[912] Ibid., p. 38.
[913] Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 39. It is not unlikely that Douglas may have been reassured on this point by some communication from Lincoln himself. The Diary of a Public Man (North American Review, Vol. 129,) p. 130, gives the impression that they had been in correspondence. Personal relations between them had been cordial even in 1859, just after the debates; See Publication No. 11, of the Illinois Historical Library, p. 191.
[914] Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 39.
[915] Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 41.
[916] Ibid., p. 42.
[917] January 10th, 11th, and 19th.
[918] The resolution was carried, 25 to 23, six Southern Senators refusing to vote. Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 409.
[919] McPherson, Political History of the Rebellion, p. 39.
[920] Diary of a Public Man, pp. 133-134. Douglas was on terms of intimacy with the writer, and must have shared these communications. Besides, Douglas had independent sources of information.
[921] Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., pp. 445-446.