[389] Pike, First Blows of the Civil War, p. 118.
[390] Burke-Pierce Correspondence, printed in American Historical Review, X, pp. 110 ff. See also Stanwood, History of the Presidency, p. 248, and Rhodes, History of the United States, I, pp. 251-252.
[391] Proceedings of Democratic National Convention of 1852.
[392] See Rhodes, History of the United States, I, pp. 424-425.
[393] To attribute to Douglas, from this time on, as many writers have done, a purpose to pander to the South, is not only to discredit his political foresight, but to misunderstand his position in the Northwest and to ignore his reiterated assertions.
[394] Richmond Enquirer, quoted in Illinois Register, August 3, 1852.
[395] Illinois State Register, December 23, 1852.
[396] Washington Union, November 30, 1852. On a joint ballot of the legislature Douglas received 75 out of 95 votes. See Illinois State Register, January 5, 1853.
[397] Illinois State Register, December 23, 1852.
[398] Smith, Parties and Slavery, pp. 88-93.