137“‘God was just’” 5th Debate, SWI:702.
17“among possible events” J, 279.
137“oppressed of the whole earth” 6th Debate, SWI:763.
138“same tyrannical principle” 7th Debate, SWI:810–811.
138the newly elected legislature Fehrenbacher (Prelude), 114–120, analyzes the vote.
138“I am gone” To Anson G. Henry, 11/19/58, SWI:831; the next day, To Charles H. Ray, 11/20/59, SWI:832.
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140“damned long-armed ape” Donald, 186.
140“observation and analysis” H, 478.
140“being President” H, 363.
141“to all men and all times” To Henry L. Pierce and Others, 4/6/59, SWII:19.
142“most insidious” To Steven Galloway, 7/28/59, SWII:27.
142Douglas’s article Douglas, 526.
143“they clung to freedom” Speech at Columbus, Ohio, 9/16/59, SWII:46–48.
143“hands to labor with” Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, 9/17/59, SWII:85.
144neither of them was a Christian Both men esteemed Jesus, Jefferson as a moral teacher, Lincoln as a source of good words, but neither man considered Him his savior.
144“a bad tailor at that” Charles Francis Adams Jr., 59.
144“irrepressible conflict” Brookhiser (Dynasty), 127.
145“clumsy . . . gaunt” Donald, 238.
145Lincoln’s speech Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, 2/27/60, SWII:111–130.
148“since St. Paul” Holzer (Cooper Union), 146.
150As he put it at Cooper Op. cit., 120.
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151“nosing” Lehrman, 44.
152Lincoln glanced over To Charles C. Nott, 9/6/60, CWIV:113; see also Holzer (Cooper Union), 221–226.
153caught the error Charles C. Nott to Lincoln, 8/28/60, CWIV:113.
153“confederation of free states” CWIII:550.
153a speech Lyman Trumbull had given Congressional Globe, 36th Cong., 1st sess., 12/8/59, 60.
153earlier in the 1850s Dr. Nicole Seary found nine earlier citations of the bogus Washington letter in northern newspapers, going back to 1855, plus two articles in Democratic newspapers after the Cooper Union speech questioning the letter’s authenticity. See Brookhiser, “Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address.”
154“the abolition of it” Washington, 594; CWIII:550.
154“a good thing” Speech at Elwood, Kansas, 12/1/59, CWIII: 496.
154“where it prevailed” CWIII:550, quoting Madison (Debates), 8/8/87, 392.
154“property in men” CWIII:550, quoting Madison (Debates), 8/25/87, 505.
155“become the carriers” Madison (Debates), 8/21–22/87, 477, 487.
155Rutledge could not be counted Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, 2/27/60, SWII:117.
155“days of Cain” Debates and Proceedings, 2/11/90, 1225, 1229.
156“faithful Musselmen” Franklin, 1160.
157“memory of Jefferson” William Herndon to Ward Lamon, 3/3/70, Ward Hill Lamon Papers, LN2327, Huntington Library.
158“contemptible hypocrite” Hamilton, 977.
158“impressions of the moment” Madison (Writings), 860.
158published in 1787 There had been a private edition, in English, in Paris in 1785, and a French translation in 1786.
158“such a contest” J, 278–279.
158several times 5th Lincoln/Douglas Debate, Galesburg, Illinois, 10/7/58, SWI:702; Speech at Columbus, 9/16/59, SWII:41.
159“a slave’s embrace” Moore, “Epistle of Thomas Hume” (which has “his slave’s embrace”); Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewhit. See Peterson, 182–183.
159Lincoln denied it To Anson G. Chester, 9/5/60, CWIV:111–112.
159slow to defame individuals In the 4th Lincoln/Douglas debate, at Charleston (SWI:637), Lincoln did make a crack about Richard M. Johnson, Martin Van Buren’s vice president, whose common-law wife Julia Chinn was an octoroon. Lincoln called him “Douglas’ friend”—an effort to depict Democrats as secretly yearning for that which they denounced.
159“the immortal author” Coles to Jefferson, 7/31/14.
160leaked by Coles himself J. Jefferson Looney, private communication.
160“weary in well-doing” Jefferson to Coles, 8/25/14.
160“our fellow Citizens” Coles to Jefferson, 9/26/14.
161The letter, published by Holmes Jefferson to Holmes, J, 698.
163“John Thompson” J, 178–179.
163“Locke, Sidney, etc.” J, 719.
165“to be remembered” J, ii.
165“tear [it] to pieces” Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act at Peoria, Illinois, 10/16/54, SWI:339.
165“the political community” American Speeches, 703.
166“torment” To Joshua F. Speed, 8/24/55, SWI:360.
166“in their situation” Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act, op. cit., SWI:315.
166comparing one of his colleagues American Speeches, 558.
167could become unbalanced See Charles Francis Adams Jr., 83: “Even now I can see Sumner’s eyes gleaming with something distinctly suggestive of insanity.”
168“to that instruction” American Speeches, 679.
168“truth and manhood” Thoreau, 282.
168condemned him as violent Speech at Elwood, Kansas, 12/1/59, CWIII:496; Second Speech at Leavenworth, Kansas, 12/5/59, CWIII:503.
169“his own execution” Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, 2/27/60, SWII:123–125.
169“he reappeared here” Thoreau, 273.
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172“from the four winds” “House Divided” speech, Springfield, Illinois, 6/16/58, SWI:434.
173“in that place” HI, 162.
173“men do care” Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, 2/27/60, SWII:130
173“liberty-loving men” Speech at Chicago, 7/10/58, SWI:456.
174“many better ones” Donald, 245.
175David Herbert Donald doubts Donald, 249, 637–638.
175one of his off-color jokes The version printed here is in HI, 174. Christopher Brown’s recollection is in HI, 438.
178“of the past” Everett, IV:23.
179“vote for you” See SWII:733.
179“save the union” Goodwin, 274.
181Chicago post office Brookhiser (Dynasty), 131.
182“close corporation” Goodwin, 314.
182“I expect to be there” Goodwin, 289.
183“half a dozen Yankees” Goodwin, 314.
183“hand of peace” Goodwin, 300.
184“superiority” HI, 332.
185“from the union” Howe, 253.
186“heresies” Eulogy on Henry Clay, Springfield, Illinois, 7/6/52, SWI:269.
186“days of Washington” To Alexander H. Stephens, 12/22/60, SWII:194.
186“‘pictures of silver’” See CWIV:160–161.
186“whatever” Address at Cooper Institute, op. cit., SWII:123.
187“from the dead” To William S. Spear, 10/23/60, SWII:182.
187“is the rub” To Alexander H. Stephens, 12/22/60, SWI:194.
187“see him no more” HI, 108.
188he examined disturbing dreams H, 352.
188“forsake us now” Farewell Address, Springfield, Illinois, 2/11/61, SWII:734, given here, is the newspaper account of what Lincoln said. SWII:199 is his written text.
188“those men struggled for” Address to the New Jersey Senate, Trenton, 2/21/61, SWII:209.
189“for all future time” Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 2/22/61, SWII:212–213.
189“to hell” HI, 709.
190Lincoln’s address First Inaugural Address, 3/4/61, SWI:215–224.
191“reclaim” See SWII:735.
191“galvanized corpse” Thomas, 245.
192polished Seward’s words See SWII:735.
193spoke to a reception American Speeches, 717–731; AS, “Corner-Stone” Speech, Savannah, Georgia, 3/21/61. In later years Steph
ens tried, not very successfully, to blunt the force of his remarks. See Stephens, 173–175.
194“knell of the union” J, 698.
195throughout the Bible Psalms 118:22, Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:10, 1 Peter 2:7.
196failed to get his way See Howe, 256–258.
198who the president was Donald, 289–290, gives Seward’s memo to Lincoln and Lincoln’s reply.
198“only provisions” Donald, 292.
198“signifying nothing” Chesnut, 36. Mary Boykin Chesnut reworked her diary in later years, but she kept the chronological P.O.V.
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202echo Washington’s language Compare Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress, 4/15/61, SWII:232, and Washington, 872–873.
203“of his statesmanship” Brookhiser (Dynasty), 129.
204“as fast as it was made” HI, 331.
204“advice about anything,” “sent them away” HI 167, 163.
205Lincoln as an ape Donald, 186, 284, 319, 389, 387.
205Mathew Brady See Holzer (Cooper Union), 94–99.
206“brow of a hill” H, 472.
206“mental attribute” Charles Francis Adams Jr., 96.
207Lincoln suspended habeas corpus Chief Justice Taney ruled, in ex parte Merryman, that only Congress had the power to suspend habeas corpus. Congress did so in March 1863.
207Clement Vallandingham See Brookhiser (American History, Vallandingham); To Erastus Corning and others, 6/12/63, SWII:460–461.
208“in the town” Nasby, 3.
208Nasby was hilarious Donald, 543; Goodwin, 661.
209Annual Message to Congress 12/1/62, SWII:415.
209Madison, in the Federalist Madison (Writings), 160–167; Washington, 969–970.
210“states of it” To Thurlow Weed, 12/17/60, SWII:192.
210“to take Cuba” To James T. Hale, 1/11/61, SWII:196.
210“be restricted” To Alexander H. Stephens, 12/22/60, SWII:194.
210“inflexible” To Thurlow Weed, op. cit., SWII:192.
211“there are of us” Speech at Cincinnati, 9/17/59, SWII:77.
212“than your own” To Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellis, 5/25/61, SWII:242.
214“a drunken man” Brookhiser (Dynasty), 150.
214“mosquitoes” Speech in the US House of Representatives on the Presidential Question, 7/27/48, SWI:214.
214“give us victories” To Joseph Hooker, 1/26/63, SWII:434.
215“please me” Thomas, 286.
215“the better” Donald, 411.
215“bring us success” Thomas, 289.
215“dictatorship” To Joseph Hooker, op. cit.
216“he fights” Donald, 349.
216“whole game” To Orville H. Browning, 9/22/61, SWII:269.
216“poor white trash” Donald, 317.
216“hanged for all this” Charles Francis Adams Jr., 95.
217bait in a trap? See Donald, 422–423.
217“to suffer” To the Senate and House of Representatives, 5/26/62, CWV:243.
218power play See Goodwin, 486–495.
219“circus” Foner, 272.
249“restricted” To Alexander H. Stephens, 12/22/60, SWII:194.
220“strapping negro” Foner, 186.
220“Human Authority” Stay of Execution for Nathaniel Gordon, 2/4/62, SWII:306.
221“twenty five” Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men, Washington, DC, 8/14/62, SWII:353–357.
222“military proclamation” To Orville H. Browning, 9/22/61, SWII:268.
222“Butler’s fugitive slave law” Foner, 171.
223calculated . . . estimated Brookhiser (Madison), 232; Ellis, 267–268.
223“abrasion” Appeal to the Border-States Representatives for Compensated Emancipation, 7/12/62, SWII:341.
224Delaware Drafts of Bill for Compensated Emancipation in Delaware, c. late 11/61, SWII:276–278.
224another plan Donald, 365.
225“also do that” To Horace Greeley, 8/22/62, and footnote, CWV:388–389.
225“Judassis hed” Ward, 35.
225“to my Maker” Goodwin, 481–482.
226he was crazy Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, 2/27/60, SWII:125.
226“actual armed rebellion” Final Emancipation Proclamation, SWII:424–425.
226Patrick Henry . . . James Madison Brookhiser (Madison), 231.
227John Quincy Adams Brookhiser (Dynasty), 141.
227Sumner had asked Charles Francis Adams Jr., 55–56.
228“earnest emphasis” HI, 197.
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230“‘pictures of silver’” The image in the Hebrew original is of jewelry; pictures could be translated as carvings. See Alter, 303.
230“bruised or broken” To Alexander H. Stephens, 12/22/60, footnote, CWIV:161; Fragment on the Constitution and the Union, c. 1/61, CWIV:169.
231“freedom of mankind” To John M. Clay, 8/9/62, SWII:35.
233“curse . . . defiance” Madison (Debates), 8/8/87, 392.
234“something else” Brookhiser (Gentleman), 61–62.
235Madison . . . Hamilton Madison (Debates), 6/6/87, 75; 6/18/87, 134; 6/26/87, 190.
235None of the delegates Patrick Henry did question the ramifications of “We the People” at the Virginia Ratifying Convention. James Madison, as an old man, warned against expending “so much constructive ingenuity” on the Preamble. See Brookhiser (Gentleman), 91–92.
237“deliberate decisions” Special Message to Congress, 7/4/61, SWII:261.
237“common charge?” Annual Message to Congress, 12/1/62, SWII:408.
238“in the world” Appeal to the Border-State Representatives for Compensated Emancipation, 7/12/62, SWII:342.
238“at stake” Reply to Chicago Emancipation Memorial, 9/13/62, SWII:365.
239“the occasion” Response to Serenade, 7/7/63, SWII:475–476.
239“top of my head” Chesnut, 219.
239The bodies For the setting at Gettysburg, see Wills, 19–40.
240Everett spoke Wills reprints his speech, 213–247.
240In a letter To Edward Everett, 11/20/63, SWII:537.
241Wills noted Wills, 174.
243portentous phrase Lowry, 9–15, and Wills, 145–146, give critical accounts of contemporary opportunists and fearmongers, respectively.
244“old American Constitution” Holzer (Anthology), 49.
245the Preamble Lincoln’s tripartite invocation of the people echoed nineteenth-century orators, such as Theodore Parker and Daniel Webster (see Wills, 129, 281), but they were intermediate stops on the way back to the Preamble.
245“long-continued applause” Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 11/19/63, SWII:536; AP account, SWII:748–749.
245“no good to them” Special Message to Congress, op. cit., SWII:260.
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247“terrible war” To Eliza P. Gurney, 9/4/64, SWII:627; Second Inaugural Address, 3/4/65, SWII:687.
248“and act” Grant, 382.
249“ever made” Grant, 477.
249“as possible” To Ulysses S. Grant, 8/17/64, SWII:620.
249“public opinion” Foner, 230.
249“of the United States” Final Emancipation Proclamation, SWII:425.
249“no matter” To James C. Conkling, 8/26/63, SWII:498.
250grand painting See Fischer, 1–4, 21–22, 25, 488.
253“hair of a nigger” Charles Francis Adams Jr., 94–95.
253“impossibility” Donald, 528.
253scenarios See Holzer (Objects), for two of Lincoln’s preelection vote counts.
254“but the negro” Donald, 537.
255Chase yearned Chase was unemployed at the time, having submitted his resignation once too often. Lincoln accepted it June 30, 1864 (see SWII:603).
255“‘material aid’” Thomas, 452.
256“privileges and positions” Speech to the 148th Ohio Regiment, Washington, DC, SWII:626.
257“‘Here
we are again’” William Herndon to Ward Lamon, 3/3/70, Ward Hill Lamon Papers, LN2327, Huntington Library.
257“from a desert,” “like a child” Brooks, 215, 278.
257“expect it” To Fanny McCullough, 12/23/62, SWII:420.
258Lydia Bixby To Mrs. Lydia Bixby, 11/21/64, SWII:644, 755; CWVIII:117.
259“shot off” Brooks, 238.
260Lincoln answered HI, 157.
261“this terrible war” To Eliza P. Gurney, op. cit., SWII:627.
261“bleed to death” Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act of Peoria, Illinois, 10/16/54, SWI:338.
261a canto Don Juan, canto VIII, stanza 20.
262Charles Sumner proposed The French text (Article 6) reads: Tous les citoyens étant égaux à ses yeux . . . (All citizens being equal in its [the law’s] eyes . . .). See Foner, 291–292.
264“to be in it” To James M. Ashley, 1/31/65, CWVIII:248.
264Davis had embargoed Howe, 257.
265“two countries,” “one common country” Jeffn. Davis to F. P. Blair, 1/12/65, A. Lincoln to F. P. Blair, 1/18/65, SWII:674–675.
265without result Donald, 555–560.
265“slave trade” Donald, 560.
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269Paine . . . mocked P, 683, 722, 676.
269favorite phrases Brooks, 216.
270“a good book” Bayne, 32–33, 184.
271“not end yet” Meditation on the Divine Will, c. early 9/62, SWII:359.
271“seen of men” CWV:404.
272“other minds” Reply to Chicago Emancipation Memorial, 9/13/62, SWII: 361, 363.
273“their refuge” Gurney, 307–312.
273“vague tradition” To Solomon Lincoln, 3/6/48, SWI:177. John Lincoln married a Quaker.
273a good word for See P, 821–822.
274“governs it” Reply to Eliza P. Gurney, 10/26/62, CWV:478.
275“assured friend” Gurney, 313–316.
275“in another” HI, 106–107.
276“in Heaven” To Eliza P. Gurney, 9/4/64, SWII:627.
276“goodness of God” To Albert G. Hodges, 4/4/64, SWII:586.
277“as long as I live” Chesnut, 350.
278the address Second Inaugural Address, 3/4/65, SWII:686–687.
282“any other way” P, 702.
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286“liberally all around” Donald, 574.
286“to God only” Donald, 576.
286“touch him further” Macbeth, act III, scene ii. See Chambrun, 35, who quotes no specific lines, but says that Lincoln read the scene.
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