his position at Illinois bar, 68;
charges Lincoln with lacking patriotism in opposing Mexican war, 77;
introduces Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 94;
mobbed in Chicago, 95;
debates with Lincoln in campaign of 1854, 95, 96;
proposes a truce, 96;
candidate for Democratic nomination in 1856, 101;
opposes Lecompton Constitution, 106;
leading figure in public life, 106;
his character and ability, 106;