[Footnote 672: Bancroft, Life of Seward, I, pp. 449-450.]
[Footnote 673: Pike, First Blows of the Civil War, p. 403.]
[Footnote 674: Hollister, Colfax, p. 119.]
[Footnote 675: _Ibid._, p. 121.]
[Footnote 676: Wilson, II, p 567; Greeley, Recollections of a Busy Life, p. 397.]
[Footnote 677: Hollister, Colfax, p. 120.]
[Footnote 678: Herndon-Weik, Life of Lincoln, II, pp. 59 ff.]
[Footnote 679: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 394.]
[Footnote 680: Foote, Casket of Reminiscences, p. 135.]
[Footnote 681: Forney, Anecdotes, II, p. 179.]
[Footnote 682: Lincoln-Douglas Debates (Edition of 1860), p. 1.]
[Footnote 683: Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 398-400.]
[Footnote 684: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 400; Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Life of Lincoln, II, p. 93.]
[Footnote 685: Debates, p. 9.]
[Footnote 686: Debates, p. 9.]
[Footnote 687: _Ibid._, p. 10.]
[Footnote 688: _Ibid._, p. 11.]
[Footnote 689: Debates, p. 18.]
[Footnote 690: Debates, p. 20.]
[Footnote 691: _Ibid._, p. 24.]
[Footnote 692: Flint, Douglas, pp. 114-117; Chicago _Times_, July 18, 1858.]
[Footnote 693: Debates, p. 24.]
[Footnote 694: Debates, p. 27.]
[Footnote 695: _Ibid._, p. 30.]
[Footnote 696: _Ibid._, pp. 33-34.]
[Footnote 697: Debates, p. 35.]
[Footnote 698: _Ibid._, p. 39.]
[Footnote 699: Sheahan, Douglas, p. 417; Chicago _Times_, July 21, 1858.]
[Footnote 700: Debates, p. 44.]
[Footnote 701: _Ibid._, p. 60.]
[Footnote 702: _Ibid._, p. 61.]
[Footnote 703: _Ibid._, p. 63.]
[Footnote 704: Debates, p. 64.]
[Footnote 705: _Ibid._, pp. 64-65.]
[Footnote 706: _Ibid._, p. 66.]
[Footnote 707: Debates, p. 66.]
[Footnote 708: Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp.
104-105.]
[Footnote 709: For the following description I have drawn freely from the narratives of eye-witnesses. I am particularly indebted to the graphic account by Mr. Carl Schurz in _McClure"s Magazine_, January, 1907.]
[Footnote 710: Mr. Schurz in _McClure"s_, January, 1907.]
[Footnote 711: Debates, p. 67.]
[Footnote 712: Debates, p. 68.]
[Footnote 713: _Ibid._, p. 69.]
[Footnote 714: Herndon in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, pp. 76-77; Mr.
Carl Schurz in _McClure"s_, January, 1907.]
[Footnote 715: Debates, p. 73.]
[Footnote 716: Debates, p. 75.]
[Footnote 717: _Ibid._, p. 82.]
[Footnote 718: _Ibid._, p. 86.]
[Footnote 719: Henry Villard, Memoirs, I, p. 93; Mr. Horace White in Herndon-Weik, Lincoln, II, p. 108.]
[Footnote 720: Debates, p. 129.]