Struggles and Triumphs by P.T. Barnum — Read

My Political Principles -- Reasons for My Change of Parties -- Kansas and Secession -- Wide-Awakes -- Grand Illumination of Lindencroft -- Joke on a Democratic Neighbor -- Peace Meetings -- The Stepney Excitement -- Tearing Down a Peace Flag -- A Loyal Meeting -- Reception in Bridgeport -- Destruction of the "Farmer" Office -- Elias Howe, Jr.

-- Saint Peter and Saltpetre -- Draft Riots -- Burglars at Lindencroft -- My Election to the Legislature -- Beginning of My War on Railroad Monopolies -- Wire-Pulling -- The XIV Amendment to the United States Constitution -- Striking the Word "White" from the Connecticut Constitution -- My Speech.