[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.