[302] McPherson's Reconstruction, p. 45.

[303] Blaine's Twenty Tears of Congress, Vol. 2, p. 14.

[304] Edward L. Pierce, Life of Sumner, Vol. 4, p. 376; Sumner's Works, Vol. 11, p. 19.

[305] James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 2, p. 63.

[306] New York Tribune, September 4, 1866.

[307] Thornton K. Lothrop, Life of Seward, p. 424.

[308] James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 2, p. 115.

[309] This speech does not appear in his Works, but was published at the time of its delivery in pamphlet form.

[310] New York Independent, May 31, 1866.

[311] James Russell Lowell, Political Essays, p. 296.