CHAPTER XXVI.

THE MAN.

Reasons for His Re-election--What was Accomplished--Leaning on the People--State Papers--His Tenacity of Purpose--Washington and Lincoln--As a Man--Favorite Poem--Autobiography--His Modesty --A Christian--Conclusion 382

APPENDIX.

Mr. Lincoln’s Speeches in Congress and Elsewhere, Proclamations, Letters, etc., not included in the Body of the Work.

Speech on the Mexican War, (In Congress, Jan. 12, 1848) 391

Speech on Internal Improvements, (In Congress, June 20, 1848) 403

Speech on the Presidency and General Politics, (In Congress, July 27, 1848) 417

Speech in Reply to Mr. Douglas, on Kansas, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Utah Question, (At Springfield, June 26, 1857) 431

Speech in Reply to Senator Douglas, (At Chicago, July 10, 1858) 442

Opening Passages of his Speech at Freeport 459

Letter to Gen. McClellan 464

Letter to Gen. Schofield Relative to the Removal of Gen. Curtis 466

Three Hundred Thousand Men Called For 466

Rev. Dr. McPheeters--President’s Reply to an Appeal for Interference 468

An Election Ordered in the State of Arkansas 470

Letter to William Fishback on the Election in Arkansas 471

Call for Five Hundred Thousand Men 471

Letter to Mrs. Gurney 473

The Tennessee Test Oath 474

LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.