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SPEECHES.
COMPILED BY
L. E. CHITTENDEN,
Ex-Register of the Treasury,
AUTHOR OF "PRESIDENT LINCOLN,"
REMINISCENCES," ETC.
PERSONAL
NEW YORK:
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.
1896.
Copyright, 1895,
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.
University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
Address to the People of Sangamon County.
From his Address before the Young Men's Lyceum
of Springfield, Illinois, on the Perpetuation of our
Political Institutions.
Mr. Lincoln's Earliest Announcement of His Politi-
cal Opinions
From his Protest in the Journal of the Legislature
of Illinois, signed by Mr. Lincoln and Dan Stone
Extracts from a Political Debate between Mr. Lin-
coln, E. D. Baker, and others, against Stephen A.
Douglas, Josiah Lamborn, and others, held in
the Second Presbyterian Church in Springfield,
Illinois
Extracts from his Address before the Springfield
Washingtonian Temperance Society.
From the Circular of the Whig Committee
From his Speech in the House of Representatives
of the United States
From his Reply to Senator Douglas, delivered at Peoria, Illinois. Origin of the Wilmot Proviso.
Extracts from Letter to Joshua F. Speed .
From his Discussion of the Decision in the Dred
Scott Case, at Springfield, Illinois.
60
The "Divided House" Speech delivered at Spring-
field, Illinois, on his Nomination to the Senate of
the United States
108 fried
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71
From his Speech at Chicago, in reply to the Speech
of Judge Douglas, on the Evening of July 9,
1858
From his Speech at Springfield, Illinois
The Lincoln and Douglas Debate:
The First Meeting at Ottawa, Illinois
86
117
From the Debate at Freeport, Illinois
In Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas at
Freeport .
From Mr. Lincoln's Reply at Jonesboro.
From Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas
at Charlestown, Illinois .
From Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at
Galesburg, Illinois
Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Sev-
enth and Last Joint Debate at Alton, Illinois .
From his Speech at Columbus, Ohio
From his Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio
· 142
147
149
165
205
213
222
From his Speech of February 27, 1860, at the Cooper
Institute, New York
From his Speech at New Haven, Connecticut
His Letter to Hon. Geo. Ashmun, President, accept-
ing his Nomination for the Presidency
To the Citizens of Springfield, on his departure for
Washington.
223
From his Remarks at Indianapolis, Indiana
From his Address to the Legislature at Indianapo-
From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
From his Address at Trenton, to the Senate of New
Jersey
Address at Independence Hall, Philadelphia .
From his Reply to the Governor, and his Address
to the Legislature at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania. 236
Reply to the Mayor of Washington, D. C..
From the First Inaugural Address
From his First Message to Congress, at the Special
Session, July 4, 1861
From his Message to Congress at its Regular Ses-
sion at
and
His Reply to the Lutheran Ministers
249
259
265
266
From a Letter to General McClellan.
From his Proclamation revoking General Hunter's
Order setting the Slaves free; and offering Com-
pensated Emancipation to Slave Owners
Appeal to the Border States to accept Compensated
Emancipation
Letter to Cuthbert Bullitt
From his Letter to Count Gasparin
His Letter to Horace Greeley
From his Reply to the Chicago Committee of
United Religious Denominations, urging Imme-
diate Emancipation .
268
269
273
277
279
281
His Order to remember and keep the Sabbath
Day
286
From the Annual Message to Congress.
287
Draft of the Proclamation of Emancipation as Sub-
mitted to the Cabinet for Final Revision
His Letter to the Working-men of Manchester,
England . .
Letter to Rev. Alexander Reed.
From his Reply to the Presbyterian Clergymen
Letter to Erastus Corning and Others
From his Reply to the Resolutions of the Demo-
cratic State Convention of Ohio
The Letter to James C. Conkling .