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ports and resolutions.

Reverdy Johnson's amendment and speech. - Seddon's speech.

cession deprecated by Morrill, Field, Tuck, and Smith. Debate.

Imperious demands. Resisted by D. Dud-

Coercion condemned and concession pleaded

Frelinghuysen, and Dodge. Further con-

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General uncertainty and diversity of opinion. - Montgomery. - Alleged in-

consistency. Barrett. - Republican hopes. - Slaveholding changes.

Remedies sought. Republican disclaimers. —Northern yielding and

concessions. — Trimble, Stokes. Three facts. Committee of Thirty-

Proposed amendment. - Brief debate.

Charles Francis Adams. Crittenden. - Beale

Kilgore, Stanton. —

ORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.

Work among the people. South Carolina. - Convention. Secession or.

dinance adopted and signed. — Address and declaration. — Alleged causes.

-Governor's proclamation and cabinet. Mississippi convention and

ordinance. River blockade. Florida. Alabama.

vere struggle. Toombs. -Adverse vote. - Johnson, Hill, Stephens.

Strong Union speech. — Secession carried. Louisiana.

States represented. — Howell Cobb. - Committee on pro-

government. Report. Proffered loan. - Choice of President

and Vice-President. Committee on permanent constitution. - Confed-

Provisions of constitution. Action concerning forts, arse-

nals, and navy-yards. Charleston "Mercury.". - Provision for an army

- Jefferson Davis. — Speeches and inaugural address. — Cabi-

Speech of Alexander H. Stephens

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Secessionists at first in a minority. How their numbers were increased.

The Comte de Paris. — His testimony. — Demoralizing influence of slav-

The process. Three classes. - Conditions of Rebel success.

Co-operation, combination, preparation. — Central cabal. — Letter of

Judge Evans. Volunteers. - Violence, or the crushing-out process.

Contingencies. — Virginia. - Solicitude concerning her course. Visit

and estimate of Memminger. - Governor Letcher. — Legislature. — Con-

- Address of Stephens.

Ruffin and Pryor.

vention against secession.

Convention succumbs.. Treaty. Richmond made the capital. — Letter

of Mason. West Virginia. - Admitted by Congress. -Tennessee.

Vote against secession. - Coercion opposed. — Legislature. Yields.

Popular vote. - East Tennessee. · Brownlow. - North Carolina. - Ap-

Arkansas. Texas.

Conflict. - Final success of

points commissioners. Joins the Confederacy.

- Union meeting. Address of governor.

the secessionists

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Withdrawal of South Carolina delegation. — Mis-

sissippi. — Alabama "ordinance" and call for a convention. - Speech of

Cobb. Withdrawal of Louisiana. - Speeches of Miles Taylor and Bou-

ligney. Scenes in the Senate. Speeches of Yulee and Mallory.

Clement C. Clay, Fitzpatrick, and Jefferson Davis. - Southern griev-

ances. — Action in regard to retiring members. - Diverse opinions.

Seward and Fessenden. Leave-taking of Slidell. — Arrogant boasts.

- Benjamin. - Special session. - Final action

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Prediction of Rebel Secretary of War. - Secession purposes.- Letter to Gov-

ernor Hicks. Secession banner. - Mr. Stephens. -Statements of South-

ern presses and speakers. "Richmond Examiner."- Duff Green.

Secret plot in Baltimore. - Grow's resolution. - Committee.

of the Secretary of War. -Report of committee. - Presence of troops. -

Branch's resolution. Defeated. Cochrane and Kunkel.- - President's

message. - Rebel disclaimers. - Davis and Stephens. - Anxiety still ex-

ists. Rumors. Meeting in Willard's Hall. - Precautions. - Facts 161-172

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Popular apprehension. — Letter of Mayor of Washington. — Counting of

votes. Anxiety. - Assurance of Hindman.

Mr. Lincoln leaves Springfield. - Speech. - Indianapolis.

Columbus. Pittsburgh.— New York. - Mayor Wood. - Trenton.

Philadelphia. - Flag-raising and speech. Threats of assassination.

Statement to Mr. Lossing. Arrival in Washington.

and precautions. - Inauguration. - Thurlow Weed and General Scott.

Inaugural address. Conciliatory but firm. Affecting peroration. -

Variously received. - Southern condemnation

MARYLAND. KENTUCKY. MISSOURI.

Position of Maryland.

vene the legislature.

Governor Hicks's refusal to con-

Its importance. Confident expectations of the

Rebels. Governor Hicks's character and avowals. - Maryland conserva-

tive and Southern. Secession measures and menaces.

consistency. Dilemma. - Patriotic support. - Anna E. Carroll. Gov-

ernor's persistency. -Neutrality. - Legislature convened. - Governor's

reasons and message. - Appeals to the President. - Seward's reply. —

Christian delegation. - President's reply. — Increasing loyalty. — Ken-

tucky and Missouri desire neutrality. - Governor Magoffin's message. ·

Guthrie's views. - Governor's proclamation. - Kentucky retained in the

- Convention. - Union major-

Union. Missouri. — Large slaveholders.

ity. Francis P. Blair and Nathaniel Lyon. - Earnest and successful

- Governor Jackson's unavailing efforts to take the State

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Commissioners appointed. - Visit Washington. - Letter to Secretary Sew-

ard. — Reply. — Judge Campbell's mediation. Assurances.

to Governor Pickens. Charges of breaches of faith and duplicity. — Pa-

cific hopes of the Secretary. - Commissioners' defiant reply. - Anderson's

letter. Cabinet meeting. Montgomery Blair.-G. B. Fox visits

Charleston.Fleet for landing supplies. — Appropriations by South

Carolina for the war.

- Evacuation of Sumter demanded. - President's

message to Governor Pickens. Despatches. Beauregard's demand.

Anderson's response deemed insufficient. - Notice of attack. — Fire

opened. - Speeches of Gilchrist and Pryor. — Bombardment. - Heroic

White flag. Evacuation. — Anderson's despatch. — Gov-

Its sudden dissipation. - President's proclama-

-Call for troops. - Responses of governors. - Great uprising.

Meetings in Philadelphia and New York. -Speeches in Union Square.

Dickinson, Coddington, Walker, Baker, Cushing, Mitchell, Douglas.

Harmony of sentiment and action. -

Conservative and unpatriotic utter-

Southern contempt. Mutual misapprehension. Jefferson

Davis's proclamation. — Letters of marque. ·

SPECIAL SESSION OF XXXVIITH CONGRESS.

WAR LEGISLATION.

Assembling of Congress. Grow elected Speaker. - Speech. - Etheridge.

- President's message. - Acceptable. - Bills and resolution by Mr. Wil-

son. Employment of volunteers. - F. P. Blair.

Hickman, Campbell. — Vallandigham's amendment. — Senate bill passed.

- Increase of regular army. - Holman's speech. — Amendment. --- Bill

passed. Reorganization of army. Powell's amendment. Breckin-

ridge. Supplementary bill for increase of the army. — Resolution making

valid acts of the President. - Debate thereon. - Kennedy, Baker, Wilson,

Breckinridge, Law, Johnson, Sherman, Trumbull. — Other bills.

for arming loyal citizens in disloyal States. - Governor Morton. - Bill

increasing pay of private soldiers. Important amendment. -

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Original purposes of the war. - Republican avowals. - Vote of the House.

-The impracticability of such a policy. Slaves made contraband of

war. - General Butler. - Letter of Secretary of War. - Northern misap-

prehension. Slaves made useful to the Rebels. Bill of Mr. Trumbull

for confiscation. — Amendment making free the slaves employed by Rebels.

Debate thereon. - Breckinridge, Trumbull, Wilson, McDougall, Ten

Eyck, Pearce. - Passed the Senate. - Reported in the House. - Debate.

— Bingham, Bennett, Crittenden. — New and difficult question. — Diven's

proposition. - Speech of Thaddeus Stevens. - Bill recommitted. - Re-

ported again and passed. — Beginning of the end.

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MESSAGE, AND REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

Important meeting. War accepted. President's message. Undefined

policy on the slavery issue. - Hopeful. - Report of Secretary of War.

Great and rapid increase of the army. - Congratulations. Bull Run.

No ground for discouragement. Sanitary agencies. - Escaping slaves.

-Report of Navy. - Three lines of operations. Wide field. - Large

additions. Fugitives. Report of Treasury. Elaborate. - Plans an-

nounced and reasons. - Great success in raising means. - Loans. - Tax-

ation. Economy enjoined. Income tax. National banks. Un-

SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

National responsibility. - Infamous laws. - Mr. Wilson's bill. Wilmot.

New section. - Bill passed. - County jail and its disgraceful condition.

- Testimony of Wilson and Sumner. - Wilson's resolution. - Fessenden,

Hale. Mr. Clark's resolution. Bill of Mr. Grimes. Democratic op-

Bill for new warden.

position. Powell, Pearce, Carlile.

Bingham's resolution.

ignorance. - Disgraceful and unjust laws. - Mr. Grimes's bill.- Passage.

- Lovejoy's supplementary bill. — Miss Miner's school. - Bill for incor-

poration. - Debate. — Grimes, Morrill. - Passage of Grimes's bill for

education in the county. Mr. Patterson.

- Marshal Lamon.

- President's order.

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Location of the national capital a slaveholding triumph. Early petitions

for the abolition of slavery in the District. Unsuccessful. - Mr. Wil-

son's resolution. - Committee. His bills for the abolition of slavery and

the repeal of the slave laws. - Debate. - New departure. - Purpose sim-

ple and immediate, and not ulterior. - Speeches of Wilmot, Wilkinson,

Sumner, Fessenden, and Wilson in favor. — Opposed in violent speeches

by Davis, Saulsbury, Powell, and Bayard. - Factious amendments.—

Coupled with colonization. — Insisted on by Davis and Saulsbury. Able

speech from Mr. Hale. — Constitutionality defended by Mr. Fessenden.

Passed. - Opposed in the House by Crittenden, Wickliffe, and Vallan-

digham, and defended by Bingham, Fessenden, Van Horn, Ashley, Hutch-

ins, Blake, and Rollins. — Amendments proposed and lost. - Passed

and approved. - President's objections. — Met by a new bill.. 270-284

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THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE SLAVES BY ARMY OFFICERS.

Repressive character of slavery.

slaves to the Union camps.

Universal desire to be free. - Escape of

General Butler. - Contraband of war.

Different policies of different commanders. - Prejudice of soldiers against

Trying position of the President. — Lovejoy's resolution at

extra session. Regular session. - Resolutions in both houses. - Sum-

ner's resolution. Cowan's speech.

the House. — Bill reported by Blair. — Mallory, Wickliffe, Grider. —

Change of policy inevitable. — Speech of Bingham. - House bill in the

Senate. Saulsbury's amendment. - Davis, Anthony. - Bill making

new rule of war passed. -Resolution offered by Mr. Wilson. - Debated.

-Grimes, Sumner, Saulsbury

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