CONTENTS

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THE BIGLOW PAPERS.

NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS

1

NOTE TO TITLE-PAGE.

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INTRODUCTION

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FIRST SERIES.

No. I. A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OF

JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM 43

No. II. A LETTER FROM MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE

HON. J. T. BUCKINGHAM

51

No. III. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS

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No. IV. REMARKS OF INCREASE D. O’PHACE, Esq. . 75

No. V. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT

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No. VI. THE Pious EDITOR'S CREED

97

No. VII. A LETTER FROM A CANDIDATE FOR THE

PRESIDENCY IN ANSWER TO SUTTIN QUESTIONS PRO-

POSED BY MR. HOSEA BIGLOW .

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No. VIII. A SECOND LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, Esq. 116

No. IX. A THIRD LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, Esq. 133

SECOND SERIES.

INTRODUCTION

THE COURTIN'

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No. I. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN, Esq., TO MR. HOSEA

BIGLOW

215

No. II. MASON AND SLIDELL: A YANKEE IDYLL . 240

No. III. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN, ESQ., TO MR. HOSEA

BIGLOW

271

No. IV. A MESSAGE OF JEFF DAVIS IN SECRET SES-

SION.

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No. V. SPEECH OF HONOURABLE PRESERVED DOE IN

SECRET CAUCUS

311

No. VI. SUNTHIN' IN THE PASTORAL LINE

328

No. VII. LATEST VIEWS OF MR. BIGLOW

341

No. VIII. KETTELOPOTOMACHIA

352

No. IX. SOME MEMORIALS OF THE LATE REVEREND

H. WILBUR

361

No. X. MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE EDITOR OF THE

ATLANTIC MONTHLY

369

No. XI. MR. HOSEA BIGLOW'S SPEECH IN MARCH

MEETING

375

NOTES

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GLOSSARY

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INDEX .

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