Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics

by Allen Johnson

[237] Polk, MS. Diary, Entry for December 14, 1846.

[238] Ford, History of Illinois, p. 390.

[239] Polk, MS. Diary, Entry for January 6, 1847.

[240] Forney, Anecdotes of Public Men, I, pp. 146-147.

[241] Globe, 30 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 92.

[242] Globe, 30 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 222.

[243] Globe, 32 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 172.

[244] The debate is reported in the Globe, 30 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 500 ff.

[245] Globe, 30 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 506.

[246] Ibid., p. 507.