[858] Ibid., July 28.
[859] New York Times, July. 24.
[860] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 482-483.
[861] Wilson, Slave Power in America, II, p. 699.
[862] This was the view of a well-informed correspondent of the New York Times, August 10, 14, 16, 1860. From this point of view, Douglas's tour through Maine in August takes on special significance.
[863] Wilson, Slave Power in America, II, 699.
[864] Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 487, 489.
[865] New York Times, August 16, 1860.
[866] Ibid., August 29, 1860.
[867] This can hardly be regarded as a sober opinion. Clingman had become convinced by conversation with Douglas that he was not making the canvass in his own behalf, but in order to weaken and divide the South, so as to aid Lincoln. Clingman, Speeches and Writings, p. 513.