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enters Congress His legal career His oratory
Congressional services; finance Industrial questions Defender of the
Constitution Reply to Hayne of South Carolina Webster's ambition His
political relations to the South The antislavery agitation Webster's 7th
of March Speech His loyalty to the Constitution and the Union His
political errors Greatness and worth of his career His death His defects
of character His counterbalancing virtues Permanence of his ideas and
his fame
_JOHN C. CALHOUN_.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
Rapid Rise of Calhoun Education; lawyer; member of Congress Early
speeches His enlightened mind Secretary of war Condition of the South
Calhoun's dislike of Jackson The tariff question Bears heavily on the

South Calhoun a defender of Southern interests Nullification The tariff
of 1832 Clay's compromise bill Jackson's war on the bank Calhoun in
the Senate His detestation of politics as a game Lofty private life Early
speeches The original abolitionists Radicalism Northern lecturers
Calhoun's foresight Calhoun as logician Southern view of slavery
Anti-slavery agitation Slavery in the District of Columbia John Quincy
Adams and anti-slavery petitions Southern opposition to them Clay on
petitions Violence of the abolitionists Misery of the slaves Admission
of Michigan and Arkansas into the Union Triumphs of the South
Growth of the abolitionists "Dough-Faces" Texan independence
Annexation of Texas The Mexican war The war of ideas Prophetic
utterances of Calhoun His obstinacy and arrogance Admission of
California into the Union Clay's concessions Calhoun dying
Compromise bill Calhoun's career His want of patriotism in later life
Nullification doctrines Calhoun contrasted with Clay His character
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
CIVIL WAR AND PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
Lincoln's parentage Rail splitter; country merchant In the Black Hawk
war Postmaster His aspirations and passion for politics Stump speaker
Surveyor Elected to the legislature Lincoln as politician Admitted to
the bar Elected member of Congress His marriage Lincoln as lawyer
Orator On the slavery question Anti-slavery agitation The compromise
of 1850 Stephen A. Douglas Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Charles Sumner Dred Scott decision Lincoln's antagonism to Douglas
His commitment to anti-slavery cause Rise of the Republican party
Lincoln's debates with Douglas Speaks in New York Lincoln as
statesman Nomination for the presidency His election Inauguration
Lincoln's cabinet; Jefferson Davis Fort Sumter War Lincoln as
president Bull Run Concentration of troops in Washington General
McClellan His dilatory measures Gloomy times Retirement of
McClellan General Pope McClellan restored, fights the battle of
Antietam Inaction and final retirement of McClellan Burnside and the
battle of Fredericksburg Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation General
Hooker Lee's raid in Pennsylvania General Meade and the battle of

Gettysburg Lincoln overworked Siege of Vicksburg General Grant
Battle of Chattanooga Grant made general-in-chief March of Grant on
Richmond Military sacrifices Siege of Petersburg Surrender of Lee
Results of the war Strained relations between Chase and Lincoln Chase
chief-justice Lincoln's second inaugural His profound wisdom His
assassination Great services Position in history
_ROBERT E. LEE_.
THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, LL.D.
Birth, lineage, personal appearance, and early career.
A Virginian, he joins his State and the South in secession.
His seven days' fighting against McClellan; forces the latter to raise the
siege of Richmond.
"Stonewall" Jackson and his efficient fighting machine.
Wins at Antietam and Fredericksburg.
Outmanoeuvres Hooker at Chancellorsville.
Successes at Gettysburg and at the second battle of Bull Run.
Grant changes the fortune of war for the North.
Confederate dearth of necessaries and "dear money".
Lee's retreat and capitulation at Appomattox.
His personal characteristics.
Skill shown in his military career.
His manoeuvring tactics and masterful strategy.

High name among the great captains of history.
Gains of his leadership, in spite of "a lost cause".
Latter days, and presidency of Washington College, Lexington, Va.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XII
Sherman's March to the Sea _After the painting by F.O.C. Darley_.
James Monroe _After the painting by Gilbert Stuart, City Hall, New
York_.
Andrew Jackson After a photograph from life.
Henry Clay From a daguerreotype.
Martin Van Buren From a daguerreotype.
Daniel Webster After a drawing from a daguerreotype.
John C. Calhoun From a daguerreotype.
James K. Polk From a daguerreotype.
Abraham Lincoln _After an unretouched negative from life, found in
1870_.
General George B. McClellan _After a photograph from life in the
possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C._
Ulysses S. Grant After the painting by Chappel.
Assassination of President Lincoln _After the drawing by Fr. Roeber_.
Robert E. Lee From a photograph.

BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY.
ANDREW JACKSON.
1767-1845.
PERSONAL POLITICS.
It is very seldom that a man arises from an obscure and humble
position to an exalted pre-eminence, without peculiar fitness for the
work on which his fame rests, and which probably no one else could
have done so well. He may not be learned, or cultured; he may be even
unlettered and rough; he may be stained by vulgar defects and vices
which are