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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

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GATION IN THE HOUSE PUBLISH A CARD WITHDRAWING. - OTHER STATES FOL-
LOW.MR. LAMAR OF MISSISSIPPI.-SPEECHES OF SECEDING SENATORS.
MR. YULEE AND MR. MALLORY OF FLORIDA.-MR. CLAY AND MR. FITZPAT-
RICK OF ALABAMA. JEFFERSON DAVIS. HIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN SECES-
SION AND NULLIFICATION. - IMPORTANT SPEECH BY MR. TOOMBS.-HE DE-
FINES CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE UNION MIGHT BE allowed to survive. —
MR. IVERSON'S SPEECH.-GEORGIA SENATORS WITHDRAW. - INSOLENT SPEECH
OF MR. SLIDELL OF LOUISIANA.-MR. JUDAH P. BENJAMIN'S SPECIAL PLEA
FOR HIS STATE. - HIS DOCTRINE OF "A SOVEREIGNTY HELD IN TRUST.".
SAME ARGUMENT BY MR. YULEE FOR HIS STATE. - PRINCIPLE OF STATE SOV-
EREIGNTY. DISPROVED BY THE TREATY OF 1783.- NOTABLE OMISSION BY
SECESSION SENATORS. GRIEVANCES NOT STATED. — - SECESSION CONVENTIONS
IN STATES. FAILURE TO STATE JUSTIFYING GROUNDS OF ACTION.-CONFED-
ERATE GOVERNMENT FAIL LIKEWISE TO DO IT. - CONTRAST WITH THE COURSE
OF THE COLONIES. CONGRESS HAD GIVEN NO CAUSE. - HAD NOT DISTURBED
SLAVERY BY ADVERSE LEGISLATION.-LIST OF MEASURES FAVORABLE TO
SLAVERY. POLICY OF Federal GoveRNMENT STEADILY IN THAT DIRECTION.
-MR. DAVIS QUOTED MENACES, NOT ACTS.-GOVERNING CLASS IN THE
SOUTH.-DIVISION OF SOCIETY THERE. — Republic RULED BY AN OLIGARCHY.
- OVERTHROWN BY ELECTION OF LINCOLN. - SOUTH REFUSES TO ACQUIESCE 242

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CONGRESS IN THE WINTER of 1860-61. — THE NORTH OFFERS MANY CONCESSIONS
TO THE SOUTH.-SPIRIT OF CONCILIATION. - COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN IN THE
SENATE. COMMITTEE OF THIRTY-THREE IN THE HOUSE. DISAGREEMENT OF
SENATE COMMITTEE. - PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE. —
THOMAS CORWIN'S MEASURE. - HENRY WINTER DAVIS. JUSTIN S. MERRILL.
- MR. HOUSTON OF ALABAMA.- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTY-THREE.
— OBJECTIONABLE MEASURES PROPOSED. - MINORITY REPORT BY SOUTHERN
MEMBERS. THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE PROPOSED. - DETAILS OF THAT
COMPROMISE. - MR. ADAMS'S DOUBLE CHANGE of Ground.-AN OLD RESO-
LUTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. MR. WEBSTER'S CRITICISM
PERTINENT.-VARIOUS MINORITY REPORTS. THE CALIFORNIA MEMBERS.-
WASHBURN AND TAPPAN. - AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PASSED BY
THE HOUSE. - BY THE SENATE ALSO. NEW MEXICO. THE FUGITIVE-SLAVE
LAW. MR. CLARK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.- PEACE CONGRESS.-INVITED BY
VIRGINIA. ASSEMBLES IN WASHINGTON. - PEACE MEASURES PROPOSED. —
THEY MEET NO FAVOR IN CONGRESS. TERRITORIES of Colorado, Dakota,
AND NEVADA ORGANIZED. — PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY ABANDONED.- - REPUB
LICANS IN CONGRESS DO NOT ASK IT. EXPLANATION REQUIRED. JAMES S.
GREEN OF MISSOURI. HIS CHARACTER AS A DEBATER. - NORTHERN REPUB-
LICANS FRIGHTENED AT THEIR OWN SUCCESS. ANXIOUS FOR A COMPROMISE.
- DREAD OF DISUNION. - NORTHERN DEMOCRATS. - DANGEROUS COURSE PUR-
SUED BY THEM.- - GENERAL DEMORALIZATION OF NORTHERN SENTIMENT.

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MR. LINCOLN'S JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON.-SPEECHES ON
THE WAY.-REACHES WASHINGTON. HIS SECRET JOURNEY. - AFTERWARDS
REGRETTED. PRECAUTIONS FOR HIS SAFETY. — PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. — SEC-
RETARY HOLT.-TROOPS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WASHINGTON. INAUGURA-
TION OF MR. LINCOLN. — RELIEF TO THE PUBLIC ANXIETY. - INAUGURAZ
ADDRESS. - HOPEFULNESS AND SECURITY IN THE NORTH.-MR. LINCOLN'S

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PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS. - MISLEADING AS-

SURANCE GIVEN BY JUDGE CAMPBELL. - MR. SEWARD'S ANSWER TO MESSRS.

FORSYTHE ANd Crawford. - AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT IS DENIED

TO THE COMMISSIONERS. RAGE IN THE SOUTH.-CONDITION OF THE MONT-

GOMERY GOVERNMENT. — ROGER A. PRYOR'S SPEECH. - PRESIDENT DETER-

MINES TO SEND PROVISIONS TO FORT SUMTER.-ADVISES GOVERNOR PICKENS.

-CONFLICT PRECIPITATED. THE FORT SURRENDERS. EFFECT OF THE CON-

FLICT ON THE NORTH.-PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION AND CALL FOR TROOPS. -

RESPONSES OF LOYAL STATES. - POPULAR UPRISING. DEMOCRATIC PARTY.—

PATRIOTISM OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.-HIS RELATIONS WITH MR. LINCOLN.-

HIS DEATH.- PUBLIC SERVICE AND CHARACTER. -EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S

CALL ON SOUTHERN STATES. NORTH CAROLINA. TENNESSEE. — VIRGINIA.

- SENATOR MASON'S LETTER. - RESPONSES OF SOUTHERN GOVERNORS TO

THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR TROOPS. ALL DECLINE TO COMPLY. - SOME OF

THEM WITH INSOLENT DEFIANCE. GOVERNORS OF THE FREE STATES. - JOHN

A. ANDREW, E. D. MORGAN, ANDREW G. CURTIN, OLIVER P. MORTON. -

ENERGETIC AND PATRIOTIC ACTION OF ALL NORTHERN GOVERNORS. EXCEP

TIONAL PREPARATION IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE CONFLICT. - GOVERNORS of

FREE STATES ALL REPUBLICANS EXCEPT IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.-CRITI-

CAL SITUATION ON PACIFIC COAST.- LOYALTY OF ITS PEOPLE. - PRESIDENT'S

REASONS FOR POSTPONING SESSION OF CONGRESS.- ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.

- UNION VICTORY.-JOHN J. CRITTENDEN AND GARRETT DAVIS. — JOHN BELL.

-DISAPPOINTS EXPECTATION OF UNION MEN.-RESPONSIBILITY OF SOUTHERN

WHIGS. THEIR POWER TO ARREST THE MADNESS. AUDACITY OVERCOMES

NUMBERS. WHIG PARTY OF THE SOUTH.-ITS BRILLIANT ARRAY OF LEAD-

ERS. ITS DESTRUCTION

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