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Prohibited by Congress in Terri-

tories...

Abolition demanded

North.

Statements of Reverdy Johnson

448, 449

on morality of......
Propositions in Congress to abol-
ish and prohibit by amend-
ment to the U. S. Constitution.. 456
Speeches on same by Trumbull,
Wilson, Reverdy Johnson, Har-
lan, Saulsbury, McDougal, Hen-
derson, Pendleton, and Sumner

456 to 468
Vote on same in the Senate.......... 465
Debates in House of Representa-
tives...
465 to 468 and 577 to 587
468, 556

Votes on.....

First resolution in Congress to
abolish entirely...

Its final overthrow.

Power of Congress to abolish in

the States....

SMITH, PROF. GOLDWIN-

PAGE.

On treatment of rebel prisoners
by the United States.................................

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27

607

..... 646, 647, 048

Number of colored troops enlist'd 648

SOUTH CAROLINA-

Enacts a law imprisoning colored

seamen......

"The Prodigal Son".

40

184, 185

165, 265

Slaves armed by United States.... 237
STANTON, EDWIN M.....

Appointed Secretary of War......... 20
Views of slavery.

STATES IN REBELLION-

Right of the United States to
govern.....

Decisions of Supreme Court upon

373

465
.592, 593

716, 723

692 to 713
684,685

716,723

Not in the Union during the war

207, 208

Opinion of Buchanan touching... 694
Vote of Congress on............

SLAVES-

Position of Government towards

Bil to confiscate when used for
insurrectionary purposes.... 225, 226
226
Flock to the Union armies
Military commanders first au-
thorized to employ them in
"squads, companies" &c..........
Officers forbidden to arrest fugi-
tives....

718, 719

Who may prescribe terms of
their return to the Union 720,721,723
62, 165
STEPHENS, ALEX. H........
Speech at Milledgeville.......... 203, 204
STEVENS, THADDEUS-
222, 223, 226, 254, 384

Advocates the constitutional
amendment..

585, 588

236

SUMNER, CHARLES.. 215, 225, 254, 447, 465
Assaulted by Brooks.

96

Described

221

252

Fugitives expelled from the lines
of army by Gen. Halleck..
Permitted by Gen. Hooker to be
recaptured....

Reviews Lincoln's proclamation

261

respecting government of re-
volted States..

476

262

Opposes placing bust of Taney in

Gen. Hunter organizes first regi-
ment of.....

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Debate in Congress on employ-
ment as soldiers,.

266 to 270

while

Passage of bill enfranchising such
as should perform military ser-
vice....

Number killed, wounded,&c., dur-
ing war,
Union armies..

Passage, by Congress, of bill free-
ing all claimed or held by rebels 278
Belief that a day of jubilee was
approaching

Emancipation proclaimed by Lin-
coln.

Forgiving spirit towards their
masters..

Supreme Court room.......572, 673, 574

Action regarding secession.

Excepted from proclamation of
emancipation....

Emancipation in.

270

TANEY, R B.....

TEXAS-

serving

in

270

THOMAS, GEN, GEORGE H.......

Admitted into the Union..

Defeats Zollikoffer at Mill Spring 308
Defeats the rebels at Franklin

and Nashville...

198

303

511, 512

574-3

33

102

547, 48, 549

291

THOMPSON, JACOB...

154

TIMES, THE LONDON-

294 to 300

Announces that "The Great Re-

public is no more ".

205

553

TOOMBS ROBERT.

54

Opinion of Wm. Whiting, Esq.,
on right of President to eman-
cipate....

TOUCEY, ISAAC..

157

TREASON-

709

NOIS

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Right of a belligerent to eman-
pate..

In loyal States..
TRENT, AFFAIR OF.

TRUMBULL, SENATOR OF ILLI-
799-12

Practice of England and France
in regard to the right......
Employment of slaves in 1814 by
the Government without com-
pensation....

Introduces in Senate a bill free-
ing slaves of rebels........
Protests against President's sig-
nature of constitutional amend-
ment bill..

Conspiracy of slaveholders, in

1: 60, to destroy.

UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE... 192, 198
VALLANDIGHAM.

Arrested by Burnside.

224, 253

892

Returns North from rebel lines... 503
Is made chairman of Committee
on Resolutions at Chicago Con-
vention

509

703

240, 241

215

272,457

588

148, 149

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