nominated by Democrats, i. 101;
elected President, his character, 102;
refers to Dred Scott decision in inaugural address, 102;
his recognition of Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, 105;
despised by Douglas, 108;
accused by Lincoln of plotting to make slavery national, 126;
his hard situation in 1860, 180;
distracted in body and mind, 181;
receives secession commissioners of South Carolina, 186;
a Unionist in feeling, 187;