Lincoln, the Politician

INDEX

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Injustice, nation cannot live on, 208.
Internal improvement policy, 22-24, 68-69, 89.
Jackson, Andrew, 22, 34, 50, 56, 117, 124-125, 141, 199.
Jayne, William, 176.
Jefferson, 17, 154, 199.
Johnston, John, step-brother of Lincoln, 30, 32.
Judicial system of Ill. prey of partisanship, 100-102.
Kansas, Neb. struggle, 181-183, 189, 201-204;
crisis, national, marked by, 182;
Lecompton Constitution, 202;
violence begets violence, 189.
Kentucky—Abolitionism, 18, 35;
Anti-federalist, 17;
frontier life, 15-17;
law-abiding, 16-17;
passion for politics, 17;
pioneer hardships, 16;
schools, 16;
slavery, 18.
Know-nothing party, 190;
seek Lincoln, 182;
opposed by Lincoln, 185, 187.
Labor, Lincoln sympathizes with, 135-136;
grapple with slavery, 182.
Lambourn, Josiah, 90.
Lamon, W. H., 93, 100, 102, 109-110, 163, 192, 207-208, 210.
Legislature Ill. in 1834, 60-61;
corruption in, 126.
Liberty men, 118.
Lincoln, Abraham,—
Abolitionist, not, 41.
Ambition, Harrison, Gen. W. H., candidacy for presidency promoted, 90.
Herndon, W. H., see Herndon above;
letter to, 111-112.
Hero of New Salem, 57.
Honesty, 45.
Horse races, judge at, 45.
Humility—50, 54, 91, 100;
lesson in at murder trial, 31.
Imagination, 139.
Indian, protects old, 48-49.
Internal improvements—public lands proceeds for, 61-63;
persistent supporter of, 68, 69, 89, 136-137.
Judiciary—function of, 198-199;
Jackson's attitude to, 199;
opposes political interference with by legislature, 101;
speaks bitterly of relation to slavery, 156;
war on Dred Scott decision, 198-200.
Justice, nation cannot exist on injustice, 208;
negro, to, 170;
south, to, 168-169.
Kindness, 46-47.
Know-nothingism, 184-185, 187, 190;
prescriptive principles opposed, 187.
Labor—sympathy for, 135-136;
laborer, 44;
farmer, 44.
Law—reverence for, 198;
studies, 56.
Lawyer, dislike of details, 109.
Lawmaking, skilled in, 61.
Legislature, 1832, defeated for, 55;

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protest, 1837, 79-81;
sale of mulatto girl, fires with hatred of, 41-42;
subverts government, 157;
shackled slaves torment, 110;
slavetraders control Southern policies, 184;
South's pecuniary interest in, 197;
territories, opposition to spread in, 169.
Social slight, resentment at, 32.
South—constitutional rights recognized, 169;
pecuniary interest in slavery, 197;
slave-traders dictate politics of, 184.
Speaker—attract, does not, in "great debate," 91-92;
growing demand for, 194;
eminence in 1836, 68;
emotions, appeals to, 50, 67-68, 96;
eulogy on Clay, 153-155;
fails as, 97;
Forquer, crushing reply to, 67;
Fremont campaign, makes 50 speeches in, 193-194;
humorous passage in speech, 92;
"lost speech," 191-192;
Peoria speech, 167-174;
"scathing style," 141;
shocks cultured lawyer in 1840, 96-97;
Springfield, speech, 207-212;
State Fair speech, 163;
youthful, 30, 40, 50-51;
wilderness, as in a, 192.
Spot resolutions, 130, 151.
Springfield speech—"house-divided-against-itself" address, 207-212;
apotheosis of career, 212;
criticized by friends, 207-208, 210;
pride in, 210-211;
nation cannot exist on injustice, and must become all free or all slaves, 208-210;
presidency, claim that it was a bid for, 210;
United States history, one of the momentous addresses in, 208;
wisely framed, 168;
repeal of, 158-160, 162, 170, 182.
Mob spirit, 81-83;
cure for, 84.
Moral prophet, seldom politician, 166.
Morrison, Col. J. L. D., 149.
Moses, 217.
National campaigns, See campaigns.
O'Connell, Daniel, 173.
Offutt, Denton, 40, 42, 43.
Ohio, 23.
Osborn, Charles, 35.
Pain, John, 193.
Pain, Thomas, 19.
Palmer, John M., 165-166, 191.
Panic, 1837, 103.
Parties, new, need of about 1854, 181-182;
power of partisan lash, 183-184;
sacred, not, 219;
utility of, 219.
Partisanship, growth of, 64-65, 66;
judiciary, 100-102.
Party ties, painful rending of, 165-166.
Patriotism, civil, 213.
Pekin convention, 1843, startling story of, 121.
Pettit, John, 174.
Phillips, Wendell, 173.
Pierce, Pres. Franklin, 195.
Pioneer life—churchman as public officer, 127;
Illinois, 39;
Indiana, 21-23;
politics, 21-22;
recreation, 31-32;
schools, 16;
social life, 32-33;
store, 33;
story-telling, 33.
Politics—art of securing results, 215;
American History, struggle between abolitionism and slavery, 214;
evil, organized wisest attack on, 215-216;
factor vital in civilization, 215;
pioneer, 21-23;
politician seldom moral leader, 166;
political generalship, [1] Shaler, 116.

[2] Lamon, 7-8.

[3] Shaler, 107.

[4] Milburn, 65.

[5] Ranck, 181-2, 216.

[6] Collins, 1, 284.

[7] Drake, 211.

[8] Palmer,9. Drake, 208-209.

[9] Lamon, 16-17.

[10] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 639.

[11] McClure, 234.

[12] Nicolay and Hay, 1, 27.

[13] Rice, 193.

[14] Birbeck, 90.

[15] Smith, 1, 220.

[16] Smith Misc. Ind., 119.

[17] Cox, 30.

[18] Squirrel Hunters of Ohio, 298.

[19] Squirrel Hunters of Ohio, 288.

[20] Lamon, 15.

[21] Arnold, 20.

[22] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 596-597.

[23] Lamon, 17-18.

[24] Tarbell, 1, 43.

[A] Oldroyd, 533.

[25] Lamon, 36-37.

[26] Ibid., 68-69.

[27] Ibid., 69.

[28] Ibid., 37.

[29] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 688

[30] Whitney, 45-46.

[31] McClure, 167.

[32] Lamon, 40.

[33] Ibid., 36-40.

[34] Herndon, 1, 43.

[35] Tarbell, 1, 36.

[36] Spencer County, 313.

[37] Herndon, 1, 49-50. Lamon, 67.

[38] Lamon, 63.

[39] Ibid., 64-65.

[40] Lamon, 57, 123.

[41] Ibid., 71, 72.

[42] Tarbell, 1, 35, 36.

[43] Ford, 94-95.

[44] Lamon, 78.

[45] Ibid., 78-80.

[46] Herndon, 1, 67.

[47] Lamon, 89.

[48] History of Sangamon County, 211.

[49] Lamon, 90-94.

[50] Ibid. 93-94.

[51] Lamon, 154.

[52] Ross, 112. Lamon, 81-83.

[53] Herndon, 1, 98.

[54] Herndon, 1, 165-6.

[55] Lamon, 94-95.

[56] Ibid., 152-153.

[57] Herndon, 1, 115-116.

[58] Maltby, 33.

[59] Lamon, 96.

[60] Lamon, 101-102.

[61] Stevens, 277.

[62] Lamon, 111.

[63] Lamon, 109.

[64] Ibid., 122.

[65] Lamon, 123-124.

[66] Ibid., 125-126.

[67] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 108.

[68] History of Sangamon County, 53.

[69] Ibid.

[70] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 7.

[71] Lamon, 133.

[72] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 3.

[73] Ibid., 12.

[74] Ibid., 4.

[75] Ibid.

[76] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 4.

[77] Ibid.

[78] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 102-103.

[79] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 109. Tarbell, 1, 91.

[80] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 641.

[81] Herndon, 1, 111.

[82] Lamon, 148.

[83] Ibid.

[84] Ibid., 140.

[85] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 642.

[86] Lamon, 155-156.

[87] Ibid., 156.

[88] Lamon, 156.

[89] Ibid.

[90] Lamon, 127.

[91] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 67.

[92] Herndon, 1, 118.

[93] Lamon, 157.

[94] Herndon, 1, 155.

[95] Ibid.

[96] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 7.

[97] Herndon, 1, 158.

[98] Hand bill in possession of Dr. Jayne, Springfield, Ill.

[99] Lamon, 188.

[100] Oldroyd, 557.

[101] Herndon, 1, 171-2.

[102] Herndon, 1, 172.

[103] Tarbell, 1, 130.

[104] Herndon, 1, 163.

[105] Lamon, 195.

[106] Ibid., 196.

[107] Benton, 1, 22. Lamon, p. 195.

[108] Lamon, 197.

[109] House Journal of 1836-37, 680.

[110] Ibid., 367.

[111] Ford, 196.

[112] Nicolay & Hay, 138-139.

[113] Tarbell, 1, 137.

[B] Tarbell, 1, 138-9.

[114] Herndon, 1, 176.

[115] Tarbell, 1, 139.

[116] Lamon, 201.

[117] Tarbell, 1, 139.

[118] Tarbell, 1, 140, 141.

[119] Ibid., 141.

[120] Ibid., 142.

[121] Ibid.

[122] Lamon, 206.

[123] History of Sangamon County, 251.

[124] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 15.

[C] Lovejoy, 172.

[125] Herndon, 1, 178-9.

[126] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 9.

[127] Ibid., 10-11.

[128] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 12.

[129] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 13.

[130] Lamon, 230.

[131] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 158.

[132] Herndon, 1, 186.

[133] Lamon, 212.

[134] Lamon, 212.

[135] From Lincoln's Report for Finance Committee on Expediency of Purchasing all Unsold Lands of United States in Illinois, Jan. 23, 1839, 223.

[136] House Journal of 1839, 265.

[137] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 41.

[138] Lamon, 232.

[139] Lamon, 232.

[140] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 21.

[141] Ibid., 29-30.

[142] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 35.

[143] Ibid., 35-36.

[144] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 36.

[145] Lamon, 236.

[146] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 38.

[147] Ibid.

[148] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 39.

[149] Ibid., 40.

[150] History of Sangamon County, 252.

[151] Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 8, 224.

[152] Darbey, 447.

[153] Herndon, 1, 190.

[154] History of Sangamon County, 205.

[155] Arnold, 67-68.

[156] Lamon, 236.

[157] Lamon, 214.

[158] Ibid., 215.

[159] Ibid., 213-214.

[160] Ibid., 215.

[161] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 47.

[162] Lamon, 237-8.

[163] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 45.

[164] Herndon, 1, 202.

[165] Ibid., 217.

[166] Lamon, 255, 256.

[167] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 69.

[168] Ibid., 71.

[169] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 211.

[170] Lamon, 217.

[171] Lamon, 217.

[172] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 42.

[173] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 43.

[174] Ibid., 43-44.

[175] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 217-8.

[176] Lamon, 237.

[177] Lamon, 482.

[178] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 216.

[179] Ibid., 76.

[180] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 76.

[181] Ibid., 79.

[182] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 131-132.

[183] Herndon, 1, 253.

[184] Herndon, 1, 252.

[185] Ibid., 255.

[186] Lamon, 273.

[187] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 79.

[188] Ibid., 80.

[189] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 80.

[190] Tarbell, 2, 290.

[191] Greeley, 1, 152.

[192] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 140.

[193] Greeley, 1, 164.

[194] Greeley, 1, 166.

[195] Ibid., 158.

[196] Ibid.

[D] Johnson, 307.

[197] Tarbell, 2, 293.

[198] Ibid., 293-294.

[199] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 225.

[200] Lamon, 274.

[201] Ibid., 274-5.

[202] Greeley, 1, 167.

[203] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 236.

[204] Lamon, 275.

[205] Tarbell, 195-6.

[206] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 82.

[207] Ibid., 83.

[208] Ibid., 84.

[209] Tarbell, 1, 204.

[210] Lamon, 276-7.

[211] Cartwright, 192.

[212] Ibid., 245.

[213] Cartwright, 129.

[214] Ibid., 262.

[215] Herndon, 1, 259.

[216] Lamon, 278.

[217] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 236.

[218] Greeley, 1, 178.

[219] Herndon, 1, 260.

[220] Lamon, 281.

[221] Grant, 45.

[222] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 101.

[E] Ibid., 97.

[223] Ibid., 96.

[224] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 105.

[225] Ibid., 107.

[226] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 110.

[227] Herndon, 1, 266.

[228] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 112.

[229] Ibid.

[230] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 133.

[231] Ibid., 122.

[232] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 111.

[233] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 113.

[234] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 92.

[235] Ibid., 93.

[236] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 126.

[237] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 118.

[238] Ibid.

[239] Greeley, 1, 192.

[240] Tarbell, 1, 216.

[241] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 122.

[242] Lamon, 298.

[F] Herndon, 1, 273.

[243] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 139.

[G] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 143.

[244] Ibid., 140.

[245] Ibid., 139.

[246] Tarbell, 1, 217.

[247] Ibid., 2, 297-298.

[248] Tarbell, 2, 299.

[249] Ibid., 1, 128.

[250] Ibid., 224.

[251] Lamon, 309.

[252] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 283-284.

[253] Ibid., 286.

[254] Lamon, 308.

[255] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 286-287.

[256] Ibid., 287.

[257] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 287-288.

[258] Ibid., 288.

[259] Herndon, 1, 279.

[260] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 151-152.

[261] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 153-154.

[262] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 155.

[263] Tarbell, 2, 300-301.

[264] Lamon, 334.

[265] Herndon, 2, 31.

[266] Lamon, 335.

[267] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 171.

[268] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 173.

[269] Ibid., 175.

[270] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 176.

[271] Lamon, 341.

[272] Herndon, 2, 32.

[273] Ibid., 35.

[274] Ibid., 36.

[275] Lamon, 347.

[276] Greeley, 1, 229.

[277] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 346.

[278] Illinois State Historical Society, IV. 49.

[279] Herndon, 2, 37-8.

[280] Lamon, 349-350.

[281] Herndon, 2, 40-41.

[282] Herndon, 2, 39-40.

[283] Tarbell, 1, 275.

[284] Lamon, 354.

[285] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 181.

[286] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 184.

[287] Ibid.

[288] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 186-187.

[289] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 192.

[290] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 195.

[291] Ibid., 201.

[292] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 202.

[293] Martyn's Wendell Phillips, 136.

[294] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 186.

[295] Ibid., 203.

[296] Lamon, 358.

[297] Lamon, 359.

[H] Lamon, 359-360.

[298] Herndon, 2, 44-45.

[299] Tarbell, 2, 305.

[300] Nicolay & Hay, 1, 386.

[301] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 210.

[302] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 212.

[303] Ibid., 213.

[304] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 213-215.

[305] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 200.

[306] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 217.

[307] Ibid.

[308] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 217-218.

[309] Ibid., 218.

[310] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 218.

[311] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 215

[312] Ibid., 216.

[313] Transactions McLean Co., 3, 39.

[314] Lamon, 374-375.

[315] Herndon, 2, 47-48.

[316] Lamon, 372-373.

[317] Herndon, 2, 49.

[318] Transactions McLean Co., 3, 91.

[319] Tarbell, 1, 296.

[320] Lamon, 376.

[321] Lamon, 377-378.

[322] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 36-37.

[323] Herndon, 2, 56.

[324] Ibid.

[325] Lamon, 382.

[326] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 225.

[327] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 225.

[328] Ibid., 226.

[329] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 223.

[330] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 228.

[331] Ibid., 229.

[332] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 231.

[333] Gilmore, 9-104.

[334] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 118.

[335] Sheahan, 326.

[336] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 231.

[337] Sheahan, 319.

[338] Nicolay & Hay, 2, 120.

[339] Lamon, 390.

[340] Lamon, 390-391.

[341] Herndon, 1, 395.

[342] Ibid., 2, 63-64.

[343] Herndon, 2, 60.

[344] Herndon, 2, 65.

[345] Tarbell, 1, 305.

[346] Lamon, 397.

[347] Lamon, 397-398.

[348] Herndon, 2, 68.

[349] Lamon, 399.

[350] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 240.

[351] Lamon, 406.

[352] Lamon, 407.

[353] Lincoln's Speeches, 1, 244.

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