[379] Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 68.

[380] Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 63. About this time he wrote to a friend, "I shall act on the rule of giving the offices to those who fight the battles."

[381] Mann, Life of Horace Mann, p. 354.

[382] Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 70.

[383] Globe,32 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 70-71.

[384] See speech by Breckinridge of Kentucky in Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 299 ff.

[385] Pike, First Blows of the Civil War, p. 115.

[386] Statement by Richardson of Illinois in reply to J.C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, March 3, 1852. Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 302.

[387] "What with his Irish Organs, his Democratic reviews and an armful of other strings, each industriously pulled, he makes a formidable show." Pike, First Blows of the Civil War, p. 115.

[388] MS. Letter, February 25, 1852.