JOHN PARKER HALE On Secession; Moderate Republican Opinion
--United States Senate, December 5, 1860.

ALFRED IVERSON On Secession; Secessionist Opinion
--United States Senate, December 5, 1860.

BENJAMIN WADE On Secession, And The State Of The Union; Radical
Republican Opinion--United States Senate, December 17, 1860.

JOHN JORDON CRITTENDEN On The Crittenden Compromise; Border State
Unionist Opinion--United States Senate, December 18, 1860.

ROBERT TOOMBS On Secession; Secessionist Opinion
--United States Senate, January 7, 1861.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX On Secession; Douglas Democratic Opinion
--House Of Representatives, January 14, 1861.

JEFFERSON DAVIS On Withdrawal From The Union; Secessionist Opinion
--United States Senate, January 21, 1861.



LIST OF PORTRAITS

WILLIAM H. SEWARD -- Frontispiece From a photograph.

SALMON P. CHASE -- From a daguerreotype, engraved by F. E. JONES.

EDWARD EVERETT -- From a painting by R. M. STAIGG.