SPEECHES.

COMPILED BY

L. E. CHITTENDEN,

Er-Register of the Treasury,

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AUTHOR OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN," 19 66
REMINISCENCES," ETC.

PERSONAL

NEW YORK:

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

Copyright, 1895,

BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

Address to the People of Sangamon County.

From his Address before the Young Men's Lyceum

of Springfield, Illinois, on the Perpetuation of our

Political Institutions.

Mr. Lincoln's Earliest Announcement of His Politi-

cal Opinions

From his Protest in the Journal of the Legislature

of Illinois, signed by Mr. Lincoln and Dan Stone

Extracts from a Political Debate between Mr. Lin-

coln, E. D. Baker, and others, against Stephen A.

Douglas, Josiah Lamborn, and others, held in

the Second Presbyterian Church in Springfield,

Illinois

Extracts from his Address before the Springfield

Washingtonian Temperance Society.

From the Circular of the Whig Committee

From his Speech in the House of Representatives

of the United States

9

18

24

25

26

29

34

37

The Eulogy upon Henry Clay

40

From his Reply to Senator Douglas, delivered at
Peoria, Illinois. Origin of the Wilmot Proviso .

Extracts from Letter to Joshua F. Speed

From his Discussion of the Decision in the Dred

Scott Case, at Springfield, Illinois.

60

The "Divided House" Speech delivered at Spring-

field, Illinois, on his Nomination to the Senate of

the United States

From his Speech at Chicago, in reply to the Speech

of Judge Douglas, on the Evening of July 9,

1858

From his Speech at Springfield, Illinois

The Lincoln and Douglas Debate:

The First Meeting at Ottawa, Illinois

From the Debate at Freeport, Illinois

In Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas at

Freeport .

From Mr. Lincoln's Reply at Jonesboro.

From Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder to Judge Douglas

at Charlestown, Illinois.

From Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas at

Galesburg, Illinois

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86

117

124

213

222

Mr. Lincoln's Reply to Judge Douglas in the Sev-

enth and Last Joint Debate at Alton, Illinois.

From his Speech at Columbus, Ohio

From his Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio

From his Speech of February 27, 1860, at the Cooper

Institute, New York

From his Speech at New Haven, Connecticut

His Letter to Hon. Geo. Ashmun, President, accept-

ing his Nomination for the Presidency

To the Citizens of Springfield, on his departure for

Washington.

From his Remarks at Indianapolis, Indiana

From his Address to the Legislature at Indianapo-

lis, Indiana.

From his Address to the Legislature at Columbus.

Ohio

From his Remarks at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. . 229

From his Address at Trenton, to the Senate of New

Jersey

Address at Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

From his Reply to the Governor, and his Address

to the Legislature at Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania. 236