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List of Illustrations Fig. 1. the election of 1860 2 Fig. 2. hon. abraham lincoln 8 Fig. 3. the republican convention in the wigwam 17 Fig. 4. lincoln campaign Banner, 1860 18 Fig. 5. lincoln and Douglas in a Political Foot race 19 Fig. 6. the national Game 20 Fig. 7. Storming the castle 21 Fig. 8. the lincoln Quick Step 23 Fig. 9. hon. Stephen a. Douglas of illinois 31 Fig. 10. Stephen Finding his Mother 35 Fig. 11. taking the Stump 42 Fig. 12. Douglas campaign Banner 53 Fig. 13. hon. John c. Breckinridge 70 Fig. 14. President James Buchanan, 1860 76 Fig. 15. william l. Yancey 82 Fig. 16. Jefferson Davis between 1858 and 1860 84 Fig. 17. Progressive Democracy—Prospect of a Smash Up 86 Fig. 18. the Undecided Political Prize Fight 88 Fig. 19. congressional Surgery 93 Fig. 20. hon. John Bell of tennessee 104 Fig. 21. John J. crittenden, Senator from Kentucky 112 Fig. 22. the Political Quadrille 116 Fig. 23. Bell campaign Banner, 1860 121 Fig. 24. Bell and everett, Grand national Union Banner for 1860 122 Fig. 25. the Union, the constitution and the enforcement of the laws 123 Fig. 26. Frederick Douglass, 1860 142 Fig. 27. william lloyd Garrison 144 Fig. 28. hon. Gerrit Smith of new York 148 Fig. 29. hon. oliver P. Morton, Governor of indiana in 1861 198 Fig. 30. Jesse D. Bright, Senator from indiana 200 Fig. 31. his royal highness, albert edward, Prince of wales 226 Fig. 32. william h. Seward, Senator from new York 228 Fig. 33. hon. charles Sumner of Massachusetts 229 Fig. 34. Grand procession of wide-awakes 261 x · List of Illustrations ...

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