CHAPTER VII

THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN--SECESSION

The National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860--How Lincoln was nominated in preference to Seward--the Secession movement after the election--Trumbull makes a speech at Springfield which includes a brief statement of Republican policy written by Lincoln--Correspondence between Lincoln and Trumbull before the inauguration--Trumbull advises his friends in Chicago not to make concessions to those who threaten to overthrow the Government--He has a debate in the Senate with Jefferson Davis--Makes a speech at the night session, March 2, 1861, against the Crittenden Compromise--The latter defeated in the Senate by Yeas, 19; Nays, 20--Some items of Washington society news from Mrs. Trumbull--Interview between President Buchanan and Judge McLean--Text of Trumbull's Speech against the Crittenden Compromise 102