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
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