Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

by Allen Johnson

[848] Stanwood, History of the Presidency, p. 286; Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 211.

[849] Halstead, p. 216.

[850] Flint, Douglas, pp. 213-215.

[851] New York Times, July 3, 1860.

[852] Ibid., June 26.

[853] MS. letter, Douglas to C.H. Lanphier, July 5, 1860. He wrote in a similar vein to a friend in Missouri, July 4, 1860.

[854] New York Times, July 20, 1860.

[855] Ibid., July 21.

[856] Ibid., July 21.

[857] Ibid., July 24.