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Hymn of the Republic." In a speech in Congress of January 16, 1860,
Senator Douglas had stated his "firm and deliberate conviction that the
Harper's Ferry crime was the natural, logical, inevitable result of the
doctrines and teachings of the Republican party."

_The Southampton insurrection_. The reference is to a slave
insurrection which occurred in 1831 in Southampton, Va.

_Helper's Book_. Hinton P. Helper, a North Carolinian of the so-called
poor white class, was the author of a book on the effects of slavery,
entitled _The Impending Crisis in the South_. The special reference is
to the recent agreement among sixty-four Republican representatives to
publish a compendium of the book for circulation in doubtful States.

THE FAREWELL SPEECH.

This beautiful little address was delivered from the platform of the
car that bore the President-elect away from his old home. It has been
preserved in two slightly differing versions, neither of which probably
exactly reproduces the words used. The Springfield papers, which were
followed by Herndon, gave an inaccurate report that robbed the speech
of much of its rare beauty.

THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

The First Inaugural was carefully written in Springfield a month before
its delivery. Contrary to his usual practice in public speaking,
Lincoln read from the MS. The address was enthusiastically received by
an immense audience assembled front of the Capitol and the general
impression produced at the North was favorable. By the Southern and
the Abolition press it was severely criticised, both with regard to its
form and its content.

_The mystic chords of memory_. This passage was suggested by Mr.
Seward, to whom the address had been submitted for criticism. The
customary usury of genius was paid for the verbal loan.

RESPONSE TO SERENADE.

This speech was delivered before a delegation of New Yorkers, who
called at the White House on the evening of March 4. Two other similar
responses have been preserved from the same day. The present address
is reprinted here for the first time, from the New York _Times_.

LETTER TO HORACE GREELEY.

Greeley's letter of August 19, which was headed "The Prayer of Twenty
Millions," began as follows: "I do not intrude to tell you--for you
must know already--that a great proportion of those who triumphed in
your election, and of all who desire the unqualified suppression of the
Rebellion now desolati