Chapter 34

WHAT NEXT?

THE PRESENT OUTLOOK--COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS, BRIGHT--WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES SEE--WHAT IS A "REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT?"--WHAT DID THE FATHERS MEAN BY IT--THE REASON FOR THE GUARANTEE IN THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION--PURPOSES OF "THE PEOPLE" IN CREATING THIS REPUBLIC--THE "SOLID-SOUTHERN" OLIGARCHS DEFEAT THOSE PURPOSES--THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT BLAMELESS FOR THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THINGS--THE OLD REBEL-CHIEFTAINS AND COPPERHEADS, IN CONTROL--THEY GRASP ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS LOST BY THE REBELLION--THEIR GROWING AGGRESSIVENESS--THE FUTURE--"WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?"

PORTRAITS.

MAPS.

SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA.

FIRST BULL RUN BATTLE-FIELD.

FIRST BULL RUN BATTLE-FIELD, SHOWING POSITION OF ARMIES.

EDWARD D. BAKER, BENJ. F. BUTLER, J. C. BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C. CALHOUN, HENRY CLAY, J. J. CRITTENDEN, HENRY WINTER DAVIS, JEFFERSON DAVIS, SIMON CAMERON, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, JOHN C. FREMONT, H. W. HALLECK, ISAAC W. HAYNE, PATRICK HENRY, DAVID HUNTER, THOMAS JEFFERSON, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, THAD. STEVENS, WM. H. SEWARD, LYMAN TRUMBULL, BENJ. F. WADE, DANIEL WEBSTER, LOUIS T. WIGFALL.