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Seward — His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech (1858) 177

John Brown — His Speech to the Court at His Trial (1859) 186

Garrison — On the Death of John Brown (1859) 189

Yancey — His Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention (1860) 192

Jefferson Davis — On Withdrawing from the Union (1861) 203

Toombs — On Resigning from the Senate (1861) 211

Lincoln — I The "House Divided Agamst Itself" Speech (1858) 2

II In the First Debate with Douglas (1858) 227

III His Farewell Words m Springfield (1861) 238

IV The First Inaugural Address (1861). 210

V The Speech at Gettysburg (1863). . 254

VI The Second Inaugural Address (1865). 255

Stephen A. Douglas — In the First Debate With Lincoln (1858) 259