SMITH, E. KIRBY, at battle of Rich- mond, Ky., 545; defeats Banks, 582; surrenders to General Canby, 629; 764. SMITH, TRUMAN, vote of, against the Soulé Amendment, 220; 599. SMITH, WILLIAM, of Md.. on Missouri Compromise Committee, 158. SMITH, WILLIAM, of Va., at battle of Manassas, 474; 762.
SMITH, BERNARD, vote of, against Slavery Restriction on Missouri, 152; vote of, on the Resolution to admit Mis- souri, 161.
SMITH, ROBERT, vote of, on Burt's amendment, 166; vote of, against the Wilmot Proviso, 169.
SMITH, ROBERT H., deputy from Ala- bama to Montgomery Congress, 324, 735.
SMITH, GUSTAVUS W., in the council of war at Manassas, 489; 764. SMITH, W. N. H., delegate from North Carolina to C. S. Provisional Congress, 464; 761; 763.
SMYTH, ALEXANDER, speech of, on admission of Missouri and against the Slavery Restriction, 144.
SNEAD, THOS. L., Commissioner of Mis- souri to form an alliance with the C. S., 484; 763.
SOULE, PIERRE, amendment of, to Clay's Compromise Bill, 217, 218. SOUTHARD, HENRY, vote of, on the Resolution for admission of Missouri, 161.
SOUTH CAROLINA, demands possession of Sumter, 41; the right of, to demand possession of Forts, etc., within her ju- risdiction, after, and even before, Seces- sion, perfect, 41, 42; 59; attempted in- surrection in Charleston, 63; act of, for the better regulation and government of free negroes, and for other purposes, of 1822, 63; this act Constitutional, 64 to 75; right of, to enact this law based upon the grounds of Police Regulations, 67; reasons assigned by the Sovereign Convention of, justifying her Secession, 107, 671; Secession Ordinance of, 108; Delegation of, to Montgomery Congress, 325; ratification by, of the Permanent Constitution, C. S., 356. 8OVEREIGNTY and Paramount Authori- ty, the same, 22; definition of, 22; not divisible but Sovereign powers are, 23; delegation of, not an alienation, 23; definition of ultimate Sovereignty, 24. SPARROW, EDWARD, delegate from Louisiana to Montgomery Congress, 325; C. S. Senator, 760, 762. STAATEN-BUND, the United States neither a, exactly, nor a Bundesstaat, according to the classification of Fed- eral Republies by German Publicists, 18. STANTON, FRED. P., 187; 214.
STANTON, EDWIN M., report of, show- ing the relative mortality of prisoners at the North and South, 507; conduct of, toward Mr. Stephens while a prisoner, 660, 662; telegrams and orders of, con- nected with Hampton Roads Conference, in Lincoln's Message, 793. STAPLES, WALLER R., delegate from Virginia to Montgomery Congress, 388; 464; 762, 763.
STEPHENS, ALEX. H., reply of, to Mr. Greeley's attack upon positions assumed in the First Volume, 5 to 15; definition by, of Sovereignty, 22; also of ultimate Sovereignty, 24; 58; on Slavery, 84; upon the acquisition of Louisiana, Flori- da, etc., 90; on a division of the public domain between the Sections, 155; on the admission of California, 200, et sequen tes; 203; 204; on the passage by the Senate of the Soulé Amendment, 218; on Missouri Compromise, so-called, 254; reasons of, why he opposed Secession as a redress of wrongs, 263 to 309; corre- spondence of, with Abraham Lincoln, 266; Union speech of, in 1860, 279; speech of, in Ga. Secession Convention, 305; 312; votes against Secession, 315; elected a delegate to Montgomery Con- gress, 322; 325; account of, as to how Mr. Davis and he came to be chosen President and Vice-President, 329; on appointment of Cabinet Ministers by President, 338; appointed Commissioner to Virginia, 376; negotiates an alliance with Virginia, 378; first acquaintance of, with Gen. Lee, 380, 384; opinion of, as to what Mr. Lincoln ought not to have done, and what he ought to have done, 415; his opinion of Mr. Lincoln, 445; re elected Vice President C. S., 483; opinion of, why Generals Johnston and Beauregard did not push on to Washington after the rout of McDow- ell's army, 488; on the war and the fail- ure of Confederate embassies in Europe, 490; personal relations of, with Mr. Davis, 500, 568; advises the release of Federal prisoners on parole, 516, et re- quentes; views of, as to the policy to be pursued toward Northern States, 521; corner-stone speech of, 522; upon what terms willing to make peace during the war, 525; endorsement by, of Georgia Peace Resolutions of 1864, 536; account of the proposed mission to Washington in 1863, its character and object, 538; military status when undertaken, 539: also the political status at the North, 550; letter of, to Mr. Davis, offering to act as commissioner to secure an ex- change of prisoners, 558; differed with Mr. Davis on matters of Internal policy, 568; views of, on the use of cotton and other resources for carrying on the war,
STEPHENS, ALEX. H. (continued), on martial law, suspension of the_privi- lege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, and conscription, 571, 781, 786 788, 790; nature of differences with Mr. Davis, 575; substance of a speech to, C. S. Senate in secret session, 587; ob- jects of the Hampton Roads conference and how he became connected with it, 590; his impressions of Gen. Grant at their first meeting, and opinion of him, 596; his interview with Mr. Lincoln in Hampton Roads, 599; his subsequent interview with Mr. Davis, 619; actual results of the war discussed, 631, et se- quentes; the Cause lost at Appomattox, 651; personal relations of, with Gov- ernor Brown, and his opinion of him, 654, 664; a prisoner in Fort Warren and how treated there, 659; the cause of the South the cause of all, 666; letter of, on the rupture in the Democratic party at Charleston, 677; letter of, on the rupture at Baltimore, 685; speech of, at Augusta, advocating the election of Douglas and Johnson, 691; Rules re- ported for the government of the Mont- gomery Congress, 710; letter of authori- ty from Mr. Davis to, to establish Cartel in 1863, 779; speech of, on the use of cotton in carrying on war, etc., 781; letter of, to Mayor Calhoun, on Martial Law, 786; report of the Hamp- ton Roads Commissioners to President Davis, 792.
STEPHENS, LINTON, Resolution of, in Georgia Secession Convention to secure unanimity of action, and declaring the position of those in the Convention who voted against the Ordinance 315; letter of, to Hon. Eli H. Baxter, showing the sentiments and views of the Union Party of Georgia, 317; Resolutions of, known as the "Georgia Peace Resolutions" of 1864, 531, 532; Resolutions of, in Georgia Legislature, on suspension of the privilege of the writ of Habeas Cor- pus, 788.
STEVENS, JAMES, vote of, against Slavery Restriction on Missouri, 152; vote of, on the admission of Missouri, 161.
STEVENS, THADDEUS, 229. STORRS, HENRY R., 137; vote of, against the Slavery Restriction on Missouri, 152; vote of, on the Resolution to admit Missouri, 161.
STORY, JOSEPH, on the fugitive sla- very clause of the Constitution, 26. STUART, ALEX. H. H., 367; address of, to the people of Virginia, 388; 389. STURGEON, DANIEL, vote of, on Doug. las's amendment to Oregon Territorial bill, 173.
SUMMERS, GEORGE W., delegate to Peace Congress from Virginia, 366. SUMNER, CHARLES, 52; 134; 243; 245; amendment of, to Nebraska bill, 247; manifesto of, referred to, 248;
249. SUPREME COURT, UNITED STATES, decision of, on the power of a State to regulate or interdict the entrance of cer- tain persons into her territory, 68; de- cision of, affirming the Constitutionality of the Louisiana acquisition referred to, 89; decision of, on the Constitutionality of the Missouri Restriction referred to, 260.
SUMTER, FORT, position of affairs when bombarded, 36, 37; correspondence be- tween Gen. Beauregard and Major Anderson relative to evacuation of. 38; bombardiment and fall of, 39; terms ac. corded the garrison upon their surrender, 39; the United States had no right to hold, after the demand of South Carolina for its possession, 40 et seq. SWINTON, WILLIAM, works of, on the War, 311; on the battle of Murfreesboro or Stone River, 546; on Grant's losses in his progress from the Rapidan to Cold Harbor, 584.
TABLE, showing the depreciation of Con- federate currency, 569.
TANEY, ROGER BROOKE, (Chief Jus- tice,) 32; 260; decision of, in the case of John Merryman, 414, 748. TALLMADGE, JAMES, amendment of, to the Missouri bill, 136. TAYLOR, JOHN W., 138; on Conference Committee upon disagreeing votes on the Maine bill, 151. TAYLOR, WALLER, vote of, against the Thomas amendment, 150.
TAYLOR, ZACHARY, 199, 220, 266, 599. TAYLOR, RICHARD, defeats Banks, 582; surrender of, 629; 764.
TAYLOR, THOMAS, 431, 433. TENNESSEE, action of, upon the ques- tion of Secession, previous to Lincoln's war proclamation, 365; popular vote in, for and against calling a Convention, 365; action of, after the promulgation of Lincoln's proclamation, 389, 391, 392; popular vote in, for and against Seces- sion, 392; delegation of, to Provisional Congress, 464; ratifies the 14th Amend- ment, so-called, 642. TERRITORIAL QUESTION, THE, posi- tion of Southern States on, 88, 167. TERRY, ALFRED H., 624. TEXAS, Secession of, 33, 312; delegation of, to Montgomery Congress, 325; rati- fication by, of the C. S. Permanent Con- stitution, 356.
THOMAS, JESSE B., amendment of, to | the Maine Missouri Bill, 149; this the Missouri Compromise, so-called, 149; vote on this, 150.
THOMAS, GEORGE H., supersedes Rose- crans, 580; defeats Hood, 586. THOMAS, JAMES, H., delegate from Tennessee to Provisional Congress, 464. THOMASON, W. F., delegate from
Arkansas to Montgomery Congress, 393. THOMPSON, JACOB. 223. TOMLINSON, GIDEON, on the Missouri Compromise Committee, 158. TOOMBS, ROBERT, reasons assigned by, in a speech in the Senate, 7th Jan., 1861, justifying Secession, 109; his ob- iect was the perpetuation of that liberty and equality established by the Con- stitution, 126, 127, 128, 129; 171; 179; position of, on organization of the House in 1849, 181; on the power of the House to adopt Rules before its organiza- tion, and on the Plurality Resolution, 187, et sequentes; 196; 202; 203; speech on the admission of California and sla- very in the Territories, 204; speech of, on admission of California, arraigning the North for her repeated breaches of faith, and demanding equality for the South in the Territories, 214; 216; 217; 218; 226; 227; 239; 243; 283; 285; 288; 289; a Delegate to Montgomery Congress, 325; the choice of Georgia for President of the Confederate States, 329, 330, 331, 333; 338; appointed Secretary of State by Mr. Davis, 344; resigns and enters the army, 464; 487; 500; 599; 761.
TOTTEN, A.0.W., Commissioner of Tenn. to form an alliance with C. S., 391. TOUCEY, ISAAC, 243. TRENHOLM, GEORGE A., appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 626. TRENT (British Steamer), Mason and Slidell captured on board of, 482. TYLER, JOHN, 308; President of Peace
Congress of 1861, 366; 378; 379; Dele- gate to C. S. Provisional Congress, 464; 761.
UNITED STATES, THE (continued), among prisoners at the North and South, 507; Surgeon General Barnes's report of number of prisoners captured in all on both sides, 508; violations of the usages of civilized warfare by the Authorities of, 509; a judicial decision of the ques- tion of treason so far eschewed by the Authorities of, 659, 663.
VALLANDIGHAM, C. L., nominated for Governor, 558; 579.
VAN BUREN, MARTIN, 308. VAN DYKE, JOHN, 189. VASON, W. J., commissioner from Georgia to Louisiana, 324. VATTEL, on power of the Sovereign to forbid the entrance of his territory, 70; cited by Toombs on rendition of fugitives from justice, 122; on a "civil war," 425. VENABLE, A. W., delegate from N. C. to C. S. Provisional Congress, 464. VERMONT, act of, nullifying the Fugitive Slave clause of the Constitution, 45. VINTON, SAMUEL F., 223. VIRGINIA, an informal Congress of the States called by, 45, 366; the Legislature convened in extra session, 365; delega- tion sent to Peace Congress, 366; not passed calling a Sovereign Convention, 366; effect of Mr. Lincoln's inaugural upon the Convention, 367; delegation sent to confer with Mr. Lincoln, 367; passage by Convention of an Ordinance of Secession, and vote upon it, 376; committee appointed to confer with C. S. commissioner, and form an alliance, 378; Convention between Confederate States and, 378; the articles ratified by the Convention of, 380; Gen Lee ap- pointed Commander-in-Chief of the mili- tary forces of, 381; ordinance of Con- vention ratifying C. S. Provisional Con- stitution, 387; delegation elected to the Montgomery Congress, 388; popular vote on the ratification of the Secession Ordinance, 388; delegation of, to Rich- mond Congress, 464; Federal forces in,
VOGDES, MAJOR, (U. S. A.,) 433. W.
WADE, BENJAMIN F., 6, 7.
UDREE, DANIEL, vote of, on the admis- sion of Missouri, 161. UPHAM, WILLIAM. amendment of, to the Three Million bill, 168; vote of, on the Soulé amendment, 220. UNITED STATES, THE, neither a Staa-WALDEN, HIRAM, 222. ten-bund exactly, nor a Bundesstaat, but a Federal or Confederated Republic, 18; a Nation, but a Confederated Nation or Nation of Nations, 21: the War inan- gurated by the Authorities of, 34; the title of, to Fort Sumter, 42; the Authori- ties of, alone responsible for whatever sufferings endured by their prisoners at the South, 501, et sequentes; Secretary Stanton's report of the relative mortality
WALKER, ISAAC P., vote of, on the Soulé Amendment, 220. WALKER, L. POPE, order of, to Gen. Beauregard to demand the evacuation of Sumter, 38; telegram of, in reply to Gen. Beauregard's communicating Major Anderson's answer to his demand, 38: 344; speech of, at Montgomery, after the fall of Sumter, 415, 421, 422, 424; 487.
WALKER, RICHARD W., deputy from | WHYTE, WILLIAM P., 368.
Alabama to Montgomery Congress, 324; 735. WALLIS, S. TEACKLE, 369; "Prayer for Peace" of, written while imprisoned at Fort Warren, 513, 774. WAR, THE, character of, 360; not a Re- bellion, or Insurrection, or Civil War, but a War between States, 361, 425; 426; object of the Confederates through- out, 426; object of the Federals, 427; conduct of, on both sides, 509 to 516, and 766; a necessity with the Republi- cans or Centralists for their continued hold on power. 527, et sequentes; the actual results of, thus far, considered, 631 to 670; first, Mr. Johnson's disap- proval of the Sherman-Johnston Conven- tion, 633; second, Mr. Johnson's Pro- clamation of Amnesty and Pardon, 635; third, Mr. Johnson's North Carolina and other similar Proclamations, 636; as- sembling of the 39th Congress in Dec., 1865, and its action, 638; fourth, the adoption by Congress of the Reconstruc- tion Measures, so-called, 643; fifth, the Centralists have not yet openly proclaimed their ultimate object, much less acted in anything yet done, upon any claim of the actual consummation of that object, which is Consolidation and Empire, 650; the Cause lost at Appomattox C. H., not the Federative Principle, 651. WARD, G. T., 465.
WARNER, HIRAM, 511. WASHINGTON, GEORGE, styles the present Union a "Confederated Repub- lic," 21; 308; 461.
WATKINS, W. H., deputy from Arkansas to Montgomery Congress, 393. WATTS, THOMAS H., 626, 760. WAUL, THOMAS M., deputy from Texas to Montgomery Congress, 325; 735. WEBSTER, DANIEL, 44; 197; his 7th of March speech referred to, 211; on Compromise Committee of 1850, 212; Secretary of State under Fillmore, 221; his connection with the preparation of the Resolutions adopted by the Whig Convention in 1852, 237; death of, 242; 345; on the power of the President to blockade Ports or employ the military force, 404; 412; 415; 420; 551. WELSCH, ARISTIDES, one of Mr. Da- vis's sureties, 663. WENTWORTH, JOHN, 223, 227, 228. WHEELER, HENRY W., his report of Mr. Toombs's speech in 1819 in the Horise, 195.
WHELCHEL DAVIS, 316.
WICK, WILLIAM W, vote of, against the Wilmot Proviso, 170.
WIGFALL, LOUIS T., deputy to Mont- gomery Congress from Texas, 325; 464; 735; 761, 762; 764. WILCOX, OLIVER B., 433. WILKES, CHARLES, captures Mason and Slidell, 482.
WILLIAMS, COM., (British Navy,) 482. WILLIAMSON, HUGH, on the three- fifths clause, 100.
WILMOT, DAVID, 165; proviso of, to exclude slavery from the whole public domain, 168.
WILSON, HENRY, 660, 661. WILSON, JAMES, resolution of, in Fed- eral Convention, to fix the basis of popular representation, 95, 96, 101. WILSON, JAMES H., 510. WILSON, W. S., deputy from Mississippi to Montgomery Congress, 325; 785. WINTHROP, ROBERT C., Whig nomineo for speaker in 1849, 179; defeated for speaker, 196.
WIRT, WILLIAM, opinion of, on the S. C. law of 1822, for the better regulation and government of free negroes, otc., 66, 67, 69.
WIRTZ, HENRY, 504, 505, 506. WISE, HENRY A., 465, 764. WITHERS, THOMAS J., deputy from South Carolina to Montgomery Congress, 325; 735.
WOLCOTT, OLIVER, on three-fifths clause in Congress of the Confederation, 100. WOOD, A. M., 433.
WOODRUFF, COL.. (U. S. A.,) 433. WOODWARD, GEORGE W., decision of, on the Federal Conscript Act of 1863, 574, 790.
WOOL, JOHN E., 487. WRIGHT, AMBROSE R., Commissioner from Georgia to Maryland, 324, 368; 765.
WRIGHT, AUGUSTUS R., deputy from Georgia to Montgomery Congress, 325; 329; 735.
YANCEY, WILLIAM L., 127; C. S. Commissioner to Europe, 359; returns from Europe and is elcoted C. S. Senator 483; 682; 760.
Z. ZOLLICOFFER, FELIX K., letter to public after Lincoln's War Proclamation favoring Secession, 390; 406; 465: killed at battle of Fishing Creek, 481.
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