[Footnote 811: _Ibid._, pp. 207-209.]
[Footnote 812: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 421.]
[Footnote 813: _Ibid._, pp. 424-425.]
[Footnote 814: _Ibid._, p. 553.]
[Footnote 815: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 554-555.]
[Footnote 816: _Ibid._, p. 559.]
[Footnote 817: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 658. For the final version, see p. 935.]
[Footnote 818: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 59.]
[Footnote 819: _Ibid._, p. 29.]
[Footnote 820: _Ibid._, p. 5.]
[Footnote 821: _Ibid._, pp. 9 and 20.]
[Footnote 822: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, pp. 12-13.]
[Footnote 823: _Ibid._, p. 8.]
[Footnote 824: _Ibid._, p. 36.]
[Footnote 825: Especially in securing votes from the delegations of Ma.s.sachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the influence of the administration was strong. Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, pp. 25-28.]
[Footnote 826: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 36.]
[Footnote 827: Stanwood, History of the Presidency, pp. 283-288.]
[Footnote 828: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 446.]
[Footnote 829: _Ibid._, p. 448.]
[Footnote 830: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 49.]
[Footnote 831: _Ibid._, p. 50.]
[Footnote 832: _Ibid._, pp. 74-75.]
[Footnote 833: Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, pp.
46-53.]
[Footnote 834: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 78.]
[Footnote 835: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., App., p. 313.]
[Footnote 836: _Ibid._, p. 316.]
[Footnote 837: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2120.]
[Footnote 838: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2155.]
[Footnote 839: _Ibid._, p. 2156.]
[Footnote 840: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 456.]
[Footnote 841: _Globe_, 36 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2344.]
[Footnote 842: See Wise, Life of Henry A. Wise, pp. 264-265.]
[Footnote 843: Rhodes, History of the United States, II, p. 472.]
[Footnote 844: _Ibid._, p. 472.]
[Footnote 845: Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, pp. 227-228.]
[Footnote 846: _Ibid._, pp. 194-195.]
[Footnote 847: The letter was written at Washington, June 22d, at 9:30 a.m.]
[Footnote 848: Stanwood, History of the Presidency, p. 286; Halstead, Political Conventions of 1860, p. 211.]
[Footnote 849: Halstead, p. 216.]
[Footnote 850: Flint, Douglas, pp. 213-215.]
[Footnote 851: New York _Times_, July 3, 1860.]
[Footnote 852: _Ibid._, June 26.]
[Footnote 853: MS. letter, Douglas to C.H. Lanphier, July 5, 1860. He wrote in a similar vein to a friend in Missouri, July 4, 1860.]
[Footnote 854: New York _Times_, July 20, 1860.]
[Footnote 855: _Ibid._, July 21.]
[Footnote 856: _Ibid._, July 21.]
[Footnote 857: _Ibid._, July 24.]
[Footnote 858: _Ibid._, July 28.]
[Footnote 859: New York _Times_, July. 24.]