CHAPTER XV.-THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN: Brooks's assault on
Sumner. Two confusing influences.- Nomination of Buchanan.
-First national Republican convention.- The situation in Kan-
sas.- -In Massachusetts.-Governor Gardner.-Henry L. Dawes.
-The character of the Republican party.- Defeated, not dis-
couraged.......
CHAPTER XVIII.—THE RIPENING JOURNALIST: The education of
the times.-Republicanism, a school of statesmanship.- Partisan-
ship and independence.-The Republican's declaration of inde-
pendence.-Instinct for news.-Attitude toward public men.—