CONTENTS -- 1 A ROVING DISPOSITION -- 2 GENTLEMAN-EDITOR (1825-1828) -- 3 APPRENTICESHIP IN POLITICS -- 4 REWARDS FOR THE FAITHFUL -- 5 ASSIGNMENT IN WASHINGTON -- 6 CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE -- 7 STRUGGLE FOR ASCENDANCY -- 8 LOCO-FOCO -- 9 NILES, WELLES AND CO. -- 10 A PERSISTENT SUITOR -- 11 HARD TIMES -- 12 LOW EBB -- 13 MUTUAL FEARS -- 14 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT -- 15 FREE SOIL AND FRÉMONT -- 16 CHICAGO: 1860 -- 17 NEW ENGLAND'S REPRESENTATIVE MAN -- 18 CONFLICT -- 19 THE EXECUTIVE TOUCH -- 20 TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS -- 21 NEPTUNE AND MARS -- 22 CONFUSION OF PURPOSES -- 23 MONITOR MANIA -- 24 A BLUNTED TRIDENT -- 25 ON THE DEFENSIVE -- 26 SUFFRAGE IS CRUCIAL -- 27 THE ISSUE IS WITH HIM -- 28 THE MADNESS OF THE HOUR -- 29 DRAMA AND MELODRAMA -- 30 OLD AND FULL OF DAYS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX I -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.