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confiscation, in the land; to implant upon this our soil the hideous doctrine of the right of secession, so that when one State recedes another may secede, and still another, and still another, so that within forty-eight hours, by the light of their reason and the exactness of their judgment, you may establish on this continent thirty-four independent governments. Thirty-four, did I say? Why, no, not thirtyfour merely, but every county and every city, and every village and hamlet; nay, every person who suffers from indigestion at the dinner table may claim the same right; and thus, soldiers, we shall have the confusion and disorder which will plunge into dismay and ruin the best and most benevolent government in the world. Now, what is our object? It is simply to arrest the sway of this fell spirit of secession. It is to maintain our Government, to establish and vindicate law and order, without which neither happiness nor prosperity can exist. You are engaged, too, by the strength of your arms, to protect our commerce with other nations, and when victory crowns your devotion to your country's cause as it assuredly will-you will be proudly pointed at as the champions of American rights, as men who have maintained their dearest principles, and as those who, from this time forward, shall live in the most grateful remembrance of the living, and whose names shall descend with marks of imperishable honor to the remotest posterity. But, soldiers, to accomplish all this, not merely arms are necessary, not merely men to carry them, but that powerful and overwhelming spirit which constitutes and makes us men, that spirit which lifts us above the creeping things of the earth, and brings near the Deity, in accomplishing his work on earth. Oh, then, let us not think that the "battle is to the strong"-let us not merely depend on discipline and order, but with that fervidness of soul which inspired our fathers at Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and Yorktown, come forward and give effect to all that is valuable in the name of patriotism, and honor, and religion.

Never, no never, will you succeed until that spirit is once more manifested and developed which actuated the soldiers of Cromwell, who, on the field, invoked the Lord their God to arise. So let it be with us. We must be at least one with Him in spirit. Let us, like Cromwell, invoke the Almighty blessing, and, clothed with the panoply of patriotism and religion, strike for our homes and our country. [Im mense cheering.] Let us-oh, let us-without reference to any differences of the past, keep our eyes steadfastly on the great object to be achieved, the nationality and independence of this country, the salvation of civilization from the insults and assaults of barbarism; and then, but not till then, will you be worthy to be recognized as a distinguished portion of our great American army. [Long continued cheering from the whole regiment.]

Upon the conclusion of Colonel Cochrane's speech, loud and repeated calls being made for the Secretary of War, Mr. Cameron came before the regiment, and said:

Soldiers: It is too late for me to make you a speech tonight, but I will say that I heartily approve every sentiment uttered by your noble commander. The doctrines which he has laid down I approve of as if they were my own words. They are my sentiments sentiments which will not only lead you to victory, but which will in the end reconstruct this our glorious Federal Constitution. It is idle to talk about treating with these rebels upon their own terms. We must meet them as our enemies, treat them as enemies, and punish them as enemies, until they shall learn to behave themselves. Every means which God has placed in our hands it is our duty to use for the purpose of protecting ourselves. I am glad of the opportunity to say here, what I have already said elsewhere, in these few words, that I approve the doctrines this evening enunciated by Colonel Cochrane. [Loud and prolonged cheering.]

INDEX.

ADAMS, Charles Francis, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53;
report of, 57; Secretary Seward's letter to, on Trent
affair, 338.

ADAMS, Green, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49.
ADAMS, James H., Commissioner to Washington, 2; cor-
respondence with President Buchanan, 29-32.
ADAMS, Wirt, Commissioner from Mississippi to Louisiana,
11; received by Convention, 3.

ADDRESS of South Carolina Convention to Slaveholding States,

12; of loyal Governors in favor of Emancipation, 233.
ADJUSTMENT, propositions of, in Thirty-Sixth Congress-In
House, by Messrs. Thayer, John Cochrane, Haskin,
Mallory, Stevenson, English, Kilgore, Holman, Niblack,
McClernand, Noell, Hindman, Larrabee, Anderson of
Missouri, Smith of Virginia, Sickles, Dunn, Adrain,
Morris of Pennsylvania, Stewart of Maryland, Leake,
Jenkins, Cox, Hutchins, Sherman, Etheridge, Davis of
Indiana, Florence, Fenton, Kellogg of Illinois, and Val-
landigham, 53-57; report of Committee of Thirty-three
and votes upon, 57-62; on Constitutional Convention,
62-64; on Mr. Kellogg's, 63; on Mr. Clemens's, 63.
In Senate, Mr. Pugh's and vote, 63; Mr. Doolittle's
and vote, 64; Mr. Bingham's and vote, 64; Mr. Grimes's
and vote, 64; Mr. Powell's amendment to Mr. Critten-
den's proposition, 65; Mr. Clark's, 66; re-consideration
and rejection of, 66; final defeat of the Crittenden
proposition, 66; remarks of Senators Johnson and La-
tham thereon, 66, 67; the Peace Conference, members
and proposition of, votes on, 68, 69; Senate Committee
of Thirteen and votes therein, 70-72; propositions of
Senators Joseph Lane, and Andrew Johnson, Represen-
tatives Barrett, Pryor, Colfax, Vallandigham, and Mor-
ris of Illinois, and Border-States meeting, 73; of New
York Representatives, Alex. H. H. Stuart, National
Intelligencer, Albany Evening Journal, and Joseph W.
Taylor, 74; New York Sun, Baltimore Exchange, "A
Distinguished Carolinian," and a correspondent of the
National Intelligencer, 75; of Mr. Seward, in commit-
tee, 71; Senator Hunter, 86-88; and President Buchanan,
50.

ADJUSTMENT, Mr. Lincoln's reported opinion on, 67.
ADMINISTRATION of Abraham Lincoln, 105-194.
ADBAIN, Garnett B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; proposition of adjustment by, 54; resolu-
tion of, on unconstitutional State laws, and vote upon,
75; on approving Major Anderson's course, 76.
Advertiser, Mobile, comments of, on Floyd's transfer of
United States arms South, in 1859-60, 35.
AFRICAN Slave Trade, propositions respecting and votes,
52-72; treaty for the suppression of, 150; modification
of, 151; bill to carry out the, 151; bill of rebel Con-
gress concerning, 151; veto of President Davis, 151;
intercepted "Confederate" dispatch upon, 151, 152.
AGNEW, Daniel, Justice Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
decision on enrollment act, 274.

AIKEN, Warren, Speaker of Georgia rebel House of Repre-

sentatives, 329; Representative in Second Congress, 402.
ALABAMA, Vote of, for President, 1; members of Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 48, 49; deputies in rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11, 400; members of First Congress, 401; of
Second, 402; secession movement in Convention and
Legislature of, 4; ratified Confederate Constitution, 4;
Inter-State Commissioners of, 11; makes a loan to the
Provisional Government, 12; seizures and surrenders,
in, 27; commissioner sent from, to treat with United

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States Government, 34; purchase of Government arms
by, in 1860, 35; resolutions of Legislature of, on mili-
tary employment of slaves, 282; soldiers in the army,
399.
ALBANY Evening Journal, adjustment proposition of, 74.
ALDRICH, Cyrus, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; in Thirty-Seventh, 122.

ALEXANDER, William C., member of Peace Conference, 67.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, opening of port of, to trade, 149.
ALIENS, President's proclamation relative to, 272.
ALLEGED foreign enlistment, 343-345.

ALLEN, Charles, member of Peace Conference, 67.
ALLEN, Henry, W., rebel Governor of Louisiana, on recon-
struction, 331.
ALLEN, James C., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.
ALLEN, William, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; in Thirty-Seventh, 122; resolutions of, respecting
the object of the war, 285; resolution of, not to use
money appropriated in emancipating slaves, 287.
ALLEN, William J., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 123; in Thirty-Eighth, 140.
ALLISON, William B., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.
ALLEY, John B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; in Thirty-Seventh, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140.
ALVORD, Lieutenant Henry E., captured Moseby's military
papers, 119.

AMERICA, Central and South, monarchical intrigues in, 343.
American, Baltimore, on arrests, 153.
AMES, James T., purchase of Government arms by, in
1860, 35.
AMES, Oakes, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140.
AMES, Samuel, member of Peace Conference, 67.
AMNESTY, President's argument upon, 146; proclamations
of, 147, 148; accompanying circular of Attorney Gen-
eral, 148.
ANCONA, Sydenham E., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140; resolution of,
concerning enrollment, 270.

ANDERSON, Clifford, Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

ANDERSON, Fulton, commissioner from Mississippi to Vir
ginia, 11; received by Virginia, 6.
ANDERSON, Josiah, M., member of Peace Conference, 68.
ANDERSON, J. Patton, Deputy in rebel Provisional Congress,
11,400; resigned, 400; vote on secession ordinance, 399.
ANDERSON, Lucien, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

ANDERSON, Major Robert, Floyd's instructions to, 31; cor-

respondence before firing upon Sumter, 113, 114; report
of, 114; resolution approving of course of, 76.
ANDERSON, Thomas L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.

ANDERSON, William C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.

ANDREW, John A., Governor of Massachusetts, signer of Al-
toona Address, 233.
ANTHONY, Henry B., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49;

Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; proposition
of, to repeal proposed constitutional amendment of 1861,
258.

ANTHONY, Lieutenant Colonel D. R., order on fugitive slaves,

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APPLETON, William, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122: resigned, 123.
ARGUELLES Case, proceedings in Congress respecting, 354,
355; letter of the Captain General of Cuba, 355.
ARKANSAS, Vote of, for President, 1; members of Thirty-
Sixth Congress, 48, 49; claimants in Thirty-Eighth,
141; Deputies in rebel Provisional Congress, 11, 400;
members of First Congress, 401; of Second, 402; seces-
sion movement in Convention and Legislature, 4;
seizures and surrenders, 28; free State government,
320, 321; report of Lyman Trumbull on admission of
Senators from, and vote, 320, 321; officers of new State
government, 321; Representatives and Senators from,
fail to obtain seats, 321; President Lincoln's letters to
Major General Steele and William M. Fishback respect-
ing election in, 322; soldiers in the army, 399.
ARMS, United States, transfer of, South in 1859-60, 34: pur-
chase by Alabama and Virginia in 1860, 35; purchase
of, by Governor of Virginia prior to secession, 36; sale
of, to States, 36; Jefferson Davis's bill to authorize such
sale, 36; discussion and vote on in the Senate, 36, 37;
Mobile Advertiser's comment on Floyd's transfers, 35;
Burch's resolution relative to California's quota of, 41.
ARMY, rebel, strength of, 117, 121, 399.

ARNOLD, Isaac N., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140; bill of, respecting
the President's emancipation proclamation, 229, 230;
proposition to amend the Constitution and vote, 258.
ARNOLD, Samuel G., member of Peace Conference, 67; Sen-
ator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123.
ARRESTS of citizens, 152-154; President Lincoln's and Secre-
tary Stanton's orders respecting, 154; of Vallandigham,
162; Mr. Pendleton's resolution in Honse denouncing,
182; proceedings respecting sundry, 179-181; resolu-
tions, votes, and legislation respecting persons in ar-
rest, 183-185; General Augur's order respecting military,
187; W. Saulsbury's amendment respecting, and vote,
236, 237.

ARRINGTON, A. H., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
402.

ARTICLE of War, new, 237, 238.

ASBOTH, Brigadier General, orders of, respecting the election
in Kentucky, 313.

ASHE, Thomas S., deputy in rebel Provisional Congress,
402.

ASHLEY, James M., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; in Thirty-Seventh, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140.
ASHMORE, John D., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; withdrew, 1.

ATKINS, John D. C.. deputy in rebel Provisional Congress,
400; Representative in First Congress, 402; in Second,
402.

ATLANTA (Georgia) Intelligencer on reconstruction with the
Northwestern States, note, 303.

ATTORNEY General, circular of respecting amnesty, 148, 149;

opinion of respecting the President's powers, 51, 52;
concerning habeas corpus, 155-161; concerning execu-
tion of fugitive slave law, 235; concerning pay of col-
ored chaplains, 279, 250; concerning citizenship, 378-
384; on pay of colored soldiers, 384, 355.
AUGUR, C. C., Major General, order of respecting military
arrests, 187.

AVERELL, A. A. General, order of, to prohibit slaves leaving
the city of Washington, 245.

AVERY, William T., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,

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BABBITT, Elijah, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; in Thirty Seventh, 122.

BACKUS, Franklin T., member of Peace Conference, 68.
BAIL, bill for, of persons arrested, 183.

BAILEY, Goldsmith F., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Death of, 123.

BAILY, Joseph, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; i Thirty-Eighth, 140.

BAKER, Edward D., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
in Thirty-Seventh, 122; death of, 123; colloquy with
Senator Hunter, January 11, 1861, 88.

BAKER, James M., Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401;
Second, 402; vote on secession ordinance, 339.
BAKER, Stephen, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

BALDWIN, Augustus C., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.

BALDWIN, John B., vote on secession ordinance in Virginia
Convention, note, 7; Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; in Second, 402.

BALDWIN, John D., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-

gress, 140; resolution of, denouncing negotiation with
the rebel leaders, and votes. 29, 299.

BALDWIN, Roger S., member of Peace Conference, 67; prop-
osition for Constitutional Convention, 69.
BALTIMORE, special election in, in 1861, 9; arrest of Police
Marshal and Commissioners by General Banks, and
proceedings concerning, 152; further proceedings re-
specting. 179; Emancipation Resolutions of the City
Union Convention of, 226; Fair, President Lincoln's
remarks at, 280, 281; Minutes of Police Commissioners
in April 1861, 343, 394; Report în Councils on the ex-
penditure of $500,000 appropriation, same period, 394-
396; Union National Convention in, 403.
BALTIMORE American on arrests, 153.
BALTIMORE Evening Transcript, suppression of, 192.
BALTIMORE Exchange, adjustment proposition of, 75.
BANISHMENT, proclamation of, by Jefferson Davis, 121.
BANKING System, proceedings on repealing the, 365.
BANK Notes, small, President Lincoln's veto of bill for, 359;
proposed issue of, 363.
BANKS, A. P., connected with rebel commissioners, 108.
BANKS, Nathaniel P., Major General, instructions to Lieut.
Col. Ruger, respecting arrests of Maryland Legislature,
153; arrest of Police Commissionera, Marshal Kane,
and others, in Baltimoro, and reasons therefor, 152.
BARKSDALE, Ethelbert, Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; in Second, 402.

BARKSDALE, William, Representative in the Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; sent telegram South, 37; withdrew, 3.
BARNWELL, Robert W., commissioner to Washington, 2;
and correspondence with President Buchanan, 29-32;
deputy to Provisional Congress, 2, 11, 400; Senator in
First Congress, 401; in Second, 402; vote on secession,
398.

BARR, Martin W., arrest of, 153.

BARR, Thomas J., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; adjustment proposition of, 74.

BARRETT, J. R., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; adjustment proposition of, 73; member of Border
States Committee, 73.

BARRINGER, David M., member of Peace Conference, 68.
BARROW, Washington, Commissioner of Tennessee in leago
ing her with the "Confederate" States, 5.
BARRY, Capt. G., purchase of Government arms by, in 1800,

35.

BARRY, Wm. S., deputy in rebel Provisional Congress, 11,

400.

BARTOW, Francis S., deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400.

BATES, Daniel M., member of Peace Conference, 67.
BATES, Edward, Attorney General, 108; circular of, respect-
ing amnesty, 148, 149; opinion of, concerning habeas
corpus, 158-161; letter of, respecting execution of fu-
gitive slave law, note, 235; opinion of, concerning pay
of colored chaplains, 279, 280; citizenship, 378-384; pay
of colored soldiers, 384, 385.
BATES, James P., member of bogus legislative council of
Kentucky, 8.

BATSON, Felix I., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

BATTLE, Judge, North Carolina, view on habeas corpus,

120.

BATTELLE, Robbins, member of Peace Conference, 67.
BAXTER, Elisha, claimed seat as Senator from Arkansas in
Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140.

262.

48.

BAXTER, II. Henry, member of Peace Conference, 67.
BAXTER, Portus, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140.
BAYARD, James A., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, and resignation of
140; resolution respecting the arrest of the Baltimore
Police Commissioners, 179; proposition on enrollment,
BAYLOR, A. R., Representative in Second Rebel Congress, 402.
BEALE, Charles L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
BEAMAN, Fernando C., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140.
BEAUFORT (S. C.) opened to trade, 149.
BEAUREGARD, G. T., correspondence of, with Major Ander
son, before bombarding Fort Sumter, 113, 114.
Bee, San Francisco, on a Pacific Republic, 42.
BELL, Casper W., Deputy in rebel Provisional Congress,
BELL, II. P., Representative in First Rebel Congress, 401;
in Second, 402.

400.

BELL, John, voto for President, 1.

BELL, Joshua F., meinber of Peace Conference, 68.
BENJAMIN, Judah P., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;

telegram South, 37; withdrew, 4; Attorney General and
Secretary of War in Rebel Provisional Government, 12
400; Secretary of War, and Secretary of State in Per-
manent Government, 401; intercepted dispatch to
Lamar, 151, 152; order of arrest of Judge Patterson

and Colonel Pickens, of East Tennessee, 187; order on
bridge burning, 157.

BENNING, Henry L., Commissioner from Georgia to Virginia,
11; received by Convention, 6.

BENTON, Thomas II., on the disunion conspiracy, 390.
BERNARD, General of Engineers in the service of the United
States, a citizen of France, allusion of Attorney General
Bates, 378.

BERRETT, James G., arrest and release of, 153.

BERRY, N. S., Governor of New Hampshire, and signer of
the Altoona Address, 233.

BIDDLE, Charles J., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

BIGLER, William, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48:
member of Committee of Thirteen, 70; proposition of
adjustment and votes, 71, 72

BILLUPS, John, Speaker of Georgia Rebel House of Repre-
sentatives, 329.
BINGHAM. John A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122; proposition
of adjustment, 55; bill of, to collect duties on imports,
78: substitute of, for emancipation bill, and vote upon,
201.
BINGHAM, Kingsley S., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48:

in Thirty-Seventh, 122; death of, 123; proposition of,
respecting amendment of the Constitution, 64.
BINNEY, Horace, views of, on suspension of writ of habeas
corpus, 161.

BLACK, J. S., Attorney General and Secretary of State, 28;
opinion of, upon the powers of the President, 50.
BLAINE, James G., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; resolution respecting amendment of the
Constitution, 259.

BLAIR, Austin, Governor of Michigan, and signer of Altoona
Address, 233.

BLAIR, Francis P., jr., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; in Thirty-Eighth, 140; unseated, 141;
amendment of, to the emancipation bill, and vote upon,
199, 200; on select committee on compensated emanci-
pation, 213; letter of General Halleck to, note, 248;
Senate resolution supposed to refer to his case, 375;
report of House Cominittee of Elections in case of, and
proceedings upon, 375.

BLAIR, Jacob B., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; in Thirty-Eighth, 141; substitute of, for the en-
rollment bill, and vote, 267; resolutions of, relating to
the war, 293.

BLAIR, Montgomery, Postmaster General, 108; report of, on
exclusion of newspapers, 188-191.

BLAIR, Samuel S.. Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.

BLAKE, Harrison G., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; in Thirty-Seventh, 122; resolution of, relating
to the prosecution of the war, 292.
BLANFORD, Mark II., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

BLISS, George, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,

140.

BLOCKADE, President's proclamations of, 149; proclamations
raising, of certain ports, 149.

BLOW, Henry T., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

BOCOCK, Thomas S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; address to people of Virginia, 40; member of
rebel "Provisional" Congress, 400; member and Speaker
of First Rebel Congress, 401; of second, 402.
BONDS of United States, proposed State taxation of, 359, 360.
BONHAM, Milledge L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; withdrew, 1; Commissioner to Mississippi, 11;
statement of, respecting forts in Charleston harbor, 30;
member of First Rebel Congress, 400; elected Governor
of South Carolina, 402.
BORDER Slave State Representatives, interviews of President
Lincoln with, 210, 211, 213-220.

BORDER State embassies, Charleston Mercury on, 3.
BORDER States meeting, and adjustment proposition of, 73.
BOTELER, Alexander R., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; motion for adjustment committee of thirty-
three, 52; hopeful despatch of, 39; remarks on re-con-
struction, 329; member of rebel Provisional Congress,
401; of First Congress, 402.

BOUDINOT, E. C., Delegate from the Cherokee Nation at sec-
ond session of First Rebel Congress, 402.
BOULDIN, Wood, motion in Virginia Convention, 7; vote on
secession ordinance, note, 7.
BOULIGNY, John E., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; refusal to withdraw, 4.
BOUTWELL, George S., member of Peace Conference, 67;
Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140; remarks
on issue of emancipation proclamation, 232; resolutions
on re-construction, 328.

BOWDEN, Lemuel J., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress, and
death of, 140.

BOYCE, William W., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gross, 49; withdrew, 1; appointed on Committee of
Thirty-three and declined, 53; deputy to Rebel Pro-
visional Congress, 2, 11, 400: member of First Congress,
402; second, 402; statement respecting forts in Charles
ton harbor, 30; vote on secession ordinance, 398.
Born, Sempronius H., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

BOYLE, Brigadier General, order on impressments, 315.
BOYLE, Llewellyn, request of, for special session of Legisla-
ture of Maryland, 8.

BRADSON, Robert B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.

BRADFORD, Alexander W., member of Peace Conference, 68;
Governor of Maryland, election affairs of, 309–311.
BRADLEY, Benjamin F., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

BRAGG, Braxton, reported offered, and declined, rebel Secre-
taryship of War, 402.

BRAGG, Thomas, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48.
BRANCH, A. M., Representative in Second Rebel Congress,
402.
BRANCH, Lawrence O'B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; on select committee of investigation, 80,
resolution on keeping troops in the District of Colum-
bia, 81; reports on disposition of the navy and resigna-
tions therein, on militia bill, Buchanan's correspondence
with rebel commissioners, and secession, 84, 85.
BRANDEGEE, Augustus, Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.

BRAYTON, William D., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

BRECKINRIDGE, Robert J., Jr., Representative in First Rebel
Congress, 401.

BRECKINRIDGE, Robert J., Sr., temporary chairman of Balti-
more Union Convention, and remarks, 403-405.
BRECKINRIDGE, John C., vote of, for President, 1; Vice Pres-
ident, Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48; Senator in Thirty-
Seventh, 122; expulsion, 123; escape, 153; proposition
to withdraw troops from rebellious States, 290; candi-
date for Rebel Congress and views on reconstruction,
329.
BRESHWOOD, Captain, surrender of his vessel to rebels, 28.
BREWER, T. N., arrest of, 153.
BRIDGE-BURNERS, in East Tennessee, Benjamin's order for
hanging, 187.
BRIDGERS, John L., commissioner from North Carolina to
Rebel "Provisional" Congress, 12.
BRIDGERS, Robert R., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; Second, 402.

BRIDGES, George W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

BRIGGS, George, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; adjustment proposition of, 74.

BRIGHT, Jesse D., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, and expulsion, 123.

BRISTOW, Francis S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53.
BROCKENDROUGH John W., member of Peace Conference, 68;
deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.
BRONSON, Greene C., member of Peace Conference, 67.
BROOKE, John B., in favor of meeting of Legislature of Mary-
land, 9.

BROOKE, Walter, deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11,
400; views on re-construction, 329; see MEM. 401.
Brooklyn Eagle, presented by grand jury and excluded from
the mails, 188-192.

BROOKS, James, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140; letter of George N. Sanders to, 330.
BROOMALL, John M., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
Congress, 140; substitute for enrollment bill, 266; res-
olution concerning, 270; substitute of, for Mr. Colfax's
resolution to expel Alexander Long, 387.

BROWN, Albert Gallatin, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; telegram south, 37; withdrew, 5; on protecting
slavery in the Territories, 90; captain in rebel service,
401; Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401; Second, 402;
on repealing substitute law, 121.

BROWN, B. Gratz, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 140;
Indian enlistments, 264; substitute for reconstruction
bill, 318.

BROWN, George William, police commissioner and Mayor of
Baltimore, arrest of, and reasons for, 152; minutes of
the board, 393, 394,

BROWN, James S., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; resolutions respecting reconstruction, 319,
320.

BROWN, John Young, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.

BROWN, Joseph E., Governor of Georgia, 2; proclamation
of, concerning northern indebtedness, 2; call for ne
groes, 282.

BROWN, William G., vote on secession ordinance, note, 7;
Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122; Thir
ty-Eighth, 140; resolutions relating to the War, 293.

BROWNE, George II., member of Peace Conference, 67; Rep-
resentative in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122.
BROWNE, William M., rebel Assistant Secretary of State, 12.
BROWNING, O. H., Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122;
superseded, 123; amendments to militia bill, 275.
BROWNSVILLE, port opened, 149.

BRUCE, E. M., member of bogus legislative council of Ken-
tucky, 8; member of First Rebel Congress, 401; Sec-
ond, 402.

BRUCE, H. W., member of bogus legislative council of Ken-
tucky, 8; member of First Rebel Congress, 401; Second,
402.

BRUCE, James C., Commissioner of Virginia in making mili-
tary league, 8; vote on Secession ordinance, note, 7.
BRUNE, John C, arrest of, 152.

BRYAN, T. S., Assistant Secretary of Russellville (Ky.,) Con-
gress, 8.

BUCHANAN, James, changes in Cabinet of, 28; letter to the
South Carolina Commissioners, 29, 32-34; report of
special committee on, 85; declines to receive Commis-
sioner from Alabama, 34; last annual message of, 49;
the power to coerce a State discussed in, 49; explana-
tory amendment to the Constitution recommended by,
50; message of January 8, alluded to, 80; public credit
during his administration, 365, 366; proposed censure of,
and proceedings in the Senate, 387.
BUCKALEW, Charles R., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140; amendment to civil appropriation bill, respecting
testimony of colored persons, parties to suits, and vote,
243; amendment of, to national currency bill, and vote,

365

BUCKNER, Aylett H., member of Peace Conference, 68.
BUELL, Don Carlos, Brig. Gen., letter of, to J. R. Underwood,
offering to return fugitive slaves, 250.

BUFFINTON, James, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; in Thirty-Seventh, 122.

BURCH, John C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; resolution relative to California's quota of arms, 41;
member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53; report of,
58; proposition for Constitutional Convention, 62; for a
Pacific republic, 41.

BUREAU of Freedmen's Affairs, bill to establish, and vote
upon in House, 259,260; bill reported in Senate,
amendment of W. Saulsbury, and vote, 260; W. T. Wil-
ley's amendment, and vote, 260; Henry Wilson's
amendment, and vote, 260; postponement of bill to De-
cember 20th next, 260.

BURKE, Martin, Col., refusal of, to obey writ of Judge Gar-
rison, 152,

BURLINGAME, Anson, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

BURNETT, Theodore L., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 401; Second, 402.

BURNHAM, Alfred A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; in Thirty-Seventh, 123.

BURNS rescue case, resolution concerning, and Col. T. W.
Higginson, 244.

BURNSIDE, A. E., Brig. Gen., proclamation of, to the people

of North Carolina, 249, 250; order No. 38, 162; desig-
nation by, of Fort Warren for confinement of Mr. Val-
landigham, 162.

BURNSIDE, I. P., member of bogus legislative council of
Kentucky, 8.

BUTLER, Benjamin F., Maj. Gen., letter of Governor Hicks

to, reply of, and Governor Hicks's protest to, 9; to Gen-
eral Scott, 244; affair with Brig. Gen. Phelps, 252; ex-
tract from Davis's proclamation of outlawry, note, 283.
BUTLER, Pierce, arrest of, 153.

BUTLER, William O., member of Peace Conference, 68.
BUTTERFIELD, Martin, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

BURNETT, Henry C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; expulsion of, 123; Chairman of Russell-
ville (Ky.) Congress, 8; deputy in Rebel Provisional
Congress, 400; Senator in First Congress, 401: in Sec-
ond, 402.

BURTON, Governor, of Delaware, reply of, to President's call
for troops, 114.

C

CABINET of Mr. Buchanan, 28; Mr. Lincoln, 108; Jeff. Davis,
400, 401.

CADWALADER, George, General, refusal to obey a writ in

the Merryman case, 154; remarks of Chief Justice Ta-
ney, 155.
CADWALADER, John, Judge United States, decision on en-
rollment act, 273.

CALHOUN, A. P., commissioner from South Carolina to Ala-
bama, 11; received by Convention, 4.

CALHOUN, John C., bill of, relative to security of the mails,

191.

CALIFORNIA, Vote of, for President, 1; not represented in

Peace Conference, 69; members of Thirty-Sixth Congress,

69; of the Thirty-Seventh, 388; of the Thirty-Eighth,
141; secession-attempt in, 41; Union resolutions of the
Assembly, 41.

CALL for negroes, of General Joseph E. Brown of Georgia,
282; of General Magruder, 283.

CALLS for troops, the President's, 114, 115, 270.
CALVERT Charles B., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; views on compensated emancipation, 213–217;
peace resolution, 235.

CAMERON, Simon, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Secretary of War, and resignation of, 108: order of ar-
rest of the members of the Maryland Legislature, 153;
letters of, to General Butler, 245; instructions of, to Gen-
eral Sherman, 247-248; extract from Report of, and mod-
ification of, by the President, 249; letter of, to General
McClellan respecting the Maryland election, 309; Pres-
ident's Message respecting the House resolution of cen-
sure of, 333, 334; remarks, November 13, 1861, on col-
ored troops, 416.

CAMPBELL, James, opinion, as Postmaster General, on exclu-
ding newspapers from the mails, 189.
CAMPBELL, James H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; in Thirty-Seventh, 122; member of Com-
mittee of Thirty-three, 53; resolution of, recommend-
ing confiscation of slaves, &c., of rebels, 287.
CAMPBELL, John A., letters of, to Secretary Seward, 110, 111;
to Jefferson Davis, 111.

CAMPBELL, J. A. P., deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400.

CAMPBELL, J. Mason, Senator Mason's desire to see, 393.
CANBY, E. R. S., General, President's order through, for C. L.
Vallandigham's deportation, 162.

CANNON, William, member of Peace Conference, 68; Gover-
nor of Delaware, proclamation of, 312.

CAPERTON, Allen T., vote on secession ordinance in Virginia.
Convention, 7, note; Senator in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

CARLILE, John S., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123;
in Thirty-Eighth, 140; offer of Peace Conference prop-
osition in Virginia Convention, and vote, 7; vote of, on
secession ordinance, note,7; substitute of, for indemnity
bill and vote upon, 185; on compensated emancipation,
213-217; resolution of, relating to the prosecution of the
war, 290; resolutions of, on the relations of the rebel-
lious States to the Government, 326.

48.

CARROLL, James, of Maryland, Disunion letter of, 9.
CARTER, Luther C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
CAREY, John, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49.
CARUTHERS, Robert L., member of Peace Conference, 68.
CASE, Charles, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
CASEY, Samuel L., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 123; on Select Committee on compensated eman-
cipation, and views on, 213, 217, 218.

49.

CASS, Lewis, Secretary of State, and resigned, 28.
CHAMBERLAIN, Jacob P. Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 123.
CHAMBERLAIN, Levi, member of Peace Conference, 67.
CHAMBERS, Ezekiel F., proposed member of Board of Public
Safety in Maryland, 9; vote on emancipation in Mary-
land, 227.

gress, 402.

CHAMBERS, Henry C., Representative in First Rebel Con-
CHAMBLISS, John R., vote on Secession Ordinance in Vir-
ginia Convention, note, 7; Representative in First Rebel
Congress, 401.

CHANDLER, L. H., claimant for seat as Representative in
Thirty-Eighth Congress, 141.
CHANDLER, Theophilus P., member of Peace Conference, 67.
CHANDLER, Zachariah, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amend-
ment to enrollment bill, 264.

CHANLER, John W., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-

gress, 140.

CHAPLAIN, Alexander, resolutions in the Legislature of
Maryland, 398.

Charlotte Bulletin, Clingman's telegram to, 41.
CHASE, Salmon P., member of Peace Conference, 68; Secre-
tary of the Treasury and resignation, 108; letter on
"Legal Tenders," 358, 359; National Currency bill,
note, 365; redemption of Treasury loans and notes,
note, 367.

CHESNUT, James, Jr., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 45;
resigned, 2; deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
2, 11, 400; Aid to Beauregard, 113; vote on Secession
Ordinance, 398.

CHILTON, William P., deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11, 400; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

CHITTENDEN, Lucius E., member of Peace Conference, 67.
CHRISMAN, James S., member of bogus legislative council of
Kentucky, 8; deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,

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