Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

by Allen Johnson

[655] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 572-573.

[656] Washington Union, February 26, 1858.

[657] Richmond South, quoted in Chicago Times, December 18, 1857.

[658] Sheahan, Douglas, p. 328; Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 193-194.

[659] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 194-201, passim.

[660] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 297-299.

[661] Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, p. 563.

[662] Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, pp. 566-567.

[663] This cannot, of course, be demonstrated, but it accords with his subsequent conduct.

[664] Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1869.