On p. 395, the second footnote has no anchor in the text. It is presumed to have been intended to follow the closing paragraph.
The use of quotation marks is sometimes ambiguous, where opening or closing marks are missing. These have been rectified, where the voice or context clearly indicates the correct reading.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. Since a large portion of the text is quoted material, consideration was given to any apparent idiosyncrasies. The references are to the page and line in the original. Those references prefixed with ‘i’ refer to the page, column and line in the Index.
The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.
| 5.3 | transferred his household go[o]ds to Wheatland | Added. |
| 11.22 | [“]Wheatland, near Lancaster | Added to balance closing quote. |
| 15.15 | taken before the judge or commiss[s]ioner | Removed. |
| 45.42 | as well as others of a simil[i]ar character | Removed. |
| 52.18 | his views on “secret or oath-bound societies.[’]” | Removed. |
| 54.43 | I admit a respecta[c/b]le political | Replaced. |
| 61.7 | This ‘American excellence’ never belonged to him.[”] | Removed. |
| 123.1 | the Se[c]retary of State | Added. |
| 131.14 | dominion over Nicara[ug/gu]a | Transposed. |
| 145.1 | would never hear of my taking such a journey[.] | Added. |
| 254.5 | and the procee[e]dings of the Covode Committee | Removed. |
| 256.14 | [“]The committee proceeded for months | Added. |
| 259.1 | ‘removal from office,[”/’] | Replaced. |
| 276.17 | derived from the incessant co[m/n]templation of one idea | Replaced. |
| 308.67.88 | J. S. Black[”]. | Added. |
| 311.38 | Fort Morgan, below Mobile, without a garr[r]ison | Removed. |
| 438.108.21 | on an occasion so important.[”] | Added. |
| 457.1 | [“]In the communication | Added. |
| 460.26 | [‘/“]The character of this letter is such | Replaced. |
| 473.23 | Defence, and not aggress[s]ion | Removed. |
| 493.38 | in response to the resolution.[”] | Removed. |
| 503.16 | I know not [k]now what will become of it. | Added. |
| 505.4 | even Tennessee[e] and Missouri | Removed. |
| 506.38 | Alca[n]traz Island | sic |
| 509.11 | Mr. Buchanan, in re[s]ponding to this speech | Added. |
| 518.41 | [“]My Dear Sir:— | Removed. |
| 521.36 | which you sent me?[”] | Added. |
| 576.6 | his fund of amusing as well [as ]important anecdotes, | Added. |
| 614.8 | the immediate interests of the Democratic party[,/.] | Replaced. |
| 676.4 | in such a way as that it should be re[num/mun]erative | Transposed. |
| 683.5 | [“]Happily, the venerable sage of Wheatland | Removed. |
| i701.1.29 | Montgomery Commis[s]ioners | Added. |
| i702.2.4 | Paschkoff[s], Madame | Removed. |
| i705.1.11 | Stack[le/el]berg, Baron | Transposed. |