[Footnote 914:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 39.]

[Footnote 915:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., App., p. 41.]

[Footnote 916:  Ibid., p. 42.]

[Footnote 917:  January 10th, 11th, and 19th.]

[Footnote 918:  The resolution was carried, 25 to 23, six Southern Senators refusing to vote. Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 409.]

[Footnote 919:  McPherson, Political History of the Rebellion, p. 39.]

[Footnote 920:  Diary of a Public Man, pp. 133-134.  Douglas was on terms of intimacy with the writer, and must have shared these communications.  Besides, Douglas had independent sources of information.]

[Footnote 921:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., pp. 445-446.]

[Footnote 922:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 508.]

[Footnote 923:  Ibid., p. 586.]

[Footnote 924:  Senate Bill, No. 549, 36 Cong., 2 Sess.]

[Footnote 925:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 661.]

[Footnote 926:  Ibid.]

[Footnote 927:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., pp. 669.]

[Footnote 928:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 764.]

[Footnote 929:  Ibid.]

[Footnote 930:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 764.]

[Footnote 931:  Ibid., p. 765.]

[Footnote 932:  Ibid., p. 766.]

[Footnote 933:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1205.]

[Footnote 934:  It is printed in full in Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1207.]

[Footnote 935:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1391.]

[Footnote 936:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1081.]

[Footnote 937:  Diary of a Public Man, p. 261.]

[Footnote 938:  Ibid., p. 260.]

[Footnote 939:  Ibid., p. 261.]

[Footnote 940:  Correspondent of the New York Times, February 25, 1861.]

[Footnote 941:  Diary of a Public Man, pp. 260-261.]

[Footnote 942:  Ibid., p. 264.]

[Footnote 943:  Ibid., pp. 264, 268; the interview of February 26th was commented upon by the Philadelphia Press, February 28.]

[Footnote 944:  Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 73, note.]

[Footnote 945:  Diary of a Public Man, p. 268.]

[Footnote 946:  Diary of a Public Man, p. 268.]

[Footnote 947:  Ibid., p. 268.]

[Footnote 948:  Ibid., p. 268.]

[Footnote 949:  Globe, 36 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 1405.]

[Footnote 950:  Ibid., p. 1405.]

[Footnote 951:  Ibid., p. 1403.]

[Footnote 952:  Diary of a Public Man, p. 380.]

[Footnote 953:  Ibid., p. 379.]

[Footnote 954:  Ibid., p. 383.]

[Footnote 955:  Nicolay and Hay, Lincoln, III, pp. 340-341.  These authors note that Lincoln rewrote this paragraph, but take it for granted that he did so upon his own motion, after rejecting Seward’s suggestion.]