Includes bibliographical references (p. [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: January-February -- The storm is weathered: January-February, revisited -- A calm pervades the political world: March -- Any decision would be preferable to this uncertainty: March-April -- Everybody now is for the Union: April-May -- Conclusion : Shall it be peace, or a sword?
