Nicolay, J. G.: 276; and John Hay,
317; on Lincoln, 318

OGLESBY, RICHARD J.: 46; speaks
for Lincoln, 231

Oratory: Lincoln on, 41; of Lin-
coln, 60, 191; of Beecher, 83;
of Douglas, 130, 190; of Hern-
don, 187; Lincoln as model of,
255; temperament in, 329
Orendorff, Alfred: 303; death of,
303 note

Ottawa: debate at, 63 note; the

crowds, 193; Douglas's speech,
194; Lincoln's reply, 195; Hern-
don on, 196; ovation to Lincoln,
211

Owens, Mary: 13

PALMER, J. M.: on the circuit, 46;
revolt of, 54 note; for Trumbull,
70; leaves Democratic party, 90;
speaks for Lincoln, 231
Parker, Theodore: Herndon writes
to, 51; on Webster, 72; and the
Nebraska Bill, 72; activity of
as agitator, 73; and fugitive
slave law, 73; and Herndon cor-
spondence, 73; and Herndon cor-
respondence, 75; "trial" of, 78;
on Beecher, 84; tireless worker,
90; in Springfield, 98; in cam-
paign of 1856, 100; as a prophet,
101; on Dred Scott case, 124;
and Lincoln, 124; on Doug-
las, 138; on motives of Doug-
las, 139; and John Brown, 140;
in Music Hall, 154; his famous
phrase used by Lincoln, 155;
Herndon's impressions cf, 157;
review of Beecher's book, 162;
flays Greeley, 201; thought
Douglas won at Ottawa, 208; on
Greeley-Douglas compact, 217;
illness of, 232; on election of

Douglas, 239; turns from Sew-
ard to Lincoln, 240; last note
to Herndon, 248; experiences of
as a minister, 248; in Cuba, Lon-
don, and Italy, 249; last letter
from Herndon, 264

Peoria: debate at, 63; "truce" of,
68 note

Phillips, I. N.: on Lincoln's Bloom-

ington speech, 96 note; letter
from Senator Harlan, 346 note
Phillips, Wendell: 51; and fugitive

slave, 74; and Douglas, 133; on
John Brown, 265; not a states-
man, 337 note

Pierce, Franklin: 49; and Kansas,

79; Parker on, 239

Pioneers: of Illinois, 3; Herndon
lectures on, 295-98; not gloomy,
316

Polk, J. K.: and Mexican war, 26;
and Lincoln, 27, 33; Von Holst
on, 26 note
"Popular Sovereignty: 48; and
Douglas, 54; and Lecompton
fraud, 131; killed by Dred Scott
case, 183; inconsistency of Doug-
las on, 207; Lincoln ridicules,
211

Preachers: oppose Douglas, 56; and

Prohibition, 77; Douglas's war
on, 206; oppose Lincoln, 276
Prentice, George D.: 114
Prohibition: Herndon's activity
for, 75; campaign for, 77; Ger-
mans kill it in Illinois, 77
Pugh, Senator, of Ohio: 134, 162

QUINCY: debate at, 226

RANKIN, H. B.: in Lincoln and

Herndon office, 253; hears Lin-
coln's farewell speech, 336 note
Ray, C. H.: 88, 199

349 note

Reed, Rev. J. A.: lecture of Lin-
coln's religion, 301

Religion of Lincoln: 24; Rev. Reed
on, 301; Herndon, 302; in his
character, 350

Republican, The Daily: Herndon's

editorials in, 118, 121
Republican party: 55; beginnings
of, 80; Lincoln not of first lead-
ers, 81; Herndon in organization
of, 82; Koerner on, 89; Lincoln
pushed into by Herndon, 93;
and Lincoln's Bloomington
speech, 96; angry at Douglas,
117; growth of in Illinois, 125;
courted by Douglas, 136; of-
fends Douglas, 145; and Greeley,
146; Douglas tries to divide, 148;
Greeley thinks ideal too high,
153; charge of sectionalism, 159;
convention of in 1858, 172; effort
to lower ideal of, 215; its course
in Illinois explained, 217; and
Greeley, 219; defended by Lin-
coln, 227; fight of in Illinois,
244; well-drilled, 246; and John
Brown, 260; convention of in
Chicago, 271; victory of, 275
Rhett, R. B.: 25
Richardson, W. A.: 90, 120
Rutledge, Ann: 5, 13; memory of,
277; Herndon's Lecture on, 295;
shadow of, 328, 329 note

35; on Douglas, 146; Herndon
visits, 151; "irrepressible con-
flict" speech, 174 note; Douglas
for, 216; Herndon on, 242;
forces of led by Weed, 272; and
Lincoln, 273; defeated for nom-
ination, 274; speaking tour of,
275; mistake of, 342 note
Shakespeare: study of by Lincoln,
41, 198, 250

Sherman, John: 158-9

Sherman, W. T.: 281, 287
Shields, J.: 17; for Senate, 59; and
Douglas, 70; story of duel, 152
Slave Power: 43; wanted Mexico,
85; and Dred Scott case, 109;
fraud of in Kansas, 128; and
Central America, 142; Douglas
fights, 148; land lust of, 202;
last effort to scare North, 283;
used dualism of nation, 339
Slavery: in Illinois, 3; agitation of,
7; in District of Columbia, 37;
change of sentiment concerning,
48; like a snake, 49; study of by
Lincoln, 51; Lincoln puzzled by,
64-5; Douglas indifferent to, 132,
149 note; and the Union, 168;
insolence of, 169; in new States,
200; destroyed, 349

Slaves: 15, 35, 73; Douglas did not
own, 149 note; as property, 226;
insurrection of, 260

Slidell, Senator: 225
Smith, Gerritt: 140, 261

259 note, 261 note

Schurz, Carl: 226, 231

Scripps, J. L.: 96, 178, 280, 320
Secession: Lincoln on, 263; Lowell
on, 281; Sherman on,
281;
Greeley on, 281; sweeps South,
281; Parker on, 337 note; in
North, 339

ward, 64, 65, 67; and Kansas,
79; secret hatred of slavery in,
81, 85, 340; love of by Herndon,
86; and Douglas, 134; Impend-
ing Crisis of, 158; population of,
158; originally anti-slavery, 158
note; and "Freeport doctrine,''
200; and John Brown, 260;

swept by secession, 281; did not
know Lincoln, 335, 349 note; its
views of Constitution, 339; sin-
cerity of, 339 note; unlike the
North, 340

Speed, Joshua: 6, 9, 15, 16, 79
Speed, Mary: 15

Stephens, A. H.: 25, 28; at Hamp-

ton Roads, 28; memories of Lin-
coln, 29; and Whig club, 35;
letter to Lincoln, 277 note; A
Constitutional View of the War,
339 note; on Lincoln's mysticism,
341

Stetson, F. L.: 68
Stowe, H. B.: 48

Stuart, J. T.: 6; partner of Lin-
coln, 11, 14; warns Lincoln, 50;
rebukes Herndon, 93
Sturtevant, Julian, 8 note
Sumner, Charles: 47, 51; Herndon

on, 83; on Kansas, 94; assaulted,
94; re-election of, 103; and
Douglas, 148; gets pension for
Mrs. Lincoln, 323 note
Supreme Court: and Dred Scott

case, 109; Herndon on, 110, 112;
Lincoln on, 120; in Lincoln-
Douglas debates, 195
Swett, Leonard: 46, 177, 317

TAFT, W. H.: 328

Taney, Judge: and Dred Scott
case, 109; and Douglas, 117, 183;
his death, 175 note; swears Lin-
coln into office, 285

Taylor, Zachary: 29
Territories: a national trust, 64;
slavery not to be extended into,
66

Tolstoi: 349

Toombs, Robert: 25, 35; his Bill
on Kansas, 138, 214
Townsend, George Alfred: 299
Trumbull, Lyman: 70, 71; Hern-

don on, 76; and Kansas, 94;
"big Republican pop-gun,'' 123;
Herndon visits, 151; for Presi-
dent, 173 note; Douglas attacks,
194; speech on Toombs Bill, 197;
links Douglas and Toombs, 207;
Lincoln defends, 214; and Doug-
las-Greeley compact, 216; letter
from Herndon, 284
Twain, Mark: 352

Uncle Tom's Cabin: 48
Union, the: in danger, 67; disturb-
ed over Kansas, 79; and Dred
Scott case, 109; and slavery,
168; and new slave states, 200;
Lincoln on, 263; broken by se
cession, 281; and Lincoln and
Douglas, 285; dualism of, 338;
Lincoln's problem, 341

VAN BUREN, MARTIN: 32, 35
Virginia: attitude toward slavery
and secession, 48 note; Lee a
liegeman of, 340

WALKER, R. J.: 129 note, 139
Ward, Artemeus: 277

War: Black Hawk, 6; Lincoln's
part in, 33; with Mexico, 25;
Parker predicts between the
States, 138; Herndon on, 141;
Douglas's vision of, 285 note;
comes at last, 345; great battles
of, 348
Washburne, E. B.: 70, 71, 177, 199;
Lincoln writes to, 283; at Ap-
pomattox, 349 note
Watterson, Henry: 29 note; at in-
augural of Lincoln, 285; bio-
graphy of Lincoln, 311 note; tri-
bute to Douglas, 342 note
Webster, Daniel: 25, 47; complains
of South, 48; and Lincoln's ora-
tory, 61; and Douglas, 63; Park-

er on, 72; model for Lincoln, 173;
and Cooper Institute address, 268
note

Weed, Thurlow: 36; on Helper's
book, 159; in compact with Doug-
las, 215; and Chicago convention,
271; Seward's leader, 272
Weiss, John: 75, 148 note
Weik, J. W.: 35 note, 97 note;
owns Lincoln scrap-book, 177;
and Herndon, 304-5
Wentworth, John: 90, 93, 99
Whig party: 24, 25; evades slav-
ery issue, 30; Taylor candidate
of, 32; goes to pieces, 37; Lin-

coln clings to, 67; unites with
Republicans, 221

Whitman, Walt: 254, 352
Whitney, W. C.: 45 note, 96 note,

272 note, 315

White, Horace: 56, 61; on "Peoria
truce," 68; on Charleston de-

bate, 214 note; on Cooper Insti-
tute address, 286 note; and Hern-
don biography, 304, 308, 321
Wilson, Henry: 148, 222, 281

YATES, RICHARD: 99, 223, 278

ZANE, CHARLES S.: 251, 274, 300,
303