-226;
inaugural journey, 268-276;
Wisconsin state fair, 389

Speeches and lectures, quotations,
influence of Weem's life of Washington, 15;
Perpetuation of our political institutions, 63-65;
Peace plea, 158;
Bloomington ratification meeting, 169-170;
"House-divided-against-itself," 180, 426, 473;
Appeal for a hearing in southern Illinois, 199-200;
Cincinnati, 1859, 211;
Cooper Institute speech, 218-219;
Presidential nomination, response, 243;
Springfield farewell, 267;
Cincinnati in 1861, 270;
Cincinnati, reply to Oberkleine, 272-273;
Philadelphia, on inaugural journey, 278;
after Bull Run, 328;
Slavery, 426;
Emancipation proclamation, speech following, 444-445;
Gettysburg address,
text, 512,
comments, 512-515;
Grant's commission, presentation of, 519;
Richmond, to negroes, 571;
Close of war, 574;
Reconstruction, last speech, 575-576.
_See also_
Lincoln-Douglas debates;
Messages and proclamations

Speed, Joshua F.,
mentioned, 294, 322;
first interview with L., 69-70;
L's home with, 88;
intimate friend of L., 95-96;
opinion of L's ability as a lawyer, 145-146;
L's letter to sister of Speed, quoted, 148;
L's letter to, on slavery, 151;
compares L. and Douglas, 182-183;
appointed attorney general, 294;
at L's death-bed, 591

"Spot Resolutions," speech, 101

Springfield, Ill.,
L. moves to, 60;
agitation over removal of capital, 62, 66;
removal accomplished, 69;
L. returns to, 109;
L's departure, Feb. 11, 1861, 265-266;
recollections of L. about, 584;
funeral ceremonies for L., 599

Stanton, Edwin M.,
mentioned, 356, 357, 399, 461, 497;
professional meeting with L., 173-176;
contempt for L., 175;
appointed secretary of war, 294;
member of Buchanan's cabinet, 294, 295;
applicant for office, 296;
press refused information, 301;
Mason and Slidell capture approved, 341;
impulsiveness and violence, 364;
antagonism to Welles, 364, 368;
relations with L., 364-379;
resignation threatened, 368;
resignation withdrawn, 370;
master-mind of cabinet, 370-371;
replaces Cameron in cabinet, 371;
Cameron's own account, 372-373;
Fortress Monroe, visit to, 386-392;
hostility to McClellan, 407, 411-412;
refuses Col. Scott leave of absence, 408-410;
death of his child, 423;
opposes the "Boston set," 482;
discouraged at Hooker's resignation, 498;
dispute with Grant,