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Biddle, Craig, 300.
Bigler, Wm., of Pa., (Senator), on select committee of thirteen, 107; also 154, vote, 160, 161. Bingham, K. S., (Senator), vote, 154, 160, 161, 169. Birney, John, Clay defeated by the vote for, 37, 38.
Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney- General, opinion of against the use of military force to stay secession, 105; Secretary of State, 118.
Black Brigade, at Port Hudson, 501, 502.
Blackburn's Ford, 285, 286, 289, 290, 291, 292, 295, 303, 305, 307, 310, 338; second battle at, 333, 336.
Blackburn, J. C. S. (of Ky.), 661. Blaine, James G., votes, 608, 609, 611.
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster- Genl., 187; on emancipation, 492.
Blair, Frank, 269.
Blair, Francis P., letter of Halleck to, explaining "Order No. 3," 372, 373; votes, 573, 608, 609, 611. Blair, Francis P., Sr., Jeff. Davis's letter to touching peace con- ference, 617; President Lin- coln's letter to, on same, 618.
Blair, Jacob B., 422. Blair, Gov. Austin, 444. Bliss, George, votes, 554, 572, 590,
608, 610. Blockade of Southern ports, 214. Bloomington, 67. Blow, Henry T., (Rep.), 605, votes,
608, 609, 611. "Bolt" of the slave-holding Dele- gates from the National Dem. Convention of 1860, 89.
Bonham, Milledge L., 283, 284, 291, 309, 310, 316, 320, 327. Booth, John Wilkes, 643, 644. Border States, effect of Fort Sum- ter's fall upon the, 207, 208; representatives of, interview of certain, with President Lin- coln, touching compensated gradual emancipation, 384, 389; representatives of, President Lincoln's second interview with and address to, 401, 404; major- ity reply, 404-413; minority
reply, 413-422; Maynard's re- ply, 413-415; Henderson's re- ply, 415-422; opposition to emancipation, etc., 474–491 ; representatives' remarks interview of, with Mr. Lincoln as to compensated emancipa- tion, 488, 491.
Boutwell, George S., interview with Lincoln on emancipation, 488; votes, 608, 609, 611.
Boyd, Sempronius H., (Rep.), 605 ; votes, 608, 609, 611. Brackett's second cavalry, 287. Braddock, -., 283. Bragg, Thomas, (Senator), 154; vote, 160.
Brandegee, Augustus, 104; votes, 608, 609, 611.
Breckinridge, John C., 48; nomi- nated. for Presidency, 91; also, 241, 243, 245; southern plottings for Presidential nom- ination, 243; on settlement with the South, 271, 272; speech of and reply of Senator Baker, 351, 355.
Breckinridge Democracy exulting, 100.
Bright J. D., (Senator), 154; vote, 160, 161.
Bronson, of New York, Judge, opinion of, 670.
Broomall, John M., votes, 608, 609, 611. Brooks, James, of New York, 554, 562, 590, 607, 608, 610, 611. Bookstaver, David S., 645. Brougham, Henry, threatens ruin
to American manufacturers, 16. Brown, John, 86.
Brown, J. E., surrender of Fort, 125.
Brown, A. G., (Senator), demands to be "let alone," 127; vote, 552.
Brown, Jos. E., on vindication of Logan, 268.
Brown, J. E., Governor of Georgia, secession address of, to Georgia military convention, 101. Brown, James S., votes, 554, 572, 573, 590, 608, 610, 611.
Brown, William G., 422; votes,
Buchanan, James, on evils of Free Trade Tariff of 1846, 45, 46; de- mand on for surrender of Fort Sumter, 121, 122; election of President, 44, 45; he favors Lecompton constitution, 45; message on Protection, 45; also
50, 51, 75; on secession, 104; his cabinet of conspirators, 105; his last message, 105, 107; Jerry Black's opinion, 105; dissen- sions in Cabinet, 117; changes in, 117, 118. S. C. Commis- sioner's address, 119; President replies, 119, 120; the rejoinder, 120; the rush of rebellious events, 120, 126; and Kansas, 177, 178; President, 252.
Buell, Don Carlos, letter to mem- ber of Kentucky Legislature as to fugitive slaves, 382.
Buell, General, 658. Bunker Hill, 300, 301. Bull Run, 278, 290, 291; project of Union advance on, 281, 282; es- timate of Rebel strength, etc., 282; Jeff. Davis's letter to Beauregard, 339, 340; armed negro slaves at the battle of, 347; panic in Washington after, 347; second battle, 494.
Burch amendment to Corwin's compromise resolution, 165. Burnett, L. W., correspondence with Ex-Governor Price, 259. Burnham's proposition to murder Lincoln, 646.
Burnside, Ambrose E., 283, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 317, 495, 496.
Burton, Governor of Delaware. reply to first call for troops, 206.
Butler, B. F., compromise plat- form, defeat of, at National Democratic convention, 1860, 88, 89; withdraws from Balti- more convention, for "cause," 89; he seizes Annapolis, saves Washington, and seizes Balti- more, 212; at Fortress Monroe, 214; also, 276, 281, 368; letter to General Scott as to slave property, 344, 345; letter to General Scott as to "contra- bands," 344, 345; reply of Secre- tary Cameron to same, 345, 346; "contraband of war declaration, 214; New Orleans Picayune's story about "Old Ben, the Barber"; fugitive slaves, 214; proclamation out- lawry, 503; also 577. Butler, Pierce, 216, 217. Buzzard Roost Gap, 575.
Cabal, secret rebel, (see Caucus.)
Calhoun, John C., on, com- promise tariff of 1833, 30; for protection, 16, 17; con. cludes Texan treaty of annexa- tion, 34; its rejection, 34; on slavery instead of tariff agita- tion, 219; also 220, 221, 468; deathbed prophecy of disunion, and legacy of secession, 34, 35; intriguing with England (1841), for aid, 35.
California, acquisition of, 467, 468; territorial bill, 39; ad- mitted as a free State, 40; admission of, 468; also 235, 243; in 1861, 243, 244; ratifies 13th amendment, 614. Calvert, Charles B., 413. Call for volunteers, the first, 262. Campbell, John A., appointed
Peace Commissioner, 618, 619, 621.
Cameron, (Senator,) 157, 159; vote, 154, 160, 161.
Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War, 187, 545; annual report of Secretary, Dec. 1st, 1861, on abandoned slaves, original draft, 376, 380; President Lin- coln's modification, 380; reply to Butler, touching "Contra- bands"; letter instructing General Butler as to fugitive slaves, 359, 361; general in- structions as to employment of fugitives, 368, 369; reply to letter of General Butler as to slave property, 345, 346; of- ficial report of Major Anderson
as to fall of Sumter, 203. Cameron, Col. James, 326, 327, 338. Canada, invasion of, considered, 35 Canna, 351. Cape Horn, 178. Capital C and labor, Lincoln on,
238, 240. Carthage, 351. Carr, Wilson C. N., 211. Carlile, John S., 413. Castle Pinckney, seized, 119; Fort Moultrie and Federal Buildings, 119, 193.
Casey, Samuel L., 422. Cash, Col., 327. Cash, E. B. С., 320. Cass, Lewis, retires from Cabinet,
Caucus of Treason (1861), 248-254. Causes of Rebellion, 234, 235; causes and duration of, 115. Cavalry, Stuart's, 299, 315, 328, 330, 331; Palmer's, 318, 331; Rad-
ford's, 315; Scott's, 291; The "Black Horse, 331; Second, 287. Cedar Creek, 596. Cedar Mountain, battle of, 494. Central American Colonization.
See "Colonization." Cession of North-Western Terri- tory, 3; Ordinances of 1784 and 1787, 3, 4, 5.
Centreville, 285, 286, 332, 333, 334, 336, 337, 338.
Charles I., Alexander H. Stephens' story of Lincoln, Hunter, and, 620, 621.
Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of Treasury, 187; Chief Justice, 627.
Chadbourne, seizure of Fort, 123.
Chandler, Z. (Senator), votes, 154, 160, 161, 552.
Chandler, John W., votes, 572, 573, 590, 608, 610, 611. Chantilly, battle of, 494. Chapin's Farm, 503. Charlotte, mint at, seized, 213. Charleston, S. C., April, 1861, Speech of Roger A. Pryor, 195, 196; News and Courier, on pro- portion of slaveholders in Rebel Army, 616, 617.
Harbor of, 191, 193. Mercury, 195; on secret caucus, 251; Arsenal, etc., seized, 119; Cus- tom House and P. O. seized, 119; city of, 507; evacuation of, by Rebels, 622; joyful over Lincoln's election, 100.
Chattanooga, 517, 519. Chestnut, Col., 198. Choate, Rufus, 229. Chicago, 67; deputation of, and President Lincoln, on Emanci- pation, 434, 438.
Cincinnati Dem. Platform on Constitutionality of National Banks, 79.
City Point, Va., 619; interview of Lincoln, Grant, and Sher- man at, 631. Clay, Clement C., 648. Clay, Brutus J., votes, 554, 572, 573, 608, 610, 611.
Clay, Henry, enry, for Protection, 16;
emancipation and, 444-458. Colonization of New Grenada by colored freedmen, Mr. Lincoln's address at White House on, 424-429.
Colorado, org. of Territory of, 162, 173, 174; bill, 274.
Colored Contraband, Hal- leck's proclamation, 381; Buell's letter, 382; General Butler's letter to General Scott, 344, 345; Secretary Cameron's reply, 345, 346. Gen. Dix's order of repul- sion, 371, 372; Gen. Wool's special order asto, 370; General order do., 370, 371; "The Hal- leck order No. 3," and explana- tion, 372-373; Secretary Seward to McClellan, 373-374.
Colored troops, 501-512. Jeff Davis's message to Rebel Con- gress as to, 503; Text of Rebel Congressional Act as to, 504; text of President Lincoln's retaliatory Executive Order. 505, 506; Lincoln's Letter to J. C. Conkling on employment of, 517, 520; the first raised and organized by rebels, 507. reso lutions and vote in House on, 553; early in warat New Or- leans, 507; acts of Rebel Con- gress, to arm, 507, 508, 512; Col. John Laurens, proposition (1778) to arm, 508, 511.
Colvin, J. B., letter of Jefferson to, 569. Columbia, S. C., surrender of, 622. Commissions to Washington from South Carolina, 117; communi- cate with Buchanan, 119; the President's response, 119, 120; their rejoinder, 120.
"Commissions of the Southern Confederacy "appear at Wash- ington, 189; correspondence with Secretary Seward, 190,
Compromise, Missouri, disregard- ed, 43; the Missouri, 10, 12, 463; repeal of Missouri, 177. Compromise Tariff of 1832. (See "Tariff"); Tariff of 1833, Clay and Jackson, and the, 466. Compromise, sham Texas, 38. Concessions, (see "Propositions
for Peace"). Conciliation, (see "Propositions for Peace").
clave, Rebel, at Washington,
"Confederate Government" or- ganized, 254; provisional Con- stitution, 138; permanent ditto, (Footnote: 138).
Confederate Congress. (See Rebel Congress.)
Confiscation Bill in U. S. Senate, 347, 348; debate by Trumbull, 348; Wilson, 348; McDougall, 349; Ten Eyck, 349; provisions of Act, 360, 373, 476; in House, Thad. Stevens, on 357, 359. provisions touching captured and fugitive slaves, 440. slaves of rebels, 432; and Emancipation, Fremont's Proc- lamation, etc., etc. (See "Eman- cipation ").
Congressional Representation, 6. Congress, political complexion of Thirty-eighth, 600; Thirty- ninth, 600; Rebel (see "Rebel Congress"); after Bull Run, 347,355; and Slavery, 178; meas- ures of the, Thirty-seventh, 473.
Conklin, James C., Mr. Lincoln's letter to, touching colored troops, 517-520.
Conkling, Roscoe, joint resolution on compensated gradual eman- cipation, 382, 384, 389, 390. Conness, John B., vote, 552. Conspiracy between Douglas, Pierce, Buchanan, and Taney, -Lincoln charges it, 51, 52; Douglas alludes to it, 73.
159, 161; Andrew Johnson's speech (1862) on, 159, 162, 163. Constitution of U. S. Art. I, Sec. 2,, 3, 148; Art. IV., Sec. 2,
3. 147; Crittenden's pro- posed amendments to, 146, 148; Thirteenth Article of Amend- ment to, proposed by Peace Congress, 151, 153; Corwin's Twelfth Amendment to, (forbid- ding Congressional interference with slavery in States), passes House and Senate, 167, 169; various articles of amend- ments proposed, 165, 169; Southern slave-holding States "coerce" the framers of the U. S., 6; Lecompton, 56; vote in the House defeating the Le- compton, 76.
Constitution, frigate, 212. Constitutional amendment, Pres. Lincoln's records on Emancipa- ting, 513, 520, 522; Trumbull reports the Thirteenth to the Senate, 522; debate on same Senate, 522.
Constitutional amendment, pro hibiting slavery and surrender of fugitive slaves, proposed by Thad. Stevens, 523; Amend- ment Fifteenth, 670; Fourth, 670; Fifth, 670; Lincoln's Seren- ade-response, 613; ratification of, by the State, 613, 614; Sew- ard's announcement of ratifica- tion, 614; the Thirteenth, de- bate on, in Senate, 527, 552; Senate vote in full, 552; in House, vote on second reading of, 576; debate, 576-590; defeat- ing vote, 590; Lincoln's Fourth annual message, as to, 603, 604; recess, 604. Fourteenth and Fifteenth. text of 653, 654; ratified, 653; Lincoln's private conferences with Border State and other war Democrats and Republicans concerning, 605, 606; concluding House debate 606, 608; the House votes, 608, 612; the job ended, 612, 614. President Lincoln's proposition touching compensated, eman- cipation, etc., 444.
Convention, 5, 6; amendments proposed. (See "Amendments"). Convention, Charleston (see "Con- vention,") Regular Demo- cratic at Charleston, 87-89; at Baltimore, 89, 90; bolting
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