121 "his own way": Busey, Personal Reminiscences, p. 28.

121 "others say nothing": CW, 1:465.

121 missed only 13: Paul Findley, A Lincoln: The Crucible of Congress (New York: Crown Publishers, 1979), pp. 167168.

121 of the Congress: Pratt, Personal Finances, p. 101.

121 "speak in court": CW, 1:430.

121 "pale-faced, consumptive man": CW, 1:448.

122 Mexicans as "greasers": Mark E. Neely, Jr., "War and Partisanship: What Lincoln Learned from James K. Polk" JISHS 74 (Autumn 1981): 205.

122 as "altogether inexpedient": CW, 1:337.

122 "of the people": CW, 2:4.

123 to encourage volunteering: Day by Day, 1:273; Beveridge, 1:381.

123 "should be ended": CW, 1:432.

123 "our own soil": James D. Richardson, ed., A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the President (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1897), 4:534.

123 "protection of Texas": CW, 1:421422.

123 "that is wrong": This pa.s.sage in Lincoln's ma.n.u.script (Lincoln MSS, LC) was deleted from the printed speech.

124 "charms to destroy": CW, 1:437, 439.

124 "on a hot stove": This pa.s.sage in Lincoln's ma.n.u.script (Lincoln MSS, LC) was deleted from the printed speech.

124 "of a fever-dream": CW, 1:439442.

124 "sending me again": CW, 1:431.

124 an unpatriotic speech: Riddle, Congressman Abraham Lincoln, pp. 5051.

124 "tall Mr. Lincoln": Ibid., p. 35.

124 "most conclusive arguments": Herbert Mitgang, ed., Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait (Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1971), p. 55.

125 "of one term": Riddle, Congressman Abraham Lincoln, pp. 3539, gives an excellent sampling of editorial opinion.

125 "in the House": Gabor S. Boritt, "Lincoln's Opposition to the Mexican War," JISHS 67 (Feb. 1974): 91.

125 "be successfully controverted": Riddle, Congressman Abraham Lincoln, pp. 3536.

125 "side so long": Anson G. Henry to AL, Dec. 29, 1847, Lincoln MSS, LC.