Note 18 — Chapter I

Based on House Repts., 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 92, 24-5. See also National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Carpenter’s sketch of him to the Senate may be quoted: “There is in Louisiana a very remarkable young man, dignified in mien, of elegant presence, and agreeable conversation; a man full of resources, political and social,—gallant, daring, and with a genius for politics; such a man as would rise to power in any great civil disturbance, embodying in himself the elements of revolution, and delighting in the exercise of his natural gifts in the midst of political excitement.” Globe, 42 Cong., 3 Sess., Appendix, 200.