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Title: The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V
Political Essays

Author: James Russell Lowell

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THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL IN PROSE AND POETRY

VOLUME V

Political Essays

by

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

[Illustration: _Mr. Lowell in 1881_]

London
MacMillan and Co.
1898

CONTENTS

THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY 1

THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 17

E PLURIBUS UNUM 45

THE PICKENS-AND-STEALIN'S REBELLION 75

GENERAL McCLELLAN'S REPORT 92

THE REBELLION: ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES 118

McCLELLAN OR LINCOLN 153

ABRAHAM LINCOLN 177

RECONSTRUCTION 210

SCOTCH THE SNAKE, OR KILL IT? 239

THE PRESIDENT ON THE STUMP 264

THE SEWARD-JOHNSON REACTION 283

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL AT THE AGE OF 62.
ENGRAVED ON STEEL, BY J. A. J. WILCOX _Frontispiece_

MAJOR ROBERT AND