Chapter X: �schuyler Colfax

General William Colfax, Washington's Friend�Mr. Colfax his Grandson�Mr. Colfax's Birth and Boyhood�Removes to Indiana�Becomes Deputy County Auditor�Begins to Deal with Politics�Becomes an Editor�Thexii Period of Maximum Debt�Mr. Colfax's First Year�He is Burnt Out�His Subsequent Success as an Editor�His Political Career as a Whig�Joins the Republican Party�Popularity in his own District�The Nebraska Bill�Mr. Colfax goes into Congress�The Famous Contest for Speakership�Mr. Colfax Saves his Party from Defeat�Banks Chosen Speaker�Mr. Colfax's Great Speech on the Bogus Laws of Kansas�The Ball and Chain for Free Speech�Mr. Colfax Shows the Ball, and A. H. Stephens Holds it for him�Mr. Colfax Renominated Unanimously�His Remarkable Success in his own District�Useful Labors in Post Office Committee�Early for Lincoln for President�Mr. Colfax urged for Post Master General�His Usefulness as Speaker�The Qualifications for that Post�Mr. Colfax's Public Virtues. 347