man, too, in seeing all united for him, is inspired with vigilance, and energy, and daring, to the same end. Grant that he desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already advanced steps toward it than by running backward over them? Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl, we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. Speech on Reconstruction; April 11, 1865. 1, is in- SOODer toward Louis egg wl by it.- 165. INDEX [NOTE: L. is the abbreviation of Lincoln.] ABOLITION. See Slavery. Agriculture, advantages of thorough cultivation, 89, 94; Alton, Ill., debate with Douglas at, 72. Army, The (for Negro soldiers, see Slavery), on Baltimore, Md., remarks at sanitary fair in, 168. Baptists, letter to committee of, 169. Bible, The, all sufficient for present and future life, 171. Bixby, Mrs., letter to, 173. Bloomington, Ill., speech before First Republican Con- Border State Representatives, appeal to, 141. Browning, O. H., letter to, 134. Buchanan, James, accepts doctrine of "State equality," Ca isius, Dr. Theodore, letter to, 80. Cass, Lewis, burlesque of his military career, 21. hicago, Ill., speech at Republican banquet in, Dec. Christian Commission, L. endorses, 157. Cincinnati, O., speech at, Sept. 17, 1859, 83; remarks Clay, Henry, eulogy of, 25; in favor of gradual eman- Clinton, Ill., speech at, 61. Condolence, letter of, to Miss Fannie McCullough, Congress, speech in, on President Polk, 15; speech in, Conkling, James C., letter to, 164. Constitution, The. See Slavery. Cooper Union, New York, speech at, 104. Declaration of Independence (see also Slavery), Democratic Party (see also Douglas, Stephen A.), Divine Will, meditation on the, 150. Douglas, Senator Stephen A., L. attacks his popular Durley, Williamson, letter to, 11. Education, basis of enduring prosperity, 93, 95. Emancipation. See Slavery. Emancipation Proclamation, Preliminary, 149. Fashion, influence of, 6. Fast Day, proclamation of, March 30, 1863, 158. Finance, L. in candidacy for Illinois legislature an- Fisher, C. H., letter to, 115. Fletcher, Governor Thomas C., letter to, 174. Free Trade. See Tariff. Frémont, General John C., L. opposes his or of Fugitive Slave Law. See Slavery. Galena, Ill., speech at, 44. Galesburg, Ill., debate with Douglas at, 66. Gentry, Matthew (an insane friend of L.), poem on, 13. Government (see also Slavery), object of, to secure Greeley, Horace, letter to, 144. Gurney, Mrs., reply to an address by, 149. Hammond, J. H., his "mud-sill" theory, 90. Hartford, Ct., speech at, 108. rienry, Dr. A. G, letter to, 76. Herndon, William H., letter to, 19. Homestead Law. L. endorses, 118. Hooker, General Joseph, letter to, 155. Hunter, General David, letter to, 140. Immigrants, no discrimination against, 80, 118. Inaugural Address, First, on March 4, 1861, 122. Inaugural Address, Second, on March 4, 1861, 175; L.'s comments on, 176. Tadiana Legislature, remarks to, 177. Indiana Regiment, remarks to an, 177. Internal Improvements, L. in candidacy for Illinois Invention, Adam an inventor, 97; of speech, 98; of Jackson, Andrew, Democracy's sole Presidential ma- Jefferson, Thomas, letter to Jefferson Dinner Commit- Johnson, Governor Andrew, letter to, 158. Johnston, William, letter to, April 18, 1846, 11; letter Jonesboro, Ill., debate with Douglas at, 62. Know-nothing, L. not a, 43. Labor (see also Government, Slavery), gives title to Law, notes for a lecture on, 23. Lincoln, Abraham, poem on, by Lowell, vii; considers Louisiana, reconstruction in, 178. Lowell. James Russell, poem on L., vii. Madison, James, avows word slave ought not to appear McCullough, Miss Fannie, letter to, 153. Manchester, England, letter to workingmen of, 154. |