CONTENTS AND INDEX.

CHAPTER I-Political Parties...

Formation of parties, 1. First election of Washington without

political significance, 1. Election of John Adams as a Federalist,

1. Jefferson elected as a Republican, 1. Madison as a Republi-

can, 1. Monroe as a Republican, 2. John Quincy Adams as a

Coalitionist, 2. Jackson as a Democrat. 2. Van Buren as a Dem-

ocrat, 2. Harrison as a Whig. 2. Polk as a Democrat, 2. Taylor

as a Whig, 2. Pierce as a Democrat, 2. Buchanan as a Demo-

crat, 2. Only Presidents elected by the House of Representa-

tives, 2. National Conventions, 2. Federal Party, 3. Demo-

cratic, 3. National Republican, 3. Whig, 3. Abolition, 3. Free

Soil, 3. Know-Nothing, 3. Native American, 3. Republican, 5.

Slavery Question, 7. Election of Bissell, 6. Dred Scott Decision,

7. Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, 9. Attempt to make Kan-

sas a slave State, 9.

CHAPTER II-Slavery Agitation......

Why a New Party was Necessary, 10. Missouri Compromise of

1820, 12. Compromise Measures of 1850, 16. Repeal of the Missouri

Compromise of 1820. 21. Douglas Denied the Right of Free Speech

in Chicago, 24. Organization of the Republican Party, 25. Three

Branches of the Government Pro-Slavery, 29. Growth of the Re-

publican Party, 130. Caucus at Williamsville, 30. First Republi-

can Convention at Cairo, 30. First Republican caucus at Metrop-

olis, 31.

CHAPTER III-State Campaign of 1856.....

First Republican State Ticket, 33.

ican, 33. Republican Success, 33.

cers, 33. Members of Congress, 34.

CHAPTER IV-State Government, 1857..

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1-10

10-31

32-35

Democratic, 33. Native Amer-

Aggregate Vote for State Offi-

Electoral Tickets, 35.

36-42

Twentieth General Assembly, 36. Closing Words of Matteson's

last Annual Message, 38. Extracts from Gov. Bissell's Inaugural

Address, 39-40.

CHAPTER V-State Campaign of 1858.....

42-45

Three Tickets: Republican, 43. Democrat, 43. Buchanan Demo-

crat, 43. Aggregate Vote for State Officers, 43. Aggregate Vote

by Districts for Members of Congress, 44.

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CHAPTER VI-Douglas and Lincoln-1858..

45-94

Lincoln's Challenge of Douglas for a Joint Debate, 49. Douglas'

Reply, 49. Lincoln's Rejoinder, 51. Debate at Freeport, 53.

CHAPTER VII-State Government-1859...

94-98

Twenty-first General Assembly, 94. Closing words of Governor

Bissell's Message on National Affairs, 97.

CHAPTER VIII-State Campaign of 1860..

Four State Tickets, 99. Four Electoral Tickets, 103. AggregateVote

for State Officers, 101. Aggregate Vote for Congressmen, by Dis-

tricts, 102. Aggregate Vote for Electors, 103. How Lovejoy Con-

quered Prejudice, 105. An Attempt to Kidnap Richard Yates, 106.

How Lovejoy Helped the Democrats, 108. Yates and the Ken-

tucky Colonel, 109. "It Made Our Very Hair Frizzle," 109.

CHAPTER IX-State Government-1861.

99-110

110-121

Twenty-second General Assembly, 110. Yates' Message, 113.

Special Session, 117. Yates' Message, 118.

CHAPTER X-Secession-Prosecution of the War................

122-131

Speech of Lyman Trumbull, 122. Speech of John A. McClernand,

126. Speech of Owen Lovejoy, 127. Speech of John F. Farns-

worth, 129. Speech of Isaac N. Arnold, 130.

CHAPTER XI-Before the Conflict......

131-136

Lincoln's Departure for Washington, 132. Farewell Words at

Springfield, 133. Speech at Cincinnati, 133. Inaugural Message,

134. Resignation of Southern Senators and Representatives, 136.

Vulgar Cartoon of Lincoln by Harper's Weekly, 135.

CHAPTER XII-Stephen A. Douglas......

Douglas' Prophecy, 136. Avows His Determination to Stand by

President Lincoln, 137. His Patriotic Address at Springfield, 138.

Speech at Chicago, 139. Death at Chicago, 141. Monument to

His Memory, 142.

136-142

CHAPTER XIII-Constitutional Convention of 1862...

142-144

Assumed Powers not Delegated, 143. Rejection of the Constitu-

tion, 144. Adoption of Article Relating to Negroes and Mulat-

toes, 144.

CHAPTER XIV-State Campaign of 1862.

145-147

CHAPTER XV-State Government-1863.

147-162

Stirring Message of Governor Yates, 150. Peace Resolutions, 151.

Counter Resolutions, 155. Vote on the Minority and Majority Re-

ports, 158. Senator Funk, 159. Prorogation, 161. Decision of

Supreme Court, 162.

Number of Soldiers Furnished by Counties, 172. Allen C. Fuller,

173.

CHAPTER XIX-John A. Logan....

A Slander Refuted, 174. Declination to Become a Candidate for

Congressman-at-Large in 1862, 176. Patriotic Address to his

Command in 1863, 177. When McPherson Fell, 178. Sherman's

Official Account of Logan's Gallantry, 178.

CHAPTER XX-Abraham Lincoln.......

An account of his early manhood as written by himself, 181.

Speech at Philadelphia, 183. First Inaugural, 184. Speech at

Gettysburg, 186. Kentucky Letter, 187. Second Inaugural, 189.

Last Speech, 190. Assassination, 195. How Lincoln came to

Challenge Douglas, 195. Never lan Abolitionist, 196. "I have

never kept liquor in my house and will not begin now," 197. A

One-Idea Court, 197.

CHAPTER XXI-State Campaign of 1866..

CHAPTER XXII-State Government-1867....

Twenty-fifth General Assembly, 201.

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174-181

181-198

198-200

200-204

Canal Scrip Fraud, 218. Letter of ex-Gov. Matteson to the Com-

mittee of Investigation, 218. Mortgage of his Property to Secure

the Payment of $250,000, 219. Macallister & Stebbins Bonds Fraud,

220. Gov. Bissell's Emphatic Denial of any Knowledge of the

Fraud, 220.

CHAPTER XXVIII-State Government-1871..

Twenty-seventh General Assembly, 221.

CHAPTER XXIX-State Campaign-1872..

Formation of the Liberal Republican Party, 226. Great Defection

in the Republican Party, 227. Yates' Cabinet Deserts the Re-

publican Party, 223. Yates Stands by the Silent Soldier," 228.

Lippincott True to the Republican Party, 228. Dissolution of the

New Party, 229. No Democratic Tickets, 230. State Campaign,

230. Aggregate Vote for State Officers, Members of Congress and

Presidential Electors, 231.

221-226

226-234

CHAPTER XXX-State Government-1873

235-242

Twenty-eighth General Assembly, 235. Closing Words of Gov.

Palmer's Message, 239.

CHAPTER XXXI-State Campaign of 1874..

242-244

245-248

CHAPTER XXXII-State Government-1875....

Twenty-ninth General Assembly, 245.

CHAPTER XXXIII-A Vision of War..

Speech of Robert G. Ingersoll, 249.

249-251

He is the Projector of the Illinois Central Railroad, 266. His Won-

derful Prediction Regarding the Growth and Magnitude of Rail-

ways in the United States, 269.

How he first entered the Army in the War for the Union, 281.

His Correspondence with Lee, 284. An Insult to the President

and the Nation, 287.

CHAPTER XLI-State Government-1881..

290-293

Thirty-second General Assembly, 290.

CHAPTER XLII-O. H. Browning.....

294-300

Unpublished Correspondence between Browning and Lincoln.

295. Browning's personal friendship for Lincoln, and his abso-

lute Loyalty to his Government, 299.

CHAPTER XLIII-State Campaign of 1882....

301-305

CHAPTER XLIV-Official Vote for President in 1880....

Electoral vote of each State in 1884. 306. Vote of Illinois for

President and State Officers in 1880, 307. Vote for Congressmen

in 1882, 309. Vote for Senators in 1880 in counties which have not

since elected Senators, but which elect Senators in 1884, 313.

CHAPTER XLV-State Government-1883......

305-316

316-325

Thirty-third General Assembly, 316. Gov. Cullom's Message, 321.

Gov. Hamilton's Veto Message of "House Bill No. 504," 323. Gov.

Hamilton on Mob Law, 325.

CHAPTER XLVI-John Dement.......

CHAPTER XLVII-About Colored People........

Gov. Coles fined $2,000 under the Black Laws, 329. Why Black

Laws were enacted, 330. Black Laws approved. 333. Vote of the

State in 1862 on article prohibiting colored emigration, 534.

Vote of soldiers on prohibition of colored emigration, 334. What

Connecticut did, 335. What Massachusetts did, 337. What the

Nation did, 338. Transition from Slavery to Freedom, 339. Whip-

ped and ordered from the State, 342. A case of kidnapping, 343.

Tribulations of free negroes, 344. A free colored boy's expe-

rience, 346. Last attempt to return a fugitive slave, 347. Trials

of contrabands, 347. Mobbed on account of his vote, 350. First

colored school, 350. Blood hounds, 351. Colored jurors, 351.

Adoption of amendments, 351. First colored vote cast in Cairo, 352.

326-328

329-353

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CHAPTER XLVIII-About Women

Mrs. Juliet C. Raum, 353. Mrs. Catherine Wilson, 354. Mrs. Mary

Todd Lincoln, 355. Mrs. Mary S. Logan, 357. Women Lawyers,

358. Women School Officers, 359. Women Notaries Public, 359.

How long will it be before they can vote? 360.

CHAPTER XLIX-Illinois National Guard...

CHAPTER L-Green B. Raum.....

353-360

360-361

362-371

Delegates in Congress from 1811-1818, 377. Representatives from

1818-1885, 377. Senators from 1818-1889, 387.

CHAPTER LV-State Funds ......

Disbursement of State Funds December 1, 1839, to October 1, 1882,

397. Legislative-Executive-Judicial-Debt for Public Works-

Educational-Internal improvement Debt-Miscellaneous-Total

-State Debt-Its Payment, 397.

391-397

CHAPTER LVI-Speech of Robert G. Ingersoll, Nominating Blaine... 398–400

CHAPTER LVII-Illinois and the National Government....

Positions held in the National Government-Commissioner of the

Land Office-Clerk of the Lower House of Congress-Presidency

-Marshal of the District of Columbia-Associate Justice of the

Supreme Court-Secretary of the Interior-Assistant Attorney-

General-Secretary of War-Commander of the Armies-Lieuten-

ant-General and General-Secretary of State-Assistant Post-

master-General-Solicitor of the Treasury-Commissioner of In-

ternal Revenue-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury-Assistant

Secretary of the Interior-Vice-Presidency-Public Printer.

400-403

CHAPTER LVIII-Speech of Roscoe Conkling, Nominating Grant... 403 407

CHAPTER LIX-Our State Banks.......

What the People lost when they went into liquidation, 408.

CHAPTER LX-Patrons of Husbandry......

CHAPTER LXI-Temperance Legislation.......

A Petitition Signed by Eighty Thousand Voters and One Hundred

Thousand Women, 411. Miss Frances Willard Addresses the Illi-

nois General Assembly, 411. Passage of the High License Bill 412.

CHAPTER LXII-Incidents and Anecdotes.....

Owen Lovejoy Egged in Bloomington, 413. "Will the Sheriff call

Mr. Pffrimmer, " 414. Wentworth and Browning, 414. "Till he was

Conscripted, " 415. U. F. Linder and the "Little Doctor, " 415. "Celes-

tial Meridian of 36° 30′," 417. "Not according to Jefferson, but

the Gentleman from Jefferson," 417. "I thought I would let you

make a Water-Dog of him," 418. How Col. Reuben Loomis was

407

408-409

409-412

413-426