Page 387. Jarnagin. Spencer Jarnagin represented the state of Tennessee in the Senate from 1841 to 1847.
Page 387. Atherton. Charles G. Atherton (1804-53) was Senator from New Hampshire from 1843 to 1849.
Page 387. Colquitt. W. T. Colquitt (1799-1855) was Senator from Georgia from 1843 to 1849.
Page 387. Johnson. Reverdy Johnson was Senator from Maryland, 1845-49.
Page 387. Westcott. James D. Westcott, Senator from Florida, 1845-49.
Page 387. Lewis. Dixon H. Lewis, Senator from Alabama, 1844-48.
Page 388. Ichabod. This poem was the outcome of the surprise and grief and forecast of evil consequences which I felt on reading the seventh of March speech of Daniel Webster in support, of the "compromise," and the Fugitive Slave Law.... But death softens all resentments, and the consciousness of a common inheritance of frailty and weakness modifies the severity of judgment. Years after, in "The Lost Occasion," I gave utterance to an almost universal regret that the great statesman did not live to see the flag which he loved trampled under the feet of Slavery, and, in view of this desecration, make his last days glorious in defence of "Liberty and Union, one and inseparable."—Author's note.
Page 391. Beyond the river banks. The Wakarusa.
Page 391. Keitt. Laurence Massillon Keitt, Congressman from South Carolina, 1852-60. Killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, 1862.
Page 391. The anti-Lecomptonite phalanx. Lecompton was the capital of the territory of Kansas, and a pro-slavery constitution was framed there at a constitutional convention which lasted from September 5 to November 7, 1857. It was rejected by the people of Kansas early in the following year.