LIFE OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS. WITH His most Important Speeches and Reports. BY H. M. FLINT. NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, PUBLISHERS. 1860. ENTERED According to Act of Congress, in he year 1860, by DERBY & JACKSON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. W H. TINSON, Stereotyper. GEO. RUSSELL & Co, Printa 1 THE proofs of this work having been submitted to several of Mr. Douglas' most judicious friends, it is believed by them to be a true and faithful exposition of the leading incidents of his career, and is by them cordially recommended as authentic and reliable. Parentage, Birth, and early Life of Stephen A. Douglas-He Studies Law -Goes to the West-Teaches School-Admitted to Practise Law-His Success as a Lawyer, and the Causes of it-Becomes Attorney General of Illinois-Elected to the State Legislature-Electioneers for Martin Van Buren for President, in 1840-Makes 207 Speeches in that Year, and carries Illinois for the Democracy-Becomes a Judge of the Mr. Douglas' First Session in Congress-His Speech upon the Improve- ment by Congress of Western Rivers and Harbors-His Great Speech on the Bill to Refund General Jackson's Fine-General Jackson's Opinion |