[Footnote 635:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 17-18.]

[Footnote 636:  “I spoke rapidly, without preparation,” he afterward said. Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 47.]

[Footnote 637:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 18.]

[Footnote 638:  New York Tribune, December 9, 1857.]

[Footnote 639:  New York Tribune, December 10, 1857.]

[Footnote 640:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 21-22.]

[Footnote 641:  Globe, 5 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 120.]

[Footnote 642:  Ibid., p. 137.]

[Footnote 643:  Chicago Times, December 24, 1857.]

[Footnote 644:  Ibid., December 23, 1857.]

[Footnote 645:  Correspondent to Cleveland Plaindealer, quoted in Chicago Times, January 29, 1858.]

[Footnote 646:  Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mrs. Pierce, MS. Letter, April 4, 1858.]

[Footnote 647:  Mrs. Roger Pryor, Reminiscences of Peace and War, pp. 69-70.]

[Footnote 648:  Ibid., Chapter 4.]

[Footnote 649:  Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 289.]

[Footnote 650:  Message of February 2, 1858.]

[Footnote 651:  Senate Report No. 82, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., February 18, 1858.]

[Footnote 652:  Minority Report, p. 52.]

[Footnote 653:  Minority Report, p. 64.]

[Footnote 654:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 502.]

[Footnote 655:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 572-573.]

[Footnote 656:  Washington Union, February 26, 1858.]

[Footnote 657:  Richmond South, quoted in Chicago Times, December 18, 1857.]

[Footnote 658:  Sheahan, Douglas, p. 328; Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 193-194.]

[Footnote 659:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., App., pp. 194-201, passim.]

[Footnote 660:  Rhodes, History of the United States, II, pp. 297-299.]

[Footnote 661:  Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, p. 563.]

[Footnote 662:  Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, II, pp. 566-567.]

[Footnote 663:  This cannot, of course, be demonstrated, but it accords with his subsequent conduct.]

[Footnote 664:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1869.]

[Footnote 665:  Ibid., p. 1870.]

[Footnote 666:  Globe, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1870.]

[Footnote 667:  Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 300.]

[Footnote 668:  Cox, Three Decades of Federal Legislation, p. 58.]

CHAPTER XVI

THE JOINT DEBATES WITH LINCOLN