FOOTNOTES:

[370] The speech is given in part by Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 171 ff; and at greater length by Flint, Douglas, App., pp. 3 ff.

[371] Sheahan, Douglas, p. 186; Flint, Douglas, App., p. 30.

[372] Globe,31 Cong., 2 Sess., Debate of February 21 and 22, 1851.

[373] Globe, 31 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 312.

[374] Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 1120.

[375] MS. Letter dated December 30, 1851.

[376] Mann, Life of Horace Mann, pp. 351, 358, 362.

[377] Senator Foote introduced the subject December 2, 1851, by a resolution pronouncing the compromise measures a "definite adjustment and settlement."

[378] Rhodes, History of the United States, 1, p. 230.