[352] Stephens, Const. View of the War between the States, II, pp. 178 ff.
[353] For an account of this interesting episode, see Stephens, War Between the States, II, pp. 202-204. Boyd, not McClernand, was chairman of the House Committee, but the latter introduced the bills by agreement with Richardson.
[354] Globe, 31 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 662, 757.
[355] See Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 132-134. See also Douglas's speech in the Senate, Dec. 23, 1851, and the testimony of Jefferson Davis, Globe, 31 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1830.
[356] Globe, 31 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1115.
[357] Ibid., p. 1116.
[358] Globe, 31 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 1134-1135.
[359] Ibid., p. 1135.
[360] Ibid., p. 1134.
[361] Ibid., pp. 1143-1144.