CONTENTS
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| Preface. | xiii | |
| Introduction: | ||
| Pen-Sketch of President Lincoln By Walt Whitman. | xv | |
| Speeches (December 1, 1859, to February 28, 1861): | ||
| The Treason of Secession Fragment of Speech at Leavenworth, Kan. December 5, 1859. | 1 | |
The Treason of Secession. . . I Lecture on "Discoveries, Inventions, and Im- provements." Delivered before th^ Library Association of Springfield, Illinois. February , 1860 2 Slavery as the Fathers Viewed It. Address at Cooper Union, New "fork. February 27, 1860 14 Slavery the Enemy of the Free Workingmen. Abstract of Speech at Hartford, Connecticut. March 5, 1860 43 Slavery the Snake in the Union Bed. Speech at New Haven, Connecticut. March 5. 1860 50 Popular Sovereignty the Sugar-Coated Slavery Pill. Abstract of Speech at Norwich, Connecticut. March 9, 1860 76 Reply to the Committee Informing Him of His Nomination for President by the Chicago Con- vention. May 19, 1860 80 Acceptance of Nomination as President. May, 1860 80 [Platform of the Republican National Convention held in Chicago, May 16-18, 1860] . . 81 The Cause, Not the Man. Remarks at Springfield, Illinois. August 14, 1860 . . . .84 Charity towards Political Opponents. Remarks V
