Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

by Allen Johnson

[838] Globe, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2155.

[839] Ibid., p. 2156.

[840] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 456.

[841] Globe, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2344.

[842] See Wise, Life of Henry A. Wise, pp. 264-265.

[843] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 472.

[844] Ibid., p. 472.

[845] Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, pp. 227-228.

[846] Ibid., pp. 194-195.

[847] The letter was written at Washington, June 22d, at 9:30 a.m.