Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Stuart and, 43–44, 49, 75, 78, 121
“Politics and the English Language,” 241
Polk, James, 80–84
Pope, John, 213, 225, 271
Popular sovereignty, 109–110, 114–115, 141–142, 177
“The Prayer of Twenty Millions,” 224
Preamble to Constitution, 7, 8, 101, 190, 227
first three words of, 229, 233–235
Special Message to Congress and, 231–237, 245
See also Gettysburg Address
Presidential election of 1840, 68
Presidential election of 1856, 121–122
Presidential election of 1860, 139–140, 171–178
founding fathers and, 142–148, 154
itinerary during, 141
results of, 179–180
Presidential election of 1864,
Protest on Slavery (1837), 50, 66, 86
Quakers, 155, 261, 272–276
Race mixing, 58, 126
Racism, 124, 254
Radical Republicans, 254–255
Railroads, 47, 108–110, 211, 222
Read, George, 153
Read, Jacob, 153
Reading, 16–17, 19–20
Reasoning, 65–66, 282–283
Reductio ad absurdum, 57–58, 76, 114
Religion, 7, 54–56, 79
Republican National Committee, 174–175
Republican Party, 2, 45, 95, 131, 156, 263, 287
Bloomington convention of, 121
formation and purpose of, 121, 123–124
goals and principles of, 219, 221–222, 249–250
Illinois, 129, 166, 174–175
name change of, 236–237
rebellions in, 250–253
support of, 127–128, 217–218
See also Radical Republicans
Republicanism, democratic, 4–5
Revolution, principle of, 115
Rhetoric, 8
Richmond, 285–286
“Rip Van Winkle,” 26–27
Rivers, 46
of Illinois, 47–49
transportation along, 47
Rogers, John, 260
The Ruins (Volney), 55
Rush, Benjamin, 52
Rutledge, Ann, 40, 43, 59, 256
Rutledge, Edward, 164
Rutledge, John, 154–155
Sangamo Journal, 3, 60, 65, 68
Sangamon County, 48, 50
Sangamon River, 47
Scott, Dred, 123–125
Scott, Winfield, 81, 93, 107, 132, 189, 213
Scott v. Sandford, 123–125, 131, 134, 147, 177, 221
Second Bank of the United States, 49, 68, 70, 94, 96
Second Battle of Bull Run, 213
Second Republic, 84
Self-government, 149
Senate, US
committees, 262–263
race (1858), 119–138, 148, 173
Seven Days’ Battle, 213
Seward, William, 257–258, 281, 298
politics and, 144–145, 172, 175
reputation of, 144–145
as secretary of state, 181–184, 192, 198, 218–219, 254, 264–265
Seymour, Horatio, 217
Shakespeare, William, 52, 60, 201
Sherman, Roger, 162, 254, 262, 264–265, 277, 295
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 248–249
Shields, James, 81
duel with, 68–69, 74
politics and, 120, 128
Slavery, 146, 290–291, 298
abolishment of, 86–87
American West and, 116
Clay, Henry, and, 97–98
critics and issues regarding, 49–50
Declaration of Independence on, 116–118, 125–126, 135–136
disapprobation of, 136
end-dates for, 6
expansion of, 93–94, 97–98, 110, 129–138, 173–174
horrors of, 166
Kansas and, 127–128
Madison, James, on, 2–3, 5, 223
New Mexico and, 130, 220
popular sovereignty and, 109–110, 114–115, 141–142, 177
states and, 38
US and, 5–6
US Congress and, 123
US Constitution and, 8, 49–50, 116–118, 135–137
during wartime, 221–224
See also Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slaves, 49–50
freedom of, 3, 37–38, 100, 249
fugitive, 117–118, 222
labor of, 18
land and, 37–38
metropolis of, 38–39
trading of, 114, 220
Smith, Caleb, 182, 219
Smith, James, 106
South Carolina, 91, 111, 155, 249
legislature, 185
secession of, 187
Sparks, Jared, 152
Speeches, 194
in Columbus, 165
“House Divided,” 129, 172
Inaugural Address (1860), 189–192, 197–198, 206–207
“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” 61–66
for Scott, Winfield, (Springfield), 107–108
Second Annual Message to Congress, 209
Second Inaugural Address (1865), 277–284, 296
Special Message to Congress, 231–237, 245
Temperance Address, 78–79, 82
Trenton, 243
Young Men’s Lyceum, 3–4, 8–9, 13, 61–66, 87, 244–245, 255, 281
See also Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address
Speed, Fanny Henning, 73
Speed, James, 260
Speed, Joshua, 49
as friend, 228, 259–260
recollections of, 72–73, 245–246, 259–260
Springfield, Illinois, 48, 63, 78–79, 112, 113–116
Stanton, Edwin, 140, 197, 205, 219, 249
States
border, 223–224
lynchings in, 4–5, 62–63
secession of, 187, 201, 203, 220
slavery and, 38
union and, 91, 179, 185, 190, 192, 194, 234
See also specific state
Stephens, Alexander, 7–8, 82–83, 93, 219, 281, 299–300
consideration of, 185–187
”Corner-Stone” speech of, 192–197, 233
as vice-president, 196, 233, 264–265, 295
writings of, 210, 230–231
Stone, Dan, 50, 66, 86
Strong, George Templeton, 203
Stuart, John, 40, 71, 101
politics and, 43–44, 49, 75, 78, 121
protégé of, 43, 48, 55, 98
“The Suicide’s Soliloquy” (Lincoln, Abraham), 60
Sumner, Charles, 166–167, 219, 227, 262–263, 287
Supreme Court, US
decisions of, 122–125, 147
justices of, 131
Swett, Leonard, 173–174, 204
Swift, Jonathan, 58
Taney, Roger, 123–125, 131, 135, 147, 177, 191, 255, 278
Tariffs, 96
Taylor, Zachary, 81, 93–94, 106
Tennessee, 203
Terrorism, 126
Texas
annexation of, 80, 93
as state, 81, 82–83, 96–98
Thomas, Rebecca, 77, 83, 85, 192, 231, 241, 273
Thoreau, Henry David, 168, 169
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1–2
Toledo Blade, 208
Toleration, 115
Trade embargoes, 157
Transcendentalist, 167
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 83, 85
Treaty of Paris, 161
Trumbull, John, 156
Trumbull, Lyman, 120, 121, 128–129, 148, 153
Tyler, John, 71, 80, 184
Underground Railroad, 167
Union, 190, 254–255, 264–265
admission to, 18
advantages of, 211
Democrats and, 217
generalship, 213–214
interests of, 203
liberty and, 32�
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losses and, 212, 257–259
preservation of, 209–216
reverence for, 84–85
states’ secession from, 187, 201, 203, 220
US Constitution and, 230–231
victories, 214, 238–240, 285–296
Union Army, 239
United States (US)
election of 1861, 6
party system of, 6, 45, 70
slavery and, 5–6
Utah, 97, 109, 130
Vallandingham, Clement, 207–208
Van Buren, Martin, 62, 69–71, 93
Venus (slave), 34
Vicksburg, 238–239, 247
Violence, 54
Virginia, 167, 185, 218, 226, 238, 285–286, 294
claim, 115–116
secession of, 203
war in, 211–213
Volney, Constantin de, 55
Voltaire, 55
Voting, 2, 17–18, 125
Wade, Benjamin, 216, 219
War of 1812, 39–40, 45, 62, 96, 185
Ward, Artemus. See Browne, Charles Farrar
Washington, Augustine, 28–30, 59
Washington, Bushrod, 34
Washington, George, 6–7, 18, 45, 85, 97, 175–176, 205, 233, 287, 293
during childhood and youth, 28
death of, 83
descendants of, 34
Farewell Address of, 210
as father of his country, 25–28, 33–34, 44, 46, 140, 146, 184, 267
First Inaugural Address of, 31–33, 152
military talents of, 30, 39
as model of virtues, 28–30, 33–34, 78–79, 178
See also The Life of Washington; Whiskey Rebellion
Washington, Martha, 27, 34
Washington, Mary, 28, 30
“Washington Crossing the Delaware” (Leutze), 250
Washington, DC, 31
Weed, Thurlow, 145, 253
Weems, Mason Locke (Weems, Parson), 7, 33, 230, 241
career and income of, 27
writings of, 27–28, 44, 65, 78–79
Welles, Gordon, 182
West. See American West
West Indies, 86–88
West Virginia, 255
Western Citizen, 101
Western Department, 222
Whigs, 46, 125
demise of, 107
Democrats and, 46–49, 69–71, 78–84
partisanship towards, 62
Whiskey Rebellion, 202–203
Wigfall, Louis, 252–253
Wills, Garry, 241–242
Winthrop, Robert, 84, 123, 188
Wisconsin, 122
Women, 7
Wythe, George, 90
Young Indians, 93
Young Men’s Lyceum, 3–4, 8–9, 13, 61–66, 77, 87, 244–245, 255, 281
Yulee, David, 252
Zebedee riddle, 15, 20, 22