Abraham Lincoln And The Men Of His Time Vol 2 Of 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln and the Men of His Time, Vol. 2 of 2: His Cause, His Character, and True Place in History and the Men, Statesmen, Heroes, Patriots, Who Formed the Illustrious League About Him Summing up of Causes and Culmination of the Struggle - Calhoun - Davis - Seward, Sumner, Greeley, Chase, Thaddeus Stevens, Lovejoy, Brown or Ossawatomie - Jackson, Benton, Cass, Marcy, Douglas; Acting Governor Stanton convened Legally-elected Legislature - Removed, and J. W. Denver appointed - Douglas's Remonstrance with Buchanan - "Beware of the Fate of Democratic Leaders who have defied and resisted the President and his Policy" - "This will perhaps recall the Fact to your Mind that General Jackson is Dead" - Slave-leaders perceived their Power was slipping away - Forced Democratic Party into Contest for Passage of the Obnoxious and Unadopted Constitution - Douglas accepted Challenge - His Training, Character, and Plan of Campaign - His Argument, December 9, 1857 - Buchanan's Message, February, 1858 - Analysis of Vote which defeated it - Increased Enmity of Conspirators against Douglas - Support of Owen Lovejoy - Republican Congressional Convention at Bloomington in 1858 - Nomination of Lovejoy - Decision of Mr. Lincoln on the Davis Dispute; A Day and Night with Lincoln - Douglas's Mass-meeting in Afternoon - A Chat with Douglas - A Slanderer rebuked - Lincoln's Evening Address - Trip to Clinton - Long Jim Davis - Confidential Conversation with Lincoln - Republican State Convention at Springfield in June, 1858 - Lincoln's Great Speech - Lincoln Candidate for Senator - His Understanding of the Situation; Agreement for Joint Debates - Douglas's Position in the Contest - Comments on Lincoln's "High Ground" Position - Extracts from Lincoln's Addresses - Conference at Mendota - Questions and Answers given in the Debates - Their Effect to divide Nationally the Democratic Party - Douglas elected Senator About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.