[984] Forney, Anecdotes, I, p. 225.
[985] Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 249 note; Forney, Anecdotes, I, p. 225.
[986] Many friends of Douglas have assured me of their unshaken belief in this story.
[987] Forney, Anecdotes, I, pp. 121, 226.
[988] Philadelphia Press, April 26, 1861.
[989] Philadelphia Press, April 26, 1861.
[990] The Philadelphia Press, April 26, 1861, reprinted the speech from the Wheeling Intelligencer of April 21, 1861.
[991] J.D. Cox, Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, I, pp. 5-6.
[992] Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp. 126-127.
[993] Senator Cullom of Illinois, quoted in Arnold, Lincoln, p. 201, note.