_In Congress_.
Agrees with Whig programme on Mexican war;
introduces "Spot Resolutions" against Polk;
his speech;
his doctrine of right of revolution;
votes for Ashmun's amendment condemning war;
defends himself from charge of lack of patriotism;
his honesty;
damages Whigs in Illinois;
favors candidacy of Taylor;
his speech in House for Taylor against Cass;
votes for Wilmot Proviso;
his bill to prohibit slave trade in District of Columbia;
obtains support of Giddings;
fails to obtain commissionership in Land Office;
declines governorship of Oregon.
_Candidate for Senate_.
Accepts compromise although recognizing its futility;
favors Scott in 1852;
answers Douglas's defense of Nebraska bill;
escapes connection with Abolitionists;
renews attack upon Douglas;
candidate for Senate;
leads in first ballots;
injured by Abolitionist praise;
urges friends to secure election of Trumbull;
his alleged bargain with Trumbull;
receives vote for Vice-President in Republican National Convention;
his surprise;
his opinion of Kansas question;
delivers speech at organization of Republican party;
meets disapproval at Springfield;
in campaign of 1856;
encounters hostility of Greeley in the East;
journey of Herndon in his behalf;
nominated by State Convention for senatorship;
damaged by Whig support of Douglas;
prepares letter of acceptance;
reads paragraph on situation to friends;
alarms advisers by his plainness of utterance;
insists on asserting the irrepressible conflict;
statesmanship of his course;
challenges Douglas to joint debate;
misrepresentations of his position on slavery;
his appeal to "the fathers";
his accusation against the South;
his crucial question to Douglas;
Douglas's reply;
his position on Dred Scott decision;
accused of duplicity;
his views as to slavery under the Constitution considered;
on Abolitionists;
on negro race;
his freedom from animosity toward opponents or slaveholders;
does not denounce slaveholders;
his fairness a mental trait;
on popular sovereignty;
convicts Douglas of ambiguity;
alleged purpose to discredit Douglas as presidential candidate;
feels himself upholder of a great cause;
his moral denunciation of slavery;
his literary form;
elevation of tone;
disappointed at defeat by Douglas;
exhausted by his efforts;
asked to contribute to campaign fund.
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