[778] New Orleans Delta, December 8, 1858, quoted by Chicago Times, December 19, 1858.
[779] Rhodes, History of United States, II, p. 355.
[780] See reported conversation of Douglas with the editor of the Chicago Press and Tribune, Hollister, Life of Colfax, p. 123.
[781] Letcher to Crittenden; Coleman. Life of John J. Crittenden, II, p. 171; Hollister, Colfax, p. 124.
[782] New Orleans Delta, December 8, 1858.
[783] Globe, 35 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1243.
[784] Globe, 35 Cong., 2: Sess., p. 1245.
[785] Ibid., pp. 1247-1248.
[786] Globe, 35 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1259.
[787] Ibid., p. 1258.