house-Lawyer Lincoln and "Cap-
tain" McClellan-A Dramatic Scene-"Do you See
that Gun?"-A Touch of Sarcasm.
By LAWRENCE WELDON
[Lawyer-Travelled the Circuit with Lincoln-Personal Friend- United States Attorney for the Troublesome Southern District of Illinois during Lincoln's Administration]
THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES AND
THE GETTYSBURG ORATION
Lincoln versus Douglas-The Time for Rebellion had
Come A Man of Strong Religious Convictions-Lin-
coln and Everett-Sublime Faith in Republican In-
stitutions.
By HUGH McCULLOCH
[Banker in Indiana before the War-Comptroller of the Treasury, 1863-Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, and Again, 1884-85]
LINCOLN'S FIRST NOMINATION AND HIS
PAGE
123
143
VISIT TO RICHMOND IN 1865 . . . 165
The White Handkerchief-Notified of his Nomination All Quiet on the Potomac"-Hearing of his Friend's
Death-Before the Denouement-Five Forks—“Glory!
Glory! Glory!"
By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN
[Journalist-War Correspondent-Author]
LINCOLN AND THE CABINET
A Skunk Story-Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—
A Mast-fed Lawyer-The Master-mind.
By TITIAN J. COFFEY
[Assistant Attorney-General, 1861-63]
VIII. LINCOLN AND SLAVERY
Lincoln Believed in Protection-A Distinction and a
Difference-Douglas Faithful to the Union-Deserving
Davis-The Tribune Assails Lincoln-The Union be-
fore Everything-Horace Greeley's Advice-Over-
looking the Deity-Not to Be Bullied by Congress-
Cabinet Differences-He Never Did Despair of the
Union-His Faith in Grant.
By J. P. USHER
[Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Interior under Lincoln]
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