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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSPIRACY.-The Capital to have been seized,
and Lincoln assassinated by a Mob from New York, Baltimore, and
Richmond. The North to have "smelt Southern Powder and felt

Southern Steel."-Toombs to have called the Roll of his Slaves on Bunk-

er Hill.-Wise advocates Fighting for his Rights in the Union when in

Possession of Washington.—The Attack on Fort Sumter premature.—

The great Excitement in the North, East, and West occasioned by the

Insult to the Flag in Charleston Harbor.-An Obstacle in the Way not

thought of.-The Unity of the North unexpected.-The Northern Al-

lies of Southern Traitors quail before it.-The Secession Speeches of

the ex-Unionist, Alexander H. Stephens--"On to Washington!" his

Watchword, Page 113-116.

SPEECH OF ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS AT RICHMOND IN 1861.-Extract

from the Richmond Dispatch of April 23, 1861.-An Editorial from
the Richmond Sentinel of November 2, 1863, Proof of the Conspiracy
to remove Lincoln.-Testimony of General James Wilson. -Mr. Botts's
Efforts to foil the Traitors. He exposes their Designs to General
Scott. An important "Note," giving Statistics of the Transfer of
Arms and Munitions of War from Northern to Southern Arsenals,
117-121.

A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE.-Quarrels among the Democracy over the

Spoils in 1854.-More Agitation needed for the Campaign of 1856.—

A private Meeting of Secessionists in Washington.-The Repeal of the

Missouri Compromise determined upon.-Mason and Hunter, of Vir-

ginia, start the Ball, 122-124.

THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.-Pierce and Douglas won

over to this iniquitous Scheme by the hopes of Self-aggrandizement.—

The Prize of a Presidential Nomination in 1856 the tempting Bait.-

The hungry Whigs sell their Birthright for a Mess of Pottage, 124–126.

JOHN BELL, OF TENNESSEE.-The Unionism of Bell tested. He is found
to be made of inferior Metal.-Bell's Speech at Memphis in 1859.-He
is willing to join the Republicans to save the Union.-His Recreancy

when Nothing was to be made by Unionism, 126, 127.

HISTORY OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.-Extracts from Mr. Botts's

African Church Speech in 1856.-The Slavery Question when the

Constitution was framed.-Slavery then prohibited in all the Territory

of the United States.-The Question of the Status of the newly-ac-

quired Territory of Louisiana.-The Compromise on the Admission

of Missouri.-No Slave States to be made out of Territory north of

36° 40'.-Monroe's Cabinet, including Calhoun, regard the Compro-

mise as a strictly constitutional Measure.-It is considered a Southern

Triumph, Page 127-133.

REPEAL OF THE 21ST RULE.-Calhoun at Work again stirring up sec-

tional Strife.—The Right of Petition in Congress.—Mr. Botts makes a

Stand in favor of it against a Southern Majority.-A Review of the

agitating Questions which grew out of the Repeal of the Missouri Com-

promise. The Annexation of Texas.—The Admission of Oregon.-

The Inconsistency of the Democracy illustrated, 133–138.

THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.-The Action of Mr. Clay.-Mr. Botts has a

Conversation with Senator Foote.-Mr. Botts and Mr. Clay have a

Talk together.-A Secession Convention called at Nashville.-The

Jackson Resolutions in the House of Representatives.-The Names of

those who voted against a Settlement of pending Difficulties.-The

Contest of 1852 reviewed. - Pierce's Administration. - Mr. Botts's

Charges against the Democracy.-The Cincinnati Convention.-Mr.

Botts endorses Mr. Seward, 138–147.

THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL.-Douglas's Remarks in New York.-A
Repetition of historical Truths.-Mr. Botts on Slavery.-He declares
himself no Slavery Propagandist.-He refuses to force Slavery upon
the People any where.-He would not establish it in the Territories,
147-153.

THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AGAIN.-Its Repeal the Origin of the Repub-

lican Party.-Mr. Botts's Letter to the National Intelligencer.—The Con-

sequences of the Repeal predicted.-Mr. Botts's Opposition excites the

Anger of the Democracy.-Governor Wise "pitches in" to him.-Wise

handled without Gloves by Mr. Botts.-Very interesting Extracts.-

Wise's Plagiarism, 154-162.

THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTIONS OF 1856.-Pierce and Douglas thrown
aside for Buchanan.-Fremont nearly successful.-The Party Cry of
"the Election of a Democrat necessary to save the Union" a good one.
-The Richmond Examiner again.-Preston Brooks makes a few Re-
marks. Governor Wise proposes to take Washington. - Mr. Botts
again warns the People. The last expiring Effort of Democracy,
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THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE KANSAS A SLAVE STATE.-It is a Part of the

Democratic Programme to exasperate the North.-The Agitators of

both Sections arraigned.-The Southern Democracy the guilty Parties.

-The Iniquity of the Attempt, 166–170.

MR. BOTTS'S SPEECH IN NEW YORK IN 1859.-The Lecompton Swindle.

-The Proceedings of the Kansas Convention.—The Outrages attempt-

ed by the Southern Democracy.-Extract from the Richmond Whig on

the Subject, Page 170-177.

THE JOHN BROWN RAID.-A Godsend for the Democracy.-The Excite-

ment in Richmond.—Wise in his Glory.—The Cost of this "playing

Soldier" to Virginia.-Preparations made for the Rebellion, 177–179.

THE NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860.-The Democratic "Pow-

wow" at Charleston.-Breckinridge in command of the Secession De-

mocracy.-Douglas at the Head of the "Moderate Democrats."—Bell

captains the Unionists. — Lincoln musters the Republican Army of

"Wide-awakes."-He wins the Battle.-The Republican Platform.-

Its conservative Character, 179-181.

THE CONSPIRACY DEVELOPED.-The Treachery of Buchanan's leading

Cabinet Officers.-They rob the North to arm the South.-Virginia

gives a Union Vote in the Election of 1860, 181, 182.

THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN.-His Election the Pretext for Rebellion.-
Bonfires illuminate Charleston.-A Secession Convention called in
South Carolina.-Inauguration of Secession.-The firing upon the
Star of the West.-The Action of Governor Letcher in Virginia.-He
succumbs to the Democracy.—The illegitimate Call for the Convention,
183, 184.

THE "SO-CALLED" PEACE (!) CONGRESS. The pretended Efforts of

the Democracy to obtain a peaceful Solution of the great Problem.-

Proofs of their Pretense.-The Resolutions of the Peace Congress, and

the Cheat played off upon the People in regard to them.-Tyler and

Seddon play their "little Game," 184-189.

THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE MEASURES.-Jeff Davis and Bob Toombs

defeat their Passage. -No Compromise desired.-The Amendment to

prohibit Congress from legislating on Slavery refused, 189, 190.

THE RICHMOND Whig ON RECONSTRUCTION.-The Fault not in the Con-

stitution. The South objects to Yankees. They want to be "let

alone."-What Preston Brooks said, 190, 191.

WHAT ANDREW Johnson said.-His Speech at Nashville in 1862.—Six
Southern Senators refuse to record their Votes in order to defeat the
Crittenden Compromise.-Withdrawal of the Southern States while
in control of both Houses of Congress. The North refuses to leg-
islate against Slavery, though Secession had given them the Power,

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THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF 1861.-The Character of the Convention.

-How Civil War in Virginia might have been avoided.-Mr. Lincoln

makes an Offer to John B. Baldwin, one of the then Union Leaders of

the Convention. -Mr. Lincoln offers to evacuate Fort Sumter if the

Convention will adjourn sine die without passing an Ordinance of Se-

cession. Baldwin declines the Offer, Page 194.

MR. BOTTS HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. LINCOLN.-The President's

Message to Governor Pickens, of South Carolina.-He does not want

War.-He "will make greater Sacrifices for Peace than any Man in

the Country."-Mr. Botts returns to Richmond to consult with the

Union Men of the Convention.Baldwin keeps Mr. Lincoln's Offer se-

cret. He accepts a military Position in the Confederate Service three

Days after the State secedes, 194–200.

THE VIRGINIA "STATE-RIGHTS" CONVENTION.-The Secession Conven-
tion at Metropolitan Hall, Richmond.-Its Object to coerce the regular
State Convention.-The Governor to be deposed and Revolution inau-
gurated if the Ordinance of Secession was not passed before April 20,
201-203.

THE REBELLION INAUGURATED. -The Richmond Secessionists send a

Delegate to Charleston to start the Ball of Rebellion. - Speech of

Roger A. Pryor at Charleston.-The Attack on Fort Sumter com-

menced. The Capture of Washington the next Thing on the Pro-

gramme, 203, 204.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION IN 1861.-The Proclamation an

unfortunate Document.-The Reason why it was.-It was not proper-

ly worded, and called for too few Men.-The Union Party of the South

paralyzed by it.—Mr. Botts alone raises his Voice against Secession at

this critical Time, 205–208.

THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION PASSED IN VIRGINIA.-The Vote on its

Passage.-Rebellion inaugurated in Virginia.-Post-office and Cus-

tom-house seized in Richmond.-Attack on the Gosport Navy-yard

and Harper's Ferry Buildings, 208, 209.

THE ILLEGAL STATE ACTION OF THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.-They adopt

the Constitution of the Southern Confederacy.-The State transferred

to that Government.-The Ratification of the Secession Ordinance.-

The Vote a complete Farce.-The limited Powers of the Convention.

-The Annexation of Virginia to the Southern Confederacy neither

ratified by the People nor submitted to them for Approval, 209-211.

THE RATIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION.-Mr. Botts refuses

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to ratify the Action of the Convention.-The Vote on the Question

kept secret. The Character of the Outrage committed, Page 211-213.

MR. BOTTS'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT CIVIL WAR.- His Letter to Mr.

Bates. His Propositions repudiated.—The Excitement against him in

Richmond.-Article from the Richmond Whig.-An Editorial from

the Richmond Dispatch.-"Tories and Traitors," 213-216.

MR. BOTTS RETIRES FROM THE CONTEST IN DESPAIR.-He might have

had a high Position in the Confederacy.-He prefers a Prison in the

Cause of the Union, 216, 217.

"HONEST JOHN BELL" AGAIN.-John Bell's Selfishness.-He holds to

the Union as long as he thinks it profitable.-The Defection of South-

ern Unionists in general.-The Temptation of Offices under Jeff Davis

too great to be resisted, 217, 218.

THE SOUTH NO CAUSE OF COMPLAINT.-The law-making Power of the

United States Government in the Hands of the South from 1801 to

1861.-They control Congress for fifty Years.-What the Southern

Democracy did in that Period.-Their last Act an Effort to destroy

the United States Government in order to regain lost Power.-The

Task of the Democracy finished, and their Mission ended, 218-222.

THE RESULT Of the RebellION.-The futile Effort of five Millions of

People to overthrow twenty-two Millions.-Mr. Botts, in 1861, predicts

the disastrous Failure of the Rebellion.-What Democracy has done.—

They turn Southern Fields into Grave-yards, cover the Land with

Mourning, fill the South with Widows and Orphans, and impoverish

the entire South.—All this done to perpetuate the Power of the Dem-

ocratic Party, 222-224.

CONCLUSION.-Reflections on the State of the Country.-Mr. Botts de-

clares the Union to be "the God of my Idolatry on Earth."-The Re-

bellion the greatest Crime since the Crucifixion of the Savior, 224–226.

CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX.

THE GREAT STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES.-More of its History.-The
Vallandigham Conspiracy.—The Knights of the Golden Circle.-Gen-
eral Gantt's Testimony. - General McClellan escapes the "Potter's
Hands."-The Character of the "Strike."-Mr. Botts is advised by a
"Friend" to take up the Southern Cross. He resists the Temptation,
and goes in for "the old Flag or none."-He is requested to explain