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Democratic opposition. - Division of sentiment

among Republicans. Stevens, Bingham, Olin. - Senate.

by Saulsbury, Latham, McDougall, Davis. -Resolution defended by

Morrill. - Passed. — Other propositions. - Deep feeling. -Resolutions

of Wilson, White. Committee of Nine. Bill. Noell's bill and

speech. Clements, Wickliffe. - Debate. Henderson, Kennedy, Tur-

pie, Richardson.

Questions of time and compensation. Harris, Sher-

Howard. Speeches of Wilson, Cowan,

man, Foster. - Amendments.

Sumner. Bill passed. — Lost in the House. — Conferences with border

State representatives. - President's letter. - Majority and minority re-

Early opinions. - Ordinance of 1787.- Increased profit of slavery and ter-

ritorial extension. - New purposes of the Slave Power. - Arnold's bill.

-Debate and its revelations. - Border-State Republicans. — Democratic

opposition. Cox, Wickliffe, Crisfield, Fisher, Diven. -Speeches of Ar-

nold, Olin, Sheffield. - Compensation. Thomas, Stevens, Bingham,

Kelley. Difficulties. Lovejoy's amendment. Passage of bill. — In

the Senate. Baltimore "American".

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Simple question. - Mr. Pomeroy's resolution. - Mr. Trumbull's bill.

Long and earnest debate. Great divergence of views. -Speeches of

Morrill, Howard, Wilmot. Strong opposition. - Davis, Powell, Wil-

ley, and Saulsbury. - Henderson, Cowan.

Wade. Hale's constitutional scruples.

the measure. Hale, Wilson, Wade, Sumner, Clark. - Committee's

Debate. House. - Eliot's bill and speech. - Harding, Con-

way. Various propositions. Reports. Select committee. Report

and debate. - Division of sentiment. - Southern views. — Crittenden,

Mallory.-Northern opposition. —-Cox, Law, Thomas. —Noell, Loomis,

Julian, Beaman, Rice. Southern utterances. — Menzies, Price. — Eliot's

speech and substitute passed. Senate. Committee of conference.

Bill becomes a law

HAYTI AND LIBERIA. —FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SLAVE-TRADE.

Public commitment of the government to slavery. - Refusal to recognize

Hayti and Liberia. - President's message. Mr. Sumner's bill and

speech. Davis's opposition. - Passage. House debate. -Gooch, Cox,

Biddle, Thomas, Maynard. - Passage. Slave-trade never effectively

opposed. — Lincoln's message thereon. - Treaty with England. — Sew-

ard's despatch. -Sumner's bill. Adopted and approved. Foster's

bill. - Domestic slave-traffic. - Sumner's bill. - Amendment concerning

coastwise slave-trade.

-Debate and failure. Again reintroduced.

Speech of General Thomas..

Purpose. New policy. - President's testi-

mony. - General hesitation. - Protests. Secretary's report. — Modi.

fied. President vindicates his course. Sincerity. Bill to amend the

act of 1795. - Growing conviction of need of colored soldiers. - Protest

of border States. Saulsbury, Carlile, Davis. Change of sentiments.

-Sherman, Fessenden, Rice, Wilson. - Long and violent speech of

Garrett Davis. Difficulties of detail. Slaves of loyal men. - Brown-

ing, Harlan. - New bill. Adopted.- Scruples of antislavery men. —

Passed and approved. - President still hesi-

Change. - Mansfield French. - Visits Wash-

ington. Secretary of War's order. - Colored troops in free States. —

Governor Andrew. Large results. - Stevens's amendment for enrolling

colored troops. - Amendments. - Loyal masters. - Debate. Great di-

versity. - Kelley, Higby. - Opposition. - Stevens's amendment adopted.

-Pay of colored soldiers. - Wilson's bill and resolution. - Various

amendments. Fessenden, Sumner, Conness, Wilson. Cowan's substi-

tute. Davis's amendment. Differences. Collamer, Foot. - Pro-

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Historic event.-President's hesitation.- Fremont's command.-His proc-

lamation. — Differently received. - President's embarrassment. — Annul-

ment of proclamation. Conflicting policies. - Hunter's proclamation.

- President's revocation. - Appeal to border States. - Interviews with

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border-States representatives. — Indexes. - Northern impatience.

Greeley's letter. - Chicago delegation. — Simulated opposition. — Yield-

ing. Loyalty to the Divine Will. - Letter to Mr. Hodges. First

draft of Proclamation. ·

- Hiram Barney. — Read to Cabinet.

ard's suggestion. - Waiting for military successes.

- Battle of Antietam.

- Preliminary Proclamation. — How received. Second and final Proc-

lamation. General effect favorable. - Northern opposition. - Meeting

in Illinois. Letter of President.

REPEAL OF FUGITIVE-SLAVE ACT.

Conflict with Higher Law.

Most annoying legislation.

rials. Resolution by Mr. Howe. Bills by Wilmot and Wilson.

Fruitless endeavors. - XXXVIIIth Congress. Bills in the House by

Stevens, Ashley, and Julian. Senate Committee of Seven. - Bill and

report by Mr. Sumner. - Minority report. - Bill debated and passed.

Reconsidered. Sherman's amendment and debate. - Speech of Mr.

Foster. Van Winkle. - Whole subject deferred. - Subject in the

House. Bill reported. - Debate. -Speech of Mallory. - Strenuous

opposition. Cox, King. - Passed. -Action of the Senate.

Hendricks, Saulsbury, Hale, Powell, Davis. Passed

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Colored soldiers.- Confederate threats. - Bill by Mr. Wilson freeing families.

Henderson's amendment and speech in behalf of loyal slavemasters.

Opposed by Grimes and sustained by Johnson. - Testimony against slav-

ery. Sherman's amendment and speech. - Doolittle.

- Brown's propo-

sition and speech. -Wilson's substitute. - Wilkinson, Pomeroy, Lane,

Grimes. Constitutional amendment. - Proposition to recommit.—Con.

ness, Howard, Fessenden. -Slaves, "property."- Davis, Willey. -Joint

resolution. Failure. - New session. Resolution introduced. - Motion

to commit. Democratic opposition. - Mr. Sumner.-Davis's confession.

-Wade. — Powell's amendment. - Carlile. - Resolution adopted. — Re-

ported in the House. Debated. - Passed

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Army organized and disciplined. - Determination of the loyal masses.

Democratic sympathy with the Rebellion. - Fierce demands for peace.

— Hendricks and Vallandigham. — Action of Ohio Democrats.

of July speeches of Pierce and Seymour. - Democratic condemnation of

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Abrogation of slave-trade. — Retrospection. - Proclamation of Emancipa-

- Effects immediate and remote. Results on the whole encour-

Colored soldiers. -State action on slavery. — Oath of allegiance.

- Mr. Sumner's motion. — Saulsbury's amendment. — Republican criti-

cisms and diverse opinions. - Constitutionality questioned. Bayard,

Collamer, Johnson. - Resignation and speech of Bayard. - Montana.

Bill and amendments. Debate. - Sumner and Johnson. Dred Scott

decision. - Hale, Trumbull, Wade. - Amendment lost. - Confiscation

Amendment. - Debate. - Orth, Cox, Kernan. - President's opin-

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.

Ashley's proposed

Proclamation incomplete. Legislation required.

amendment. Joint resolution. Referred. Similar action in the

Senate. - Thirteenth Amendment. - Debate. Trumbull, Wilson.

Opposition. Davis, Powell, Saulsbury, McDougall, Hendricks. - Fac-

tious amendments. - Southern support. - Henderson, Johnson. Rev-

erent references and appeals. Hale, Sumner. - Passed. - House.

Morris. Opposed by Wood, Holman, Pendleton, Kalbfleisch. - Sup-

ported by Shannon, Higby, Kelley, Arnold. - Failure. - XXXVIIIth

Congress.-President's

Brooks, Stevens. - Ashley's

motion to reconsider. - Debate. - Orth, Scofield, Davis, Kasson, Mc-

Bride, Baldwin, Jenckes, Grinnell, Woodbridge, Morris, Patterson, Stevens,

Yeaman, Smithers, Smith. - Change of votes. - McAllister, Coffroth,

Herrick. Bitter opposition by Brooks, Bliss, Rogers, Ward, Mallory,

Clay, White, Townsend, Voorhees, Holman, Cox, Pendleton, Harding.

Democrats supporting. — Rollins, King, Odell. Closing vote. - Great

excitement. Passed. Accepted by the States. Proclamation. -Vari-

ous motives. Radical character of the result. - New departure

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Lessons of slavery. — Wants of the ex-slaves. —“Atlantic Monthly."

Edward L. Pierce. - Fortress Monroe. "Contrabands."--Employed.

-Letter from "Newport News." Rev. L. C. Lockwood. First

school. Great work inaugurated. Commission. Report and recom-

mendations. - Charles B. Wilder. - Northern aid needed. - Favorable

attitude of governmental officials. Sea Islands. Cotton agents.

Secretary Chase. - Mr. Pierce's visit. Report and plan. - Peck and

French, General Sherman. Hesitation of President and Cabinet.

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Co-operation. Appeals and Northern responses.

Associations formed.

-Pierce's second report. - First arrival of missionaries and teachers. —

Immediate success. Lincoln's death and Johnson's new policy. - Gen-

eral purpose of the work for the freedmen. - Prompt and generous North-

ern responses. Female teachers. - Extravagant expectations. - Actual

- British help. - Ameri-

results. Drawbacks.

Various Associations.

can Missionary Association

FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.

Drawbacks. Hostility of the military. - Need of authority. - Convention

at Indianapolis. - Memorial to the President. Others. — Eliot's bill. -

Select committee. Act reported. - Minority report. Eliot's speech. -

Democratic opposition. Cox, Kalbfleisch, Brooks, Pendleton. - Passed.

- Senate. - Bill reported. — Opposed by Davis, Hendricks, Buckalew,

and McDougall. - Postponed. - Next session. Committee of conference.

- Amendments. New bill. - Speech of Kelley. - Senate. — Sumner,

Grimes, Henderson, Hale, Conness. - Failure. - Mr. Wilson, conference,

and new bill. - Debate. Passage. - Division of sentiment. - Experi-

mental.

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Bureau organized. - General Howard. — Circulars. — Headquarters. — Vast

responsibility and difficult position. - Principles and plan. - Experimen-

tal. Congress invoked. Mr. Trumbull's bill in the Senate. - Debate.

- Democratic opposition. - Speech of Hendricks. Trumbull's reply. -

Secondary considerations. - Cowan, Guthrie, Reverdy Johnson. — Wil-

son's reply. McDougall, Saulsbury, Davis. - Passage.

in the House. Opposed by Kerr and Ritter. - Ably defended by Hub-

bard, Donnelly, Garfield. — Amendments proposed. — Passage. — Vetoed.

Debate on the veto. Another bill. - Passed both houses. Veto.-

Passed over the veto. Estimate. Great good accomplished. — Par-

ticulars. Commissioner's report.

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- Sumner's defence. - Morrill's speech. — Washington and Georgetown

Railroad. Mr. Sumner's amendment.

- Mr. Sumner's amendments.

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