[703] Ibid., p. 63.

[704] Debates, p. 64.

[705] Ibid., pp. 64-65.

[706] Ibid., p. 66.

[707] Debates, p. 66.

[708] Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp. 104-105.

[709] For the following description I have drawn freely from the narratives of eye-witnesses. I am particularly indebted to the graphic account by Mr. Carl Schurz in McClure's Magazine, January, 1907.

[710] Mr. Schurz in McClure's, January, 1907.

[711] Debates, p. 67.

[712] Debates, p. 68.