TAILIEUCHUNG - ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A HISTORY VOLUME 2

While the town of Lawrence was undergoing burning and pillage, Governor Shannon wrote to Colonel Sumner to say that as the marshal and sheriff had finished making their arrests, and he presumed had by that time dismissed the posse, he required a company of United States troops to be stationed at Lawrence to secure "the safety of the citizens in both, person and property," asking also a like company for Lecompton and Topeka. The next day the citizens of Lawrence had the opportunity to smother their indignation when they saw the embers of the Free-State Hotel and the scattered fragments of their printing-presses patrolled and "protected". | 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX ABRAHAM LINCOLN 2 ABRAHAM LINCOLN A HISTORY BY JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY VOLUME TWO New York The Century Co. 1890 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. II CHAPTER I. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON REBELLION Civil War in Kansas. Guerrillas dispersed by Colonel Sumner. General . Smith supersedes Sumner. Governor Shannon Removed. Missouri River Blockaded. Jefferson Davis s Instructions on Rebellion. Acting-Governor Woodson Proclaims the Territory in Insurrection. Report of General Smith. John W. Geary Appointed Governor. Inaugural Address. His Military Proclamations and Measures. Colonel Cooke s Cannon Argument. Hickory Point Skirmish. Imprisonment of Free State Men. End of Guerrilla War. Removal and Flight of Governor Geary. CHAPTER II. THE CONVENTIONS OF 1856 Formation of the Republican Party in Illinois. The Decatur Convention. Action of the Know-Nothing Party. Nomination of Fillmore and Donelson. Democrats of Illinois Nominate William A. Richardson for Governor. The Davis-Bissell Challenge. The Bloomington Convention. Bissell Nominated for Governor. Lincoln s Speech at Bloomington. The Pittsburgh Convention. The Philadelphia Convention. Nomination of Frémont and Dayton. The Philadelphia Platform. Lincoln Proposed for Vice-President. The Cincinnati Convention. The Cincinnati Platform. Nomination of Buchanan and Breckinridge. Buchanan Elected President. Bissell Elected Governor. Lincoln s Campaign Speeches. CHAPTER III. CONGRESSIONAL RUFFIANISM Sumner s Senate Speech on Kansas. Brooks s Assault on Sumner. Action of the Senate. Action of the House. Resignation and Reelection of Brooks. Wilson Challenged. Brooks Challenges Burlingame. Sumner

• Tiếng Anh thương mại
• JEFFERSON DAVIS ON REBELLION
• HARPERS FERRY
• LINCOLNS OHIO SPEECHES
• LINCOLN ON DRED SCOTT
• THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
• CONGRESSIONAL RUFFIANISM