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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE.
Early History of the Family.-Removal of the President's Grandfather
from Virginia to Kentucky.-He is Killed by the Indians.-Auto-
biography of the President.-His Father's Marriage.-His Mother.
-Their Children.-Death of His Mother.-His Education.-Books
He Read.-Father's Second Marriage.-Trip to New Orleans. 13-27
CHAPTER II.
LIFE AT NEW SALEM.
The Lincoln Family Remove to Illinois. -Second Trip to New Orleans.
-Life at New Salem.-Jack Armstrong and the Clary Grove Boys.
-Black Hawk War.-Acquires the Name of "Honest Abe."-Post-
master at Salem. - Trust Funds. Studies Law.-A Surveyor.-
Story of Anne Rutledge.—Elected to the Legislature. 28-44
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CHAPTER III.
THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
Lincoln at Twenty-Five.-At Vandalia.-Re-elected in 1836.-Replies
to Forquer. To Dr. Early. - To Col. Taylor. - State Capital
Removed from Vandalia to Springfield. — Anti-Slavery Protest.—
Re-elected in 1838.-Removes to Springfield.-Re-elected in 1840.-
Partnership with John T. Stuart.—Riding the Circuit.
45-60
CHAPTER IV.
MISCELLANEOUS SPEECHES AND MARRIAGE.
Speech of 1837 on Perpetuation of the Government.-Reply to Douglas
in 1839.-Temperance Address.-Partnership with Judge Logan.—
Campaign of 1840.-Protects Baker while Speaking.-Mary Todd.—
Lincoln's Courtship. — Challenged by Shields. - His Marriage.—
Entertains President Van Buren. -Elected to Congress. 61-75
CHAPTER V.
CONGRESS AND THE BAR.
Lincoln Takes His Seat in Congress.-His Colleagues and Associates.
-How He Impressed Them.-His First Speech.-Speech on the
Mexican War.-Delegate to National Convention.-His Campaign
Speech. -Introduces Bill to Abolish Slavery in District of Columbia.
-Seeks Appointment as Commissioner of Land Office.—Declines to
be Governor of Oregon.-At the Bar.-Defends Bill Armstrong.-
Lincoln as an Advocate, Lawyer and Orator. 76-91
CHAPTER VI.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.
Slavery at the Adoption of the Constitution.-Efforts for its Abolition.
-Ordinance of 1787.—Its Growth.-Its Acquisition of Territory.-
Florida.- Louisiana.- The Missouri Compromise.-Annexation of
Texas.-The Wilmot Proviso.- Mexican Provinces Seized.-The
Liberty Party.—Its Growth.—The Buffalo Convention.-The Com-
promise of 1850. 92-107
CHAPTER VII.
THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS.
Stephen Arnold Douglas.-Repeal of the Missouri Compromise.—The
Nebraska Bill.-Condition of Matters in Kansas.-Lincoln Comes
Forward as the Champion of Freedom. -Speeches at Springfield and
Peoria. Election of Trumbull to the United States Senate. 108-123
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Republican Party.-The Bloomington Convention.-Platform.—
William H. Bissell.- Republican Convention at Pittsburgh.-At
Philadelphia. - Nomination of Fremont and Dayton. - Douglas
Opposes the Lecompton Constitution. - Dred Scott Decision.- Lincoln Nominated for the Senate.-Speech at Springfield, June, 1858. 124-138
CHAPTER IX.
THE LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATE.
Douglas's Return to Illinois.-Speeches of Lincoln and Douglas at
Chicago, Bloomington and Springfield.-Lincoln and Douglas Com-
pared. The Joint Discussions at Charleston. At Freeport.-At
Alton.
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139-152
CHAPTER X.
LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDENT.
Douglas Re-elected to the Senate.-Lincoln Assessed for Expenses of
the Canvass.-Visit to Kansas.-Called to Ohio.-Speaks at Colum-
bus and Cincinnati.—In the New England States.-He Shrinks
from the Candidacy.-The Cooper Institute Speech.- Is Nomi-
nated for President.-The Campaign. - Douglas's Canvass.- Lin-
coln's Election. 153-171
CHAPTER XI.
LINCOLN REACHES WASHINGTON.
Buchanan's Weakness.-Traftors in his Cabinet.- Efforts to Compro-
mise. Seven States Secede and Organize Provisional Government.—
The Counting of the Electoral Vote.-Lincoln Starts for Washing-
ton. His Journey.-The Assassination Plot.- His Arrival at the
Capital. 172-187
CHAPTER XII.
LINCOLN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
Lincoln's Inauguration.- His Cabinet.- Douglas's Prophecy.- South
Carolina, the Prodigal Son.-Douglas's Rallying Cry for the Union.
-His Death. Difficulties of the President.- Rebels Begin the
War.-Uprising of the People.-Death of Ellsworth.-Great Britain
and France Recognize the Confederates as Belligerents.- Negroes.
Declared "Contraband." 188-219
CHAPTER XIII.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Prominent Members of 37th Congress.-President's Message.-Vacant
Chairs of Prominent Rebels. Baker's Reply to Breckenridge.-
Andrew Johnson. - Owen Lovejoy. — Law to Free the Slaves of
Rebels.-Bull Run.-Fremont's Order Freeing Slaves Modified by
the President.-Capture and Release of Mason and Slidell. 220-236
CHAPTER XIV.
EFFORTS FOR PEACEFUL EMANCIPATION.
President's Message.- Condition of the Country.- Death of Baker.-
Stanton, Secretary of War.-Abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia.-Prohibition in the Territories.-Employment of Negroes
as Soldiers.-Emancipation in the Border States.
CHAPTER XV.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
237-252:
Lincoln and Emancipation.-Greeley Demands It.-The People Pray
for It. McClellan's Warning. - Crittenden's Appeal. Lovejoy's
Response.-The Proclamation Issued.-Its Reception.-Question of
Its Validity. 253-271
CHAPTER XVI.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 1861-1862.
Battles in the West.-Belmont to Corinth.-Successes in the South.—
New Orleans Captured.-The Monitor.-McClellan and the Presi-
dent.-Pope's Campaign. -McClellan Re-instated. 272-294
CHAPTER XVII.
ANTIETAM AND CHANCELLORSVILLE.
Harper's Ferry Captured.-Antietam.- McClellan's Delay.- Relieved
of Command.- Burnside Appointed. Fredericksburg. - Burnside
Resigns.-Hooker Succeeds Him.-Lincoln's Letter to Hooker.-
Chancellorsville.
295-305
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE TIDE TURNS.
The Conscription.-West Virginia Admitted.—The War Powers.-
Suspension of Habeas Corpus. Case of Vallandigham. — Grant's
Capture of Vicksburg.-Gettysburg.-Lincoln's Speech. 306-330
CHAPTER XIX.
AFTER GETTYSBURG.
Effects of the Battle.-Lee Crosses the Potomac.- Chickamauga.—
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.-The Draft Riot in New
York. Meeting at Springfield.-The President's Letter to his old
Friends. 331-341
CHAPTER XX.
THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
Debate in the Senate. Speeches of Trumbull, Wilson, Johnson,
Howard and Others.-A New Year's Call on the President.-Debate
in the House.-Test Vote.-Speeches of Wilson, Arnold, Randall,
Pendleton and Others.-The Amendment Fails.
CHAPTER XXI.
PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT.
342-356
The President's Message.-His Personal Appeal to Rollins and Border
States Members.-Speeches by Voorhees, Kasson, Woodbridge and
Garfield. Thaddeus Stevens Closes the Debate.- The Resolution
Passes.- Lincoln's Speech on Its Passage.- Ratification by the
States.-Seward Certifies Its Adoption.
357-368