CHAPTER XVI.
Civil War--Uprising of the Nation--The President's First Call for Troops--Response of the Loyal North--The Riots in Baltimore--Loyalty of Stephen A.Douglas--Douglas's Death--Blockade of Southern Ports--Additional War Measures--Lincoln Defines the Policy of the Government--His Conciliatory Course--His Desire to Save Kentucky--The President's First Message to Congress--Gathering of Troops in Washington--Reviews and Parades--Disaster at Bull Run--The President Visits the Army--Good Advice to an Angry Officer--A Peculiar Cabinet Meeting--Dark Days for Lincoln--A "Black Mood" in the White House--Lincoln's Unfaltering Courage--Relief in Story-Telling--A Pretty Good Land Title--"Measuring up" with Charles Sumner--General Scott "Unable as a Politician"-- A Good Drawing-Plaster--The New York Millionaires who Wanted a Gunboat--A Good Bridge-Builder--A Sick Lot of Office-Seekers.