COPYRIGHT, 1896

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press. New Rocbelle, A. 1.

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS.

V. THE ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE.

(Continued from Vol. II.)

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE

ON THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL-UNITED STATES SENATE,

FEBRUARY 3, 1854.

EDWARD EVERETT

ON THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL-UNITED STATES SENATE,

FEBRUARY 8, 1854.

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STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS.

ON THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL-United States Senate,

MARCH 3, 1854.

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CHARLES SUMNER

ON THE CRIME AGAINST KANSAS-UNITED STATES SENATE,

MAY 19-20, 1856.

PRESTON S. BROOKS

ON THE SUMNER ASSAULT-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

JULY 14, 1856.

JUDAH P. BENJAMIN

ON THE PROPERTY DOCTRINE AND SLAVERY IN THE TERRI-

TORIES-UNITED STATES SENATE, MARCH 11, 1858.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ON THE DRED SCOTT DECISION-Springfield, ILLS., JUNE 26,

1857.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ON HIS NOMINATION TO THe United States Senate-at the

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, SPRINGFIeld, Ills.. June

16, 1859.

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THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEbate.

DOUGLAS IN REPLY TO LINCOLN-FREEPORT, ILLS., AUGUST
27, 1858.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD .

ON THE IRREPressible Conflict-Rochester, N. Y., Octo-

BER 25, 1858.

VI.-SECESSION.

JOHN PARKER HALE

ON SECESSION; MODERATE REPUBLICAN OPINION-UNITED

STATES SENATE, DECEMBER 5, 1860.

ALFRED IVERSON

ON SECESSION; SECESSIONIST OPINION-UNITED STATES

SENATE, DECEMBER 5, 1860.

BENJAMIN WAde.

ON Secession, and the State of the Union; Radical Re-

PUBLICAN OPINION-UNITED STATES SENATE, DECEMBER

17, 1860.

JOHN JORDON CRITTENDEN

ON THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE; BORDER STATE UNIONIST

OPINION-UNITED STATES SENATE, DECEMBER 18, 1860.

ROBERT TOOMBS

ON SECESSION; SECESSIONIST OPINION-UNITED STATES

SENATE, JANUARY 7, 1861.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX

ON SECESSION; DOUGLAS DEMOCRATIC OPINION-HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 14, 1861.

JEFFERSON DAVIS

ON WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNION; SECESSIONIST OPINION-

UNITED STATES SENATE, JANUARY 21, 1861.

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LIST OF PORTRAITS.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

From a painting by COL. J. TRUmbull.

VOL. I.

PATRICK HENRY

From a painting by JAMES B. Longacre.

SAMUEL ADAMS

From a steel engraving.

JAMES MADISON

From a painting by GILBERT Stuart.

FISHER AMES

From a painting by GILBERT STUart. THOMAS JEFFERSON

From a painting by GILBERT Stuart. JOHN RANDOLPH

EDWARD EVERETT.

JEFFERSON DAVIS
From a photograph.

SALMON P. CHASE.

From a daguerreotype, engraved by F. E. JONES.

From a painting by R. M. STAIGG.

STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS.
From a steel engraving.

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