Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-370) and index.
Contents
On the brink of the precipice: the election of 1860 -- I would not endanger the perpetuity of this Union: November -- Proportions of which I had but a faint conception: early December -- The issues of the late campaign are obsolete: Late December -- We know not what a day or two or an hour may bring forth: December-January -- One's opinions change fast in Revolutionary times: Jan-Feb -- The storm is weathered: Jan-Feb revisited -- A calm pervades the political world: March -- Any decision would be preferable to this uncertainty: Mar-Apr -- Everybody now is for the Union: Apr-May -- Shall it be peace or a sword?
