CHAPTER III. Growth of Lincoln's reputation.-His dejection.-Greeley's letters.-Herndon's mission to the Eastern states.Interviews with Seward, Douglas, Greeley, Beecher, and others. The letter from Boston.-The Springfield convention.-Lincoln nominated Senator.-The "house-dividedagainst-itself" speech.-Reading it to his friends.-Their comments and complaints.-Douglas's first speech in Chicago. The joint canvass.-Lincoln and Douglas contrasted.-Lincoln on the stump.-Positions of Lincoln and Douglas.-Incidents of the debate. The result.-More letters from Horace Greeley.-How Lincoln accepted his defeat.-A specimen of his oratory. CHAPTER IV. Detailed account of the campaign of 1858 by Horace White.-Douglas's imposing entrance into Chicago.-His opening speech.-Meetings at Beardstown, Havana, and Lewiston.-Description of the two champions at Ottawa.— The Dixon conference.-The Freeport debate and its important consequences.-Mr. Lincoln's minor meetings.-His impressive speech at Edwardsville.—Increasing excitement as the campaign proceeded.-Remarkable gatherings at Charleston and Galesburg.-Debates at Quincy and Alton. -The "Danites."-Senator Trumbull, Owen Lovejoy, Carl Schurz, Frank P. Blair, and other participants.-The election. PAGES 59-87 88-132 CHAPTER V. A glimpse of Lincoln's home.—Sunday in the office with the boys.-Mrs. Lincoln's temper.-Troubles with the servants. Letter to John E. Rosette.-What Lincoln did when the domestic sea was troubled.—A retrospect.-Lincoln's want of speculation.-His superstition.-Reading the life of Edmund Burke.-His scientific notions.-Writing the book against Christianity.-Recollections of Lincoln's views by old friends.-Statement of Mrs. Lincoln. 133-156 CHAPTER VI. Effect of the canvass of 1858 on Lincoln's pocket-book.— Attempts to lecture.-On the stump with Douglas in Ohio.Incidents of the Ohio canvass.-The dawn of 1860.-Presidential suggestions.-Meeting in the office of the Secretary of State. The Cooper Institute speech.-Speaking in New England.-Looming up.-Preparing for Chicago.-Letters to a friend. The Decatur convention.-John Hanks bringing in the rails.-The Chicago convention.-The canvass of 1860.-Lincoln casting his ballot.-Attitude of the clergy in Springfield. The election and result. CHAPTER VII. Arrival of the office-seekers in Springfield.-Recollections of a newspaper correspondent.-How Lincoln received the cabinet-makers.-Making up the cabinet.-A letter from Henry Wilson.-Visiting Chicago and meeting with Joshua F. Speed.-Preparing the Inaugural address.-Lincoln's selfconfidence.-Separation from his step-mother.-Last days in Springfield.-Parting with old associates.-Departure of the Presidential party from Springfield. The journey to Washington and efforts to interrupt the same.-The investigations of Allan Pinkerton.-The Inauguration. CHAPTER VIII. In the Presidential chair.-Looking after his friends.— Settling the claims of David Davis.-Swett's letter.-The visit of Herndon.-The testimony of Mrs. Edwards.—Letter from and interview with Mrs. Lincoln.—A glimpse into the White House.-A letter from John Hay.-Bancroft's eulogy.-Strictures of David Davis.-Dennis Hanks in Washington. PAGES 157-178 179-207 208-230 CHAPTER IX. The recollections of Lincoln by Joshua F. Speed.—An interesting letter by Leonard Swett. 231-248 |