OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF HIS TIME COLLECTED AND EDITED BY ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE EDITOR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW NEW YORK NORTH AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 30 LAFAYETTE PLACE CONTENTS. I. GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT. Too much Tail-The Dutch Gap Canal-I will make a PAGES I-4 II. HON. ELIHU B. WASHBURNE, EX-MINISTER TO FRANCE. Early Life of Abraham Lincoln-In the Black Hawk War (1837)-His First Political Success-Early Contemporaries Popularity as a Story-Teller— Brilliancy as a Stump-Speaker-A Strong Partisan of Clay-Personal Appearance of Old Abe-At the Presidential Inauguration Ball-On the Missouri Compromise (1854)-Lincoln Defeated for the Senate (1858)-President of the United States (1861)— Gloomy Misgivings on the Situation-Conspiracy to Assassinate the President-elect - Precautions against Assassination-"How are you, Lincoln ?" Mr. Blaine's Error-Would not Decline a Second Term (1863)-The Fall of Richmond-" Mr. Lincoln has been Assassinated". 5-45 |