his talents and character, [33];

reports Nebraska bill, [33];

accepts Dixon Amendment repealing Missouri Compromise, [34];

offers amendment dividing the territory, [34];

his reasons, [35],

and why not convincing, [35], [36];

not a pro-slavery man, [36];

his reasons for repealing Missouri Compromise, [36], [37];

Lincoln's reply to his Springfield speech (1854), [39], [40] and n.;

and the senatorial election of 1854, [46] n.;