The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

INDEX.

MCRAE, JOHN J., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, |
49; withdrew, 3; Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 401.

MEDIATION, 345-348-see "Foreign Mediation."
MEMMINGER, CHARLES G., vote on secession ordinance, 399;
Secretary of the Treasury of the republic of South
Carolina, 2; report in South Carolina Convention, 15,
16; remarks of, 17, 18; Deputy in Rebel Provisional
Congress, 11, 400; Secretary of the Treasury under the
Provisional Administration, 400, under the Permanent
and resignation, 401; political history of. 401.
MENEES, THOMAS, Representative in First Rebel Congress,
402; Second, 402.

MENONITES, action of, on the state of the country, 603, C01.
MENZI S, JOHN W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-

gress, 122; at interview of Border-State Representa-
tives and President Lincoln, 211; views on compensa-
ted emancipation, 213-217.

MERCIER, M., Letter of French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
to, respecting mediation, 345.

Mercury, Charleston, on Border State Embassies, 3; on

Peace Conference, 41: telegram in, respecting the dis-
union conspiracy, 391, 592.

Mercury, Mobile, on the "do nothing" policy, 112.
MEREDITH, S. A., Colonel, General McDowell & order to, 251.
MEREDITH, WILLIAM M., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
MERRYMAN, JOHN, arrest of, 154; proceedings in case, in-
cluding Chief Justice Taney's opinion, 151–158.
Metropolitan Record, excluded from Department of Mis-
souri, 192; Archbishop Purcell
MESSAGES, last annual, of President Buchanan, 49, 50; Pres-
проп, 503.
ident Lincoln's first, 123-129; first annual, 129-136; sc-
cond, 136-140, 220-229; third, 141-147; fourth, 555-558;
in General Stone's case, 180; on confiscation 197, 198;
compensated emancipation, 200; on District of Colum-
bia bill, 212, 213; on enrollment act, note, 263; on early
proceedings to sive the Capital, 33, 331; vetoing bill
authorizing small notes, 359; relative to national
banking system, note, 362; on mouarchical intrigues
in Central and South America, 343; the French Mex-
ican question, 349; the Arguelles case, 351, 355; trans-
mitting Hampton Roads Conference, 566-569; on Elec
toral College bill, 579; Jeff. Davis's, 610, 612, 616, 618.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, General Conference of 1800,
494-496; of 1861, 497-499; Baltimore Conference of
1861, 496; protest of members of, 406; Western Visgi-
nia Conference of 1861, 496; President Lincoln's re-
sponse to resolutions of East Baltimore Conference of
1862, 496. IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES, facts respecting,
516; orders of President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton
for occupancy of churches, 521-523; Rev. Dr. J. P. New-
man's address at New Orleans, 523, 521; action of
Holston Conference, 546.

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH, General Convention of
1862, 499, 500; action of Maryland Annual Conference,
West Virginia Conference, and Ninth Street Church in
Washington city, 499, 500.

MEXICO, the French occupation of, proceedings of Govern-
ment, 348-354; Mr. McDougall's resolution respecting,
348, 349; resolution of the House, and subsequent pro-
ceedings, 349-354; Mr. Murray's resolution respecting,
in Rebel Congress, 617.

MICHIGAN, Vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1861, 623; mem-
bers of Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48, 49; Thirty-Seventh,
122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; personal liberty law, 46, 47;
not represented in Peace Conference, 69; vote of legis
lature on ratifying the anti-slavery amendment, 599.
MIDDLETON, GEORGE, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

MIDDLETON, MR., remarks in South Carolina Convention, 17;
vote on secession ordinance, 399.
MILES, District Attorney, Charleston, on sequestration,
206.

MILES, WILLIAM PORCHER, Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; withdrew, 2; Deputy in Rebel Provis
ional Congress, 11, 400; Representative in First Con-
gress, 402; Second, 402; vote on secession ordinance,
399; statement respecting forts in Charleston harbor,
32; declaration respecting secession, 53; on Beaure-
gard's staff, 401.

MILITARY Arrests, General Augur's order respecting, 87.
MILITARY AUTHORITIES, THE, AND THE CHURCHES, 521-543.
MILITARY COURTS, orders respecting, 154, 177; proposition to
limit the jurisdiction of, 561, 562, 563.
MILITARY Governors, letter of appointment, 179; power to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus, 179.
MILITARY Interference with elections, bill to prevent, 315,
3:6, 566.

MILITARY Legislation, summary of our, 115-117, 563-566.
MILITARY Legislation, summary of rebel, 117-121, 611-613,

619.

MILITARY Orders respecting elections, 308-316, 445.
MILIA, Bill to reorganize, in District of Columbia, 77 ; Da-
vis's opinion of militi

MILLER, H. II., Commissioner from Mississippi to Texas, 11.
MILLER, SAMUEL A., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; Second. 402.
MILLER, SAMUEL F., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

MILLIGAN, SAMUEL, Member of Peace Conference, 68.
MILLS, BERNARD, arrest of, 153; motions and votes in Mary.
land Legislature, 396-338.

MILLER, WILLIAM II., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

MILLSON, JOHN S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
MILLS, JOUNT, interview with President Lincoln, 424.
MILLWARD, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
49; member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53; ex-
tract of letter to James Barbour. 39.
gress, 48: damages against, for seizing the West Ches-
ter Jeffersonian, 411, 412.

MINNESOTA, vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 6.3; mem-
bers of Peace Conference, 69; Thirty-Sixtli Congress, 48,
MISSISSIPPI, Vote for President in 1860, 1; members of
49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; vote of
legislature on ratifying the anti-slavery amendment, 599.
Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48, 49; Deputies in Rebel Provis
onal Congress, 11, 400; members of First Congress,
401, 402; Second, 402; secession movement iu, 3; inter-
State commissioners, 11; legislature on habeas corpus
bi, 399; men in the army, 303.

MISSOURI, Vote for President in 1860,1; in 1864, 623; mem-
bers of Peace Conference, 67: Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48,
49: Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140: Depa
uties in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11, 400; Members
of First Congress, 401, 402; Second, 402, 611; secession
movement in, 10, 11; seizures and surrenders of Uni-
ted States property, 28; ordinance of convention re-
specting elections, 314: military orders respecting
elections in, 314, 315, 445; proposed compensated
emancipation, 221-226; men in the rebel army, 399;
admission into the "Confederacy," 400; vote on abol
ishing slavery in, 332; vote of legislature on ratifying
the anti-slavery amendment, 599; postponement of elec-
tion for Rebel Congressmen, GH1.
MITCHEL, CHARLES B., Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401;
in Second, and death, 402.

MITCHELL, WALTER, proposed member of board of public
MITCHELL, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Seventh
safety in Maryland, 9.
Congress, 122.

MONARCHICAL intrigues in Central and South America, ac-
tion on, 343.

MONTAGUE, ROBERT L., report in Virginia convention, 6;
vote on secession ordinance, note, 7; Representative in
Second Rebel Congress, 402.

MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Sixth
MONTANA Territory, Bill to organize, 240, 241; proposed ne-
gro suffrage in, 210; prohibition of slavery, 251, 255.

Congress, 48.

MOODE, JAMES W., Member of bogus Legislative Conncil of
Kentucky, 8; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

49.

MOOR, LABAN T., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
MooKE, SYDENHAM, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
MOORE, S. McD., vote on secession ordinance, note, 7; com-
missioner of Virginia in making military league, 8.
gress, 49; telegram south, 37; withdrew, 4.
MOORHEAD, JAMES K., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
agency in preventing the removal of heavy guns from
Allegheny Arsenal, note, 35; resolution on ineligibility
to office, 376.

MOREHEAD, CHARLES S., Member of Peace Conference, 68:
MORAVIAN CHURCH, action of, on state of the country, 43.
arrest of, 153.

MOREHEAD, JOHN M., Member of Peace Conference, 68; de
MORFIT, HENRY M., arrest of, 153; votes in Maryland Legis-
puty in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.
Jature, 396-3JS.

MORGAN, EDWIN D., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140;
amendment to enrollment bill, 265; remarks in open-
ing the Baltimore Union Convention, 403; Professor
Lieber's letter to, on amending the Constitution, note,
591, 592.

MORGAN, S. II., Representative in Second Rebel Congress,

402.

MORRILL, JUSTIN S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
MORKILL, ANSON P., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122: Thirty-Eighth, 140;
member of the Committee of Thirty-three, 53: substi
tute for confiscation bill, 139; for emancipation bill,
200, 201; resolution on the war, 291.

MORKILL, LOT M., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, note,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 121: Thirty-Eighth. 140; member
of Peace Conference, 67; amendment to Washington

city registry bill, 241; resolution on bailing arrested
persons, 183.

MORRIS, DANIEL, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
14); bill repealing fugitive slave laws 37.
MORRIS, EDWARD JOY, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; adjustment proposition, 55.
MORRIS, ISAAC N., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; adjustment proposition, 73; resolution on the
Union, 75, 76.

MORRIS, JAMES R., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.

MORRISON Captain, surrender of his vessel to rebels, 28.
MORRIS N. WILLIAM R., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140; resolution on slavery, 259.

MORSE, FREEMAN II., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53;
of Peace Conference, 67.

MORTON, JACKSON, Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; vote on secession ordinance 399.
MORTON, OLIVER P., Governor of Indiana, signer of Altoona
address, 233.

MOSEBY, JOHN, commission of as major of partisan rangers,

119.

MULATTOES, drafting in rebel States, 282.

MUNNERLYN, J. C., Representative in First Rebel Congress,

401.

MUNROE, THOMAS B., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,

400.

MURPHY, ISAAC, Governor of Free State of Arkansas, 321;
votes and action in secession convention, 399.
MURRAY, JOHN P., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402; resolution on Mexican question, 617.
MURRAY, United States Marshal of southern district of New
York, indicted by the Grand Jury for the arrest of Ar-
guelles, 355; proceedings in court upon, 355.
MURRETT, ROBERT T., arrest of, 153.
MYERS, AMOS, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140; resolution relating to the war, 292.
MYERS, LEONARD, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

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NAVY, disposition of vessels in, during 1860, report on, 8.
NEBRASKA, enabling act for, 377.

NEGOTIATION, John D. Baldwin's resolution against, with
rebels, 298, 299; Niagara Falls, 301-303.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE, Bills to authorize, in Montana Territory,

and Washington city, amendments to and votes upon,
240, 241; vote on proposed, in New York and Illinois,
note, 241; former in Tennessee, 383; proposed in re-
constructed States, 577.

NEGROFS, enrollment of in "rebeldom,” 282, 283, 427, 428;
draft of for military service, 282; to work on fortifica-
tions, 282; impressment of, in Georgia, 282; changing
sentiment in the Rebel Congress respecting the em
ployment of, in military service, 282; in the army, 282,
283; act of Rebel Congress respecting, 283; General
Magruder calls for, 283; legislation concerning negro
prisoners, 283; Richmond Inquirer on, 428, 429; the
Negro Soldier bill, and General Lee's letter, 611, 612.
NELSON, HOMER A., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

NELSON, THOMAS A. R., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53;
report of 55; one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-441.
NESMITH, JAMES W., Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; Thirty Eighth, 140.

NEVADA TERRITORY, bill to organize, 89, 90: admission of,

as a State, 460; Senators and Representatives from,
559; voto of legislature on ratifying the anti-slavery
amendment, 600; vote at Presidential election of 1864,

623.
NEW ENGLAND, proposition of Garrett Davis to divide,259.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, voto for President în 1860. 1; in 1861, 625;
members of Peace Conference, 67; Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 121; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
"personal liberty" law of, 44; Democrats of, Rich-
mond Sentinel's response to resolution of, 331.
NEW JERSEY, Vote for President in 1860, 1: in 1864, 623;
members of Peace Conference, 67; Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
"personal liberty" law, has no, 46; vote of legislature
on ratifying the anti-slavery amendment, 597.
NEWMAN, J. P., Rev. Dr., address of, at New Orleans, 523,
524.

NEW MEXICO, proposed admission of, 53.
NEW ORLEANS, open to trade, 119; loyalty of Episcopal and
Pre-byterian Churches in, 543-545.

NEW PAPLES, exclusion and uppression of, 187; proceed-
ings, orders, presentments, reports, letters, arrests,
charges, resolutions, and decision respecting, 188-191,
411, 442; rebel limitations upon privileges of, 177.
NEW YORK, vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 623;
members of Peace Conference, 67: Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48: Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140: of
"personal liberty law, 46; negro suffrage in, note, 241;
vote of legislature on ratifying the anti-slavery amend
ment, 596, 597.

NEW YORK CITY, Mayor Wood's recommendation that it be-
come a free city, 42-44.

NEW YORK CONGRE SMEN, adjustment proposition of, 74.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS, Lor1 Lyons's statement of views of,
respecting foreign mediation, 347; correspondence
with President Lincoln respecting Vallandigham's re-
lease, 167-175.

NEW YORK (Grant) Meeting, President Lincoln's letter to,

336.

New York News, C. L. Vallandigham's letter to, 423.
New York Sun, adjustment proposition of, 75.
New York Times, on the disunion programme, 392.
New York Tribune, on the prospect of peace, 303.
NIAGARA FALLS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, 301-03.
NIBLACK, WILLIAM E., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49: adjustment proposition of, 51.
NICHOLAS, Judge, of Kentucky, proposition to amend the
Constitution, 255, 256.

400.

NICHOLSON, A. O. P., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48.
NISBET, EUGENIUS A., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
NIXON, JOHN T., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; member of Border-States Com-
mittee, 73.

NOBLE, WARREN P.. Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 110; resolution of, respect-
ing the purposes of the war, 286; amendment of, to
the loan bill, 260.

NOELL, JOHN W., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; adjustment proposition of,
51; on compensated eniancipation in the border States,
211, 217, 218; bill to promote emancipation in Mis-
souri, 224, 225.

NORFOLK opened to trade, 149.

North American Review, President Lincoln's letter to pub-
lishers of, 336.

NORTH CAROLINA, vote for President in 1860, 1; members of
Peace Conference, 9; Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48, 49;
Deputies in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400, when
elected, 401; Members of First Congress, 401, 402;
Second, 402, 611; secession movement in Convention and
Legislature, 4; seizures and surrenders, 28; Supreme
Court refuse writs of habeas corpus to persons who had
furnished substitutes, 120: peace propositions in legis
lature, 304, 305,619; resolutions on peace, 330; adjust-
ment proposition of “distinguished citizen," 75; men
in the armiy, 399.

NORTHWESTERN CONFEDERACY, Cincinnati Gazette upon the
intrigue for, 42.

NORTON, ELIJAH II., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-

gress, 122.

NORTON, JESSE O., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-

gress, 140.

NORTON, N. L., Representative in Second Rebel Congress,

402.

NOYES, WILLIAM CURTIS, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
NUGEN, ROBERT II., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

NYE, JAMES W., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress, second
session, 559.

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, bill requiring from lawyers, 602;
from Senators, note, 603.

OCHILTREE, WILLIAM B., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11, 400.

O'CONOR, CHARLES, Letter of George N. Sanders to, 330.
ODELL, MOSES F., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122: Thirty-Eighth, 140.
OFFICE, certain persons ineligible to, act declaring, 576.
OFFICE, Civil and military, incompatibility of, 575.
Omo, vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 623; members
of Peace Conference, 68; Thirty-Sixth Congress, 43;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth. 140; no “personal
liberty law, 47: vote of legislature on ratifying the
anti-slavery amendment, 598.

OHIO DEMOCRATS, Correspondence with President Lincoln
relative to Mr. Vallandigham's return, 167-175.
OLDHAM. WILLIAM S.. Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401; Second,

402; views on sequestration, 205; resolutions respect- | PARKE, JOHN G, Major General, despatches at Hampton
ing peace, 616.

OLDEN, CHARLES S., Member of Peace Conference. C7.
OLIN, ABRAHAM B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; opinion in habeas cor-
pus case, 562.

O'NEILL, CHARLES, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

O'NEILL, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140.

OPINIONS of the Attorneys General-J. S. Black, upon the
powers of the President, 50-52; Edward Bates, on the
power of the President to make arrests and suspend
the writ of habeas corpus, 158-161; Caleb Cushing, on
inviolability of United States mails, 159, 190; Edward
Bates, on pay of colored chaplains, 279, 280; on pay of
colored soldiers, 384, 385; on citizenship of colored
persons, 378-384.

ORD, EDWARD O. C., Major General, despatches at Hamp-
ton Roads Conference, 567.

ORDERS, military, respecting elections, 308-316, 445.
ORDERS of Abraham Lincoln-see "Lincoln, Abraham."
ORDERS RESPECTING A DRAFT, of Secretary Stanton in 1862,
272; in 1864, note, 604.

ORDERS RESPECTING ARRESTS, of Secretary Cameron in Mary-
land Legislature, 153; General McClellan, 308, 309;
Secretary Stanton, 154; General Augur, 187; Generals
Butler and Wild respecting Rev. S. II. Wingfield, 553,

554.
ORDERS RESPECTING CHURCHES, of War Department con-
cerning churches in the insurrectionary States, 521,
522; of Gen. Veatch in Memphis, 522; Gen. Schenck in
Baltimore, 524, 525; Generals Curtis and Schofield in
St. Louis, 533, 534, 535, 537; Generals Rosecrans and
Pope in St. Louis, 538, 564; Col. B. G. Farrar and Gen.
Brayman in Natchez, 538, 541; Generals Butler and
Bowen in New Orleans, 542, 543; Gov. Andrew John-
son in Nashville, 542; Gen. Wild in Norfolk, 542.
ORDERS RESPECTING COLORED TROOPS, Secretary Stanton to

Gov. Andrew, 279; of Major General Palmer respect-
ing freedom of families cf, note, 564.
ORDERS RESPECTING ELECTIONS, of General McClellan at
Maryland election of 1831, 308, 309; Generals Dix,
Schenck, Fry, and Tyler and Lieut. Col. Tevis, 309, 311,
312; Generals Burnside, Asboth, and Shackleford, and
Lieut. Col. Johnson, and Colonels Foster and Mundy
in Kentucky, 313, 314; Generals Hall, Schofield, and
Rosecrans in Missouri, 314, 315, 445.
ORDERS RESPECTING FUGITIVE SLAVES, of Gen. Mansfield, 245;

Washington City Provost Marshal, (Brig. Gen. Andrew
Porter,) 245; Gen. Fremont, 246, Gen. Wool, 248;
Gen. Halleck, 248, and proposed censure of, 253, 251;
Gen. Hooker, 250; Gen. Doubleday, 250; Gen. T.
Williams, 251; Lient. Col. Anthony, 251; Secretary
Stanton to Gen. Saxton, 252; Gen. J. M. Tuttle, 253;
Gen. Roberts, 253; Gen. Grant, 443, 444.
ORDERS RESPECTING IMPRESSMENT AND PROTECTION OF PROP-

ERTY, of Gen. McDowell in Virginia, 251; Generals
Hartsuff and Boyle in Kentucky, 315.
ORDERS RESPECTING SALE OF FIRE-ARMS, of Gen. Heintzelman
in Columbus, note, 418.

ORDERS, REBEL, of Col. W. M. Churchwell, 121; Judah P.
Benjamin on bridge burning and arrests, 187; respect-
ing emancipation, 118; for enrollment of persons be-
tween 17 and 50, 427; for enrollment of negroes in
Louisiana, 428; for revocation of details, 428.
OREGON, Vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 623; not
represented in Peace Conference, 49; members of Thirty-
Sixth Congress, 48, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122, 123; Thirty-
Eighth, 141.

ORR, JAMES L., commissioner to Washington, 2; correspond-
ence with President Buchanan, 29–32; commissioner
from South Carolina to Georgia, 11; received by Con-
vention, 3; Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401; Sec-
ond 402; objections to bill repealing substitute law,
121; vote on secession ordinance, 399,

ORR, JOHN A., Representative in Second Rebel Congress, 402.
ORTIL, GODLOVE S., Member of Peace Conference, 65; Repre-

sentative in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140; amendment
to the enrollment bill, 269.

OWENS, JAMES B., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11,
400; vote on secession ordinance, 399.

PACIFIC Republic, intrigues for, 41; Shasta Herald upon,
41; San Francisco Bee, 42.

PAINE, E. T., Colonel, arrested for declining to return fugi-
tive slaves, 251.

PALMER, JOHN M., Member of Peace Conference, 68; Major
General, order announcing freedom of families of col-
ored soldiers, note, 564.

PALMER, GEORGE W., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

Roads Conference, 567.

PARK R, JO. EPH, bearer of Peace address from Great Brit-
ain, correspondence with Secretary Seward, 450.
PATTERSON, JAMES W., Representative in Thirty Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

PATTERSON, Judge, East Tennessee, Benjamin's order of ar-
rest, note, 187.

122.

PATTERSON, LOBERT, Major General, proclamation, 244.
PATTON, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
PAY of colored soldiers, Opinions of Attorney General upon,
270, 200, 384, 385; proposed prohibition of pay to,

2-3.

PAY of soldiers increased, 116, 272.

PEAC, Alexander II Stephens's letters on, 430, 431, 458, 459;
Wm. W. Boyce's, 451-433, 457; Herschel V. John on's,
433, 434; General Grant on, 434; Benjamin to Mason,
455; Davis in his last messages, 455, 456, 611; Alabama
legislature on, 456; Rebel House of Representativeson,
455; Address from Great Britain, 456: Hampton Roads
Conference, 566-572; correspondence of Generals Grant
and Lee on military convention, 572, 573; Garrett D.-
vis's proposition for, 573, 574; resolutions of Messrs.
Cox, Fernando Wood, Ingersoll, Townsend. Dawson,
and Williams, 674, 575: Niagara Falls Peace Negotia-
tions, 301-303, and Horace Greeley's letter upon, C03;
propositions in Rebel Congress; 614-616; movements
in legislatures of North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama,
and Georgia, 619–622.

PEACE CONFERENCE, Propositions of, rejected in Virginia
Convention, 7; Washington telegram of Charleston
Mercury respecting. 41: delegates to, officers of, pro-
ceedings, and propositions, and votes in, 67-69; Con-
gressional votes on proposition of, 69, 70.

PEACE PROPOSITIONS IN CONGRESS, 294–300, 574, 575; corres-
pondence between President Lincoln and Fernanao
Wood, 296, 297; Niagara Falls Conference, and New
York Tribune on prospects of peace, 301-303; Rich-
mond Examiner on, 899.

PEACE PROPOSITIONS, REBEL, in their Congress, and debate,
303-307, 614-616; in Senate of Virginia, 304; Legisla
tures of North Carolina, Virginia, Alabaina, and Georgia,
364, 350, 619-622; Richmond press upon, 305.
PEARCE, JAMES ALFRED, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
45, Thirty-Seventh, 122; death, 123.
PEARSON, Judge, of North Carolina, opinion on habeas cor-
pus, 120.

PENDLETON, GEORGE H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49, Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140,
resolutions relative to Baltimore Police Commissioners,
180, alleged proposition of release to prisoners, 182,
arrest of Mr. Vallandigham, 182, and the objects of the
war, 2-6; remarks on newspaper exclusion from the
mails, 191, 192: nomination of, for Vice President at
Democratic National Convention, and remarks on ac-
cepting, 420; speech at Dayton, 421; in New York,
422: letters, 423.

PENNINGTON, WILLIAM, Representative in, and Speaker of
House, Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48.

PENNSYLVANIA, vote for President in 1860, 1: in 1564. 623;
members of Peace Conference, 67: Thirty Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122: Thirty-Eighth, 140; per-
sonal liberty law, 46, 47: decisions of Supreme Court
on eurollment act, 273, 274; of Judges on “ legal ten-
der," 455: vote of legislature on ratifying the anti-
slavery amendment. 597.

PENROSE, SAMUEL, arrest of, 153.
PENSACOLA, port of, opened to trade, 149.
PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE, address of, 410.
PEREA, FRANCISCO, Delegate from New Mexico, declaration
of, note, 530.

PERILAM, SIDNEY, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,

140.

PERKINS, JOHN, JR., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; Representative in First Congress, 401: Secord,
40 reported offered and declined Secretaryship of the
Navy, 400

PERRY, JOSEPH J., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Member of Peace Conference, 67.
PERRY, M. S., Governor of Florida, message of, 2.
PERRY, NEHEMIAH, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122: Thirty-Eighth, 140.
PERRYMAN, JOHN D., one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-
441.
PERSONAL liberty laws of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin, with
movements to modify or repeal, 44-47; complained of
in South Carolina Convention, 16; Alexander 11. Ste-
phens upon, 24, 25; propositions in Senate Committee
of Thirteen, 70; resolution in House, 58, 75; remarks
of Senator Simmons upon, 47.

PETIGRU, JAMES L., argument on sequestration, 205, 206.

PETTIT JOAN U., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
43. member of Border-State Committee. 73.
PETTUS, E W, Commissioner from Alabama to Mississippi,
117; received by Convention, 3

PYTO, BAILIE, National Intelligencer's statement respect-
ing in 1835, 390; one of the Tennessee protesters, 498-
441

PEYTON, ROBERT L. Y., Senator in First Rebel Congress,
402; withdrawal, 402.

PEYTON, SAMUEL O., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress. 49

PHELAN, JAMES, Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401.
PHELPS. JOHN S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,

49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; member of Committee of
Thirty-three, 53; report, 58; views on compensated
emancipation, 213-217; vote for Vice President in
Democratic National Convention, 420.

PHELPS, TIMOTHY G., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122

PHILADELPHIA FAIR, President Lincoln's remarks at, 337.
PHILLIPS County, (Arkansas,) purchase of United States
arms by, in 1860, 35.

PHILLIPS, WENDELL, Letter to Judge Stallo, 411; to Cleve-
land Convention. 412.

Picayune, New Orleans, on fall of Sumter. 114.

PICKENS, Colonel, of East Tennessee, Benjamin's order of
arrest, 187

PICKENS, FRANCIS W., Governor of South Carolina, 2; cabi-
net, 2; proclamation announcing independence, 2;
deputation of, and instructions to Isaac W. Hayne,
commissioner to Washington, 32; course in caucus of
1835, 3J0.

PICKETT, J. T., secretary to rebel commissioners, 109,
110.

PIERCE, FRANKLIN, Letter to Jeff. Davis, January 6, 1860,
391; named in Chicago Convention for nomination and
withdrawn, 420.

PIERPOINT, FRANCIS II., Governor of Virginia and signer of
Altoona address, 233.

PIKE, FREDERICK A., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-

gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amendment to extend
enrollment to include persons of fifty years of age, 268.
PINCKNEY, J., request for special session of Maryland legis-
lature of 1861, 8.

PITTS. CHARLES H., arrest of, 152; offer of negroes to Bal-
timore Police Commissioners, 393; motions and votes
in Maryland Legislature, 306–398.

PITTSBURG, excitement in, on attempted removal of guns
from. Allegheny Arsenal. 35.
PLATFORMS, of Baltimore Convention, 406; of Cleveland
Convention, 413; of Union League. 410; of Democratic
National Convention, 419, 420; Vallandigham's letter
upon, 423; Conservative National Union men, 423.
POLICE Commissioners, Baltimore, arrest of, and reasons,
152; application to Congress, 179, 180; minutes of,
393, 394

POLICEMAN DAVID DANEKER, of Baltimore, refusal to "conde-
scend to pull down the American flag, and resigna-
tion, 394; William T. Butler resigned, 394.

POLLOCK, JAMES, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
POLA, LEONIDAS, Bishop, pastoral letters of, 515; commis

sioned Major General Confederate" Army, with Bish-
op Meade's advice to, and Bishop Burgess's opinion of,
note, 515; allusion to in pastoral letter, 486; and death
of, note, 515.

POLK, TRUSTEN, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; telegram to Missouri, 39; amend-
ment to resolution on the cause of the war, 286; ex-
pulsion of, 123.

POLYGAMY, to prohibit in Utah, 376.

POMEROY, SAMUEL C., Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress,

122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; proposition relative to repre-
sentation in the Electoral College, 578; relative to the
return of Arkansas to the Union, 586.

POMEROY, THEODORE M., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 110; substitute for loan
bill, 360; amendment to national currency bill, 361.
POOL, JOHN, resolutions on Peace in North Carolina legis-
lature 619

POPE, JOHN Major General, modification of General Rose-
cratis's Church, Order, 554..

POPE, The, reply of to the Rebel Commissioners, 517.
PORTER, ALBERT G., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122: motion and proposi-
tion on emancipation bill, 200, 201.
PORT KOYAL opened to trude, 149.
POSTMASTERS GENERAL, Opinions of, 188-191.
POSTON, CHARLES L., Delegate from Arizona, declaration of,

590.

POTTER JOHN F., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Member of Peace Confer-
ence 68.

PUTTER R. B., Genera', President of the Vallandigham mili-
tary coart, 162

POTTLE, EMORY B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
POWELL, LAZARUS W., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; chair-
man of Committee of Thirteen, 70; amendment to
Crittenden proposition, 65, 66; resolution on arrest of
Baltimore Police Commissioners, 179; arrests in Ken-
tucky, 180; dispersion of convention, 181; amendment
to indemnity bill, 185; propositions to abolish fishing
bounties, 375, 376; to amend the Constitution, 255, 256;
amendment to enrollment bill, 265; amendments to
bill to increase the pay of soldiers, 272; to bill to sup-
press insurrection. 275; to engineer bill, 276: to bill
for emancipation in Missouri, 225; to national cur-
rency bill, 361; bill to prevent interference in elections,
315, 316, 506; protest against the bill to punish con-
spiracies, 377, 378; declined as candidate for nomina-
tion for Vice President at Democratic National Con-
vention, and vote for Vice President, 420; proposed
resolution and bil respecting churches, 543; resolu-
tions relative to release of prisoners, 559, to arrests in
Kentucky, 560, to compensation of loyal slave-owners,
565; amendment to bill to allow bail in certain cases,
562; to bill to secure freedom of colored soldiers'
families, 565.

POWERS of the President, opinion of Attorney General
Black, 50-52; Chief Justice Taney, 155-158; Attorney
General Bates, 158-161.

PRATT, JAMES T., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
PRATT, THOMAS G., request for special session of Maryland
Legislature of 1861, 8; proposed member of board of
public safety, 9; Senator Mason's desired interview
with, 393.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CUMBERLAND, deliverances of 1863,
473, 474.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (NEW SCHOOL,) deliverances of 1961,
1862. 1863 and 1864, 463-472; remarks of President
Lincoln to Committee of, in 1863, 471; Secretary Stan-
ton's order for occupation of churches in insurrec-
tionary States, 522.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, (OLD SCHOOL,) deliverances of 1861,
1862, 1863, and 1864, 461-406; reaffirming the testi-
mony of 1818 on slavery, 465; dissent of the Presby-
tery of Louisville, 522. IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES,
505-513; action of General Assembly in 1861, 508-512;
of 1862 and 1864, 512, 513; Union of old and new
schools, 513: on religious instruction of slaves. 5 3,
518: an East Tennessee church, 513; Secretary Stan-
ton's order for the occupation of churches in insurrec-
tionary States, 522.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Reformed, resolutions of General
Synod in 1563 and 1864, 473.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REFORMED, (OLD SCHOOL.) Address to
President Lincoln in 1862, 472; resolutions of Synod
in 164, 472, 473.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, UNITED, deliverances of 1861 and
1862, 474 of 1863 and 1864, 507, 508; orders of Secre-
tary Stanton relative to churches of, in insurrectionary
States, 521, 522.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, in New Orleans, loyalty of, 544,
545; in East Tennessee, 546; Cumberland Presby-
terian, 546.

PRESBYTERY, TRANSYLVANIA, of 1861, action respecting mar-
riage of slaves, 458.

PRESIDENT, ELECTION OF, Propositions to change the mode
and term, 54, 55, 57, 73, 87, 255, 256, 573.
PRESIDENT, powers of the, Attorney General Black, 50–52;
Chief Justice Taney, 155-158; Attorney General Bates,
158-161.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, of 1860, 1; of 1864, 623; Mr. Lin-
coln's estimate of actual result, 558, 623.

PRESS, freedom of the, Justice Story upon, 188; other pro-
ceedings respecting, 117, 188–194, 441, 442, 562.
PRESTON, JOHN S., Commissioner from South Carolina to

Virginia, 11; received by Legislature, 6; his denuncia-
tion of the Union, 6; telegram to Judge Hopkins, 40.
PRESTON, WALTER, Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400; Representative in First Congress, 402; Second, 402.
PRESTON, WILLIAM BALLARD, vote on secession ordinance,
7; Commissioner of Virginia in making military league,
8; delegate from Virginia Convention to President Lia-
coln, 112; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400;
Senator in First Congress, 401; retired, 401.
PRICE, HIRAM, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140; resolution relative to furloughing drafted clergy-
men, 564.

PRICE, RODMAN M., Member of Peace Conference, 67; let-
ters of, in 1860, found in Fredericksburg, Va., 330.
PRICE, THOMAS L., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Coa-
gress, 123; views on compensated emancipation, 213-
217; proposed resolution of, at Democratic National
Convention, 418.

PROCEEDINGS of the Government in relation to the secession
movement, 48-90.

PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, for troops, 141, 604;
amnesty, 147, 48; blockade, 149, 605; commercial inter-
course, 14, 150; declaring the boundaries of the insur-
rection, 150; su-pending the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus, 177, 178; under confiscation act, 208;|
rescinding General Hunter's proclamation, 251; respect-
ing reconstruction bill, 318, 519; of emancipation, 227,
228; pardon to deserters, 601; on equality of nights
with all maritime nations, 605.
PROCLAMATIONS of General McClellan in Western Virginia,
244; General Patterson, 244; General Fremont on
emancipation, 245, 246; of General Thomas W. Sher-
man, 248; of General John A. Dix, 248; General Burn-
side in North Carolina, 219; General Halleck, 250;
General Hunter on emancipation, 250; of Governor
Bradford, 309, 310; of Governor Cannon of Delaware,
312; of Governor J. F. Robinson, of Kentucky, 313;
Governor Andrew Johnson for election in Tennessee,
456-438; of Major General Palmer, note, 564.
PROCLAMATIONS, REEEL, Davis's of banishment, 121; on con-
scription, 115; martial law, 121; outlawry of General
Butler, note, 253; Governor J. E. Brown on northern
debts, 3; General M. Jeff. Thompson, note, 245, 246.
PROPERTY, rebel regulations for destroying, 117.
PROPOSED Censure of officials, proceedings of Congress on,
386-258.

PROPOSITIONS of adjustment-see "Adjustment.”
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, action of General Conven-

tion of the United States, 483–494; pastoral letter of
Bishops, 486-469; their censure of Bishop Polk, 486,
487; protest of Bishop Hopkins and his rejected ad-
dress, 489-493; President Lincoln's response to the pas-
toral Address, 495; protest of Pennsylvania Episcopa-
lians against Bishop Hopkins's defence of slavery, 493,
494: action of Pennsylvania Diocesan Convention, 493,
IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES: Alabama Diocesan Con-
vention, 515; General Convention of 1861, 515; of 1862,
and pastoral letter of Bishops, 515, 516; Bishop Polk's
pastoral letters, assumption of military duties, and
death, 515; loyalty of New Orleans churches, 543, 544.
PROTESTS, of 38 members of House of Representatives against
the indemnity bill, 184, 185; of nine Senators against the
bill to punish conspiracies, 377; of Tennesseeans
against Governor Johnson's proclamation, 438-441; re-
ply of President Lincoln, 425; of Pennsylvania Episco-
palians against Bishop Hopkins's defence of slavery, 493,
494; of members of Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference of 1861, 496.

PROVISIONAL Cabinet of Jeff. Divis, 12, 400.

PROVISIONAL Constitution, Rebel, adopted, 12; particulars
of, 12.

PROVISIONAL Congress, Rebel, names of deputies and officers,
11, 400: proceedings of, 12.

PRUYN, JOHN V. L., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; resolution relative to the seized newspa-
per offices in New York, 194.

PRYOR, ROGER A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; address to the people of Virginia, 40; adjustment
proposition of, 73; resolution on coercion, 76; on bom-
bardment of Sumter, 112; Deputy in Rebel Provisional
Congress, 400; Representative in First Congress, 402;
retired, 402.

PUBLIC CREDIT under Buchanan, 365, 366.
PUBLIC DEBT-Statements of amount at different periods,

365-368, 601, 002; Secretary Chase's letter respecting
the redemption of in gold, note, 367; of rebels, 356.
"PUBLIC SAFETY" bill in Legislature of Maryland, 398.
PUGH, GEORGE E., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48; ad-
justment proposition, 63, 64.

PUGH, JAMES L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; his purpose in taking his seat, 392; declaration
respecting secession, 53; sent telegram South, 37; with-
drew, 4; Representative in First Rebel Congress, 401;
Second, 402.

PURYEAR, ROBERT C., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400.

RANDALL, SAMUEL J., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con
gress, 10.
RANDALL, WILLIAM II., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.
RANDOLPH, GEORGE W., vote on secession ordinance, 7, note;
delegate from Virginia to Presivert Lincoln, 112; de-
clined to receive Creoles into the 'litary service, and
reason for, 282; Provisional Secretary of War, 401; re-
signed and appointed brigadier, 401.

RANDOLPHI, JOSEPH F., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
RANSOM, M. W., Commissioner from North Carolina to
Rebel Provisional Congress, 12.
RATIFICATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY AMENDMENT, Mr. Sum-
ner's resolution concerning, 591; votes of Legislatures,
595-600.

RAYMOND, HENRY J., report of, in Baltimore Convention,
406.

READ, HENRY E., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.
READ, JOHN M., Justice, opinion on enrollment, 273.
REAGAN, JOHN H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11, 400;
Postmaster General in Provisional and Permanent ad-
ministration, 400, 401.

REBEL ADMINISTRATION, names of persons composing, 400-

402.

REBEL ARMY, strength of, 121, 299, 612.

REBEL COMMISSIONERS, appeal of certain, to Earl Russell,
and reply of latter, 27; correspondence of estain,
with President Buchanan, 29-54; intercourse of cer
tain, with Secretary Seward, 108-110.

REBEL CONGRESSES, names of members and officers, 400-102
REBEL DEBT, 368; resolution respecting, 375, 576.
REBEL ENROLLMENT ORDERS, of persons between 17 and 50,
427; of negroes, 428.

REDEL FINANCIAL legislation, 368-373, 63, 614.
REBEL INDEPENDENCE, demands and terms, 303-307, 329–
332.
REBEL LEGISLATION, military, 117-120, 611-613; leiters of
marque, 117; conscription laws, 118, 119; on habe18
corpus, 187; sequestration, 203, 613; military employ
ment of colored persons, 281-253, 611; on peace 309–37,
614-617; reconstruction, 329-332; taxation,
613, 614.

REBEL STATES, electoral vote of, 318, 319, 577, 578; resolu
tions on their relations to the Government, 322-329;
reconstruction of, 317-322, 435-437, 576-588.
RECOGNITION, of Hayti and Liberia, recommendation of
President Lincoln, 130; bill for, 239; of rebel independ
ence demanded by Legislature of Maryland, 337, 255;
of independence, the sine qua non of rebels, 303-007,
329-332, 566–573.
RECONSTRUCTION, proceedings respecting, 317-331; rebel
press and politicans on, 350, 351; George N. Sarders
on terms of, 330; General Grant's letter on, net, S71;
reports, proceedings, and votes in Congress upon, 576,
577, 581-588.

RECONSTRUCTION, views of various rebel leaders, Legisla
tures, Congress, and press upon, 329-352.

RECTOR, Governor, of Arkansas, reply to President's first
call for troops, 115.

REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH, Action of, 482, 453.
REID, DAVID S, Member of Peace Conference, €8.
REID, JOHN W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; expelled, 123.

REPORT to the South Carolina Convention of Mr. Rhett, 12-
15; of Mr. Memminger, 15, 16; of Mr. Withers, 19:
of Major Anderson to the Secretary of War, 114; of
committee and Secretary Holt on secret organizativa
to attack the capital, 80-82; of Mr. Dawes on the uis-
position of United States vessels, also respecting pe
iguations in the navy, 82-84; and minority, by Mr.
Branch, 81; majority by Mr. Reynolds and minerity by
Mr. Branch upon bill to authorize the President to cad
out the militia, 85; of committee on the correspond
ence between the President and the "special envoy” of
South Carolina, 85; of Committee on Judiciary respect-
ing suppression of newspapers, 188-191; on transir of
arms South in 1859-'60, 34-36; of House Committee of
Thirty-three, 57-62; of Peace Conference, 6; Sebate
Committee of Thirteen, 69-73; of John (ochraus on
imports bill, 79, 80; of several on reconstruction,
581-558.

REPRESENTATION, APPORTIONMENT OF, proposed constitu-
tional amendment to change, 591, 592.
RESIGNATIONS in the navy-see" Report."
RESOLUTIONS for protection of slave property in the Terri-
tories, 90.

RESOLUTIONSs in the Maryland Legislature, 397, 398.
RESOLUTIONS offered at second session of Thirty-Sixth Con-
4 gress, 55-9; in Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Eignth Con-
gresses, on arrests, 179-183, 560; on newspaper sup; res
sion, 194; compensated emancipation, 200, 210, 126, 595;
⚫ emancipation proclamation, 229-231; Gen. Hallocks

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