CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
| 1870. | |
| PAGE | |
| To W. M. Grosvenor, December 13th | 1 |
| Senator Drake's nomination confirmed—Asks deliberate judgment for speech—Authorizes denial of newspaper interviews—Defection of Gratz Brown. | |
| Speech: Political Disabilities: Political Conditions, Especially in Missouri, December 15th | 2 |
| 1871. | |
| To Charles Sumner, January 1st | 70 |
| Acknowledges present of wine. | |
| Speech: Annexation of San Domingo, January 11th | 71 |
| Speech: Civil Service Reform, January 27th | 122 |
| To Jacob D. Cox, February 3d | 176 |
| Needs of the Republican party—Grant and a second term—Suggestions requested as to civil service reform. | |
| Speech: Grant's Usurpation of the War Powers, March 28th and 29th | 177 |
| To E. L. Godkin, March 31st | 252 |
| Republican party ruined by office-mongers—No second term for Grant—Debate on San Domingo resolutions. | |
| To Jacob D. Cox, April 4th | 254 |
| New party of the future Grant losing prestige—Probable defeat of San Domingo scheme. | |
| From C. G. Memminger, April 26th | 255 |
| Mistakes in treating the negro problem—Exorbitant taxes—Remedy lies with Congress or the Republican party. | |
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