[175] Speech of Mr. Pettit, of Indiana, in the Senate, on the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, February 20, 1854: Congressional Globe, 33d Cong. 1st Sess., p. 214.

[176] Congressional Globe, 36th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 487.

[177] Crosby’s Life of Lincoln, (Philadelphia, 1865,) pp. 86, 87. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1861.

[178] Rebellion Record, Vol. I., Documents, pp. 45, 46.

[179] Address at the Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863.—“Copied from the original.” Arnold’s History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery, (Chicago, 1866,) pp. 423-46.

[180] Table-Talk; The King.

[181] Essai Politique sur le Royaume de La Nouvelle Espagne, Liv. II. ch. 6.

[182] Charles Comte, Traité de Législation, Tom. IV., pp. 129, 445.

[183] Bouvier, Law Dictionary, (3d edit.,) art. Freeman.

[184] Corfield v. Coryell, 4 Washington, C. C. R., 381.