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legality of government of, maintained by Lincoln, 195;

loyal government in, 286;

insurrection in, 314;

Reverdy Johnson favors recognition of, 378;

Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 409;

slavery abolished by constitution of, 410;

disfranchising act of, 410;

loyal government acquiesced in, 410;

pacification of, 411;

destitution in parts of, 412

Arnell, Daniel W., election of, 415

Arnold, Isaac N., resolution introduced by, 170

Army of the United States, Provost Court of, 40;

discontinuance of enlistments for, 408;

mustering out of volunteers in the, 409

Ascension, parish of, vote in, 74

Ashley, James M., reconstruction bill reported by, 289;

proposal to confer suffrage on negro soldiers and sailors, 294;

no provision for education of negroes in bill of, 298;

effects of reconstruction bill of, 302;

substitute introduced by, 304;

remarks on reconstruction by, 304;

motives for compromise offered by, 306;

reconstruction bill of, tabled, 311;

revived bill of, 312;

explanation of inconsistency of, 312;

reconstruction bill of, tabled, 313;

remarks on reconstruction by, 313

Atlantic Monthly, The, Sumner’s article in, 200

B

Baker, Joshua, member-elect from Louisiana, 56

Baldwin, Augustus C., reconstruction bill opposed by, 241

Baltimore convention, Lincoln renominated by, 32;

Lincoln did not openly influence, 34;

adjournment of, 277

Bancroft, George, relief meeting presided over by, 150;

address of, 151;

letter of, to Lincoln, 151;

Lincoln’s letter to, 152

Banks, N. P., expedition of, 43;

at Port Hudson, 49;

plans for invasion of Texas, 51;

petition of New Orleans convention to, 59;

intention of ordering an election, 61;

Free State General Committee’s attack of, 61;

decides against Free State Committee, 64;

Gen. Shepley’s disagreement with, 64;

Lincoln’s letter to, 65;

reconstruction letter of, 66;

Lincoln appreciates services of, 67;

urged by President to reconstruct Louisiana, 67;

date for election fixed by, 67;

Shepley’s registration approved by, 68;

proclamation by, 69;

order of, relative to election, 69;

letter to Lincoln, 70;

date of delegate election fixed by, 74;

before Congressional committee, 75;

Boutwell’s defence of, 255;

Powell’s criticism of, 346;

Governor Wells not in harmony with, 418

Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, letter to A. F. Ritchie, 105;

on admission of West Virginia, 123;

on Norfolk affairs, 135;

letter to Marshal McDowell, 147

Batesville, Gen. Curtis’s occupation of, 82

Baton Rouge, secession convention in, 36

Baxter, Elisha, election of, 91

Bayard, James F., 103;

admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, 193

Bell, Joseph M., 40

Bell and Everett, vote for in Louisiana, 37

Belmont, August, Lincoln’s letter to, 39

Benjamin, Judah P., resignation of, 76, 424

Bent, Charles, 12

Berkeley County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, 110;

annexation of, 127

Bingham, John A., debate on West Virginia closed by, 119

Black, Jeremiah S., diplomatic mission of, 390

Blaine, James G., 73;

existence of schism in Republican party ignored by, 313;

quotation from, 441;

Johnson’s change of policy explained by, 489

Blair, Francis P., Sr., Lincoln interviewed by, 390;

camp of Gen. Grant visited by, 391;

Jefferson Davis interviewed by, 391;

plan of reunion proposed by, 391;

Mr. Davis’s letter to, 393;

Lincoln’s letter to, 394;

mission a failure, 394

Blair, Montgomery, on admission of West Virginia, 123;

time of emancipation deemed inopportune by, 188;

reply to Sumner by, 208

Bliss, C. C., 88

Blockade of Louisiana ports, 37

Blow, Henry T., remarks on reconstruction by, 301

Bonzano, M. F., election of, 76;

seat in Congress claimed by, 341;

report by Committee of Elections on, 341

Bordeaux, visit of Confederate naval agent to, 50

Border States, Lincoln supported by delegates from, 1;

Cotton States expected aid from, 161;

Lincoln interviewed by Congressmen from, 163, 171;

interests of South bound up with, 171;

majority reply of Congressmen from, 173;

emancipation proclamation did not affect status of slaves in, 383

Boreman, Arthur I., 100, 128, 129

Bouligny, John E., 43

Boutwell, George S., reconstruction speech of, 254;

President Johnson visited by, 458

Bowden, Lemuel J., 131, 138

Boyers, J. E., 128

Bradley, General, 79

Bragg, General, raid of, 19

Brandegee, Augustus, 342

Brazos, battle of, 50

Breckenridge, John C., election of, 316

Bright, Hon. John, Sumner’s letters to, 200, 290

Brooks, James, inquiry of, 225

Brown, B. Gratz, substitute of, 264;

amendment of, 272

Brown John, 142

Brown, William G., bill of, 113;

remarks on admission of West Virginia, 114

Brownlow, William G., 7;

unites in call for convention, 21, 29;

nomination of, 31;

election of, 32;

Mr. Johnson’s dispatch to, 414;

remarks on negro suffrage, 416;

policy recommended by, 417

Brownson, Orestes, theory of State suicide summarized by, 210

Bryant, William Cullen, 150

Buchanan, James, election of, 316

Buell, General Don Carlos, army of, 3, 10, 19;

treatment of fugitive slaves by, 158

Bullett, Cuthbert, Lincoln’s letter to, 39

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Burke, Edmund, 200

Burnside, General Ambrose E., 150

Butler, General Benjamin F., 33;

investigation of, 38, 39;

relieved from command, 40;

Lincoln’s letter to, 44;

new department assigned to, 133;

Pierpont criticised by, 134;

Attorney-General criticised by, 135;

Lincoln’s letter to, 136;

department of Virginia commanded by, 143;

fugitive slaves arrive at camp of, 144, 147;

legal defence of attitude toward slaves, 146

C

Caldwell, A. B., 128

California, Upper, 12;

admission of, 13;

first election in, 350

Cameron, Simon, Butler’s treatment of slaves approved by, 146

Campbell, John A., commissioner to Hampton Roads conference, 393, 395

Campbell, William B., election of, 415

Canby, General E. R. S., Lincoln’s letter to, 402

Carey, John B., fugitive slave law pleaded by, 144

Carlile, John S., 98;

election of, 103;

admission of, to United States Senate, 104;

speech on admission of West Virginia, 111;

term expires, 131;

reconstruction speech of, 267

Chadsey, Charles E., President Johnson’s surrender to the South explained by, 489

Chandler, Lucius H., Representative-elect from Virginia, 131;

remarks of, 132;

exclusion of, 133

Chandler, Zachariah, interest in reconstruction bill, 274;

Sumner’s opposition to Trumbull’s resolution supported by, 380

Chase, Salmon P., on admission of West Virginia, 121;

authorized to organize labor of abandoned slaves, 160, 386;

emancipation favored by, 180;

quotation from diary of, 186;

conservatism of Lincoln observed by, 275;

Andrew Johnson takes oath of office before, 408

Chattanooga, 4;

taken by Federal forces, 22

Clark, Daniel, remarks on reconstruction by, 376

Clarke, Governor Charles, insurgent legislature convoked by, 459;

imprisonment of, 460;

petition for pardon of, 460

Clarke, Isaac E., 43

Cleveland, Tennessee, 4

Colfax, Schuyler, on admission of West Virginia, 115

Collamer, Jacob, on admission of West Virginia, 111;

substitute of, 328;

amendment of substitute, 334;

defeat of amendment of, 334;

defeat of substitute of, 336;

remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana by, 328, 335

Colonization, suggested by Lincoln, 153;

resolutions of Baltimore Union Convention on, 167;

message of Governor Brownlow on, 416

Colored troops, Lincoln urges raising of, 20, 22;

General Hunter recommends raising of, 180;

policy of enlistment of, 386

Committee, Central Executive of Louisiana, 53

Committee, Free State General of Louisiana, 47, 54, 59, 61;

controversy of, with General Banks, 62;

confers with General Shepley, 63;

friends of, protest against election, 70

Confederate army, Louisiana troops in, 37;

Arkansas troops in, 80;

driven from western Virginia, 98

Confederate Government, offer of Arkansas to, 80;

Arkansas not aided by, 81, 82;

hold of, weakened in Arkansas, 83;

aid from border States expected by, 171

Confederate officers, disfranchisement of, 236

Confederate States, theory that disunionists were in a minority in, 192;

functionaries in, not bound by oaths, 204;

governments of, vacated, 205;

governments could be organized by Congress in, 206;

Constitution the only law in, 206;

power of Congress over, 210;

people of, unable to plead Constitution, 212;

original idea relative to reorganization of, 213;

Stevens’s idea of status of, 214;

status of, 260;

approaching disruption of, 286;

rights of citizens in, 366;

political rights of people in, 367;

no foreign engagements entered into by, 391;

anarchy threatens many of, 409, 431;

Federal troops preserve order in, 432;

obstacles to restoration in, 432;

blockade of, 444;

importance of understanding public opinion in, 471;

legislation of, 472;

prompt acquiescence of, 472;

sentiments of citizens of, 474;

Congress excludes delegations from, 474;

reaction in, 482;

Northern example no defence of legislation in, 485;

reconstructed not very different from disloyal governments of, 486;

States represented at opening of 39th Congress, 489;

Congress ignores claims of members from, 490

Confiscation, in Arkansas, 78

Congress, amnesty authorized by, 24;

President disclaims authority to admit members to, 26;

electoral vote of Tennessee excluded by, 35;

Representatives from Louisiana admitted to, 46;

Louisiana elects members to, 55;

organization of, 55;

Louisiana not redistricted by, 57;

A. P. Field denied admission to, 60;

Louisiana elects members to, 76;

government of Louisiana not recognized by, 76;

electoral vote of Louisiana excluded by, 76;

Arkansas elects members to, 91;

consents to transfer of Virginia counties, 127;

resolution on compensated emancipation passed by, 167;

slavery in Territories abolished by, 170;

confiscation act of, 179;

restored Virginia recognized by, 191;

President in agreement with, 191;

slavery in rebellious States should be ended by, 197;

power possessed over seceding States by, 206;

doctrines of Stevens abhorrent to members of, 216;

unanimity of, 221;

reconstruction discussed by, 224;

form of State government should be determined by, 228;

reconstruction bill passed by, 273;

Lincoln’s contest with, 284;

President disclaims right to admit members to, 287;

constitutional amendment passed by, 288;

exclusion of electoral votes by resolution of, 338;

protest against admission of members to, 341;

power to readmit States resides in, 358;

authority over rebellious States possessed by, 365;

desire to discipline South winning adherents in, 407;

Johnson’s distrust of, 461;

why reconstruction conventions should have been called by, 470;

Southern States reorganized at meeting of, 486;

Johnson intended to be guided by, 488;

Presidential system suspended by legislation of, 489;

Southern members not admitted to, 490;

reconstruction assumed by, 490;

suffrage in the first reconstruction measure, 494

Confederate Congress, 36;

admission of Arkansas delegates to, 79

Contrabands, multitudes of, in camp of General Butler, 147

Constitution, The, those who repudiate cannot plead provisions of, 212, 213;

ceases to be a restraint on Government, 213;

State in rebellion not embraced by, 214;

scope of not contracted by secession ordinances, 218;

necessity as an interpreter of, 222;

number of States necessary to ratify amendment of, 232;

Georgia adopts Thirteenth Amendment of, 466

Constitutional Union men, attitude of, 7

Convention bill, defeated by popular vote in Tennessee, 8

Convention, Lincoln nominated by the Chicago, 1;

Southern commercial held at Knoxville, 6;

the Greeneville, 9;

the Nashville, 30;

meeting of the Louisiana constitutional, 75;

the Arkansas constitutional, 87;

the Richmond secession, 93;

the Wheeling, 99, 104;

ordinances of the Wheeling, 100;

the Wheeling votes on dismemberment, 101;

the Wheeling adjourns, 101, 107;

the Wheeling authorizes formation of new State, 105;

slavery in the Wheeling, 107;

meeting of the Baltimore Union, 167;

revolutionary character of the Wheeling, 468

Conventions, the reconstruction, character of, 468;

irregularity of those called under Presidential plan, 469;

why Congress should have called, 470;

character and work of those called by President Johnson, 470;

origin would not affect work of, if acquiesced in, 472

Conway, Martin, speech on West Virginia by, 113

Cooper, Edmund, election of, 415

Cooper Union, Lincoln’s address in, 1;

relief meeting in, 150

Cottman, Thomas, 48;

election of, 56;

Lincoln’s letter to, 64

Cotton States, aid from border States expected by, 161

Cowan, Edgar, on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;

remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana, 330, 332;

inquiry of, concerning electoral votes, 338

Cox, Samuel S., reconstruction speech of, 252

Crane, Samuel, 128

Cravens, James A., reconstruction speech of, 249

Creole, The, 6

Crisfield, John W., interview with Lincoln reported by, 163

Crittenden, John J., speech on West Virginia by, 116

Crittenden Resolution, introduction of, 220;

Mr. Strouse refers to, 249

Cruisers, Confederate, 50

Curtin, Governor Andrew G., 98

Cutler, R. King, Senator-elect from Louisiana, 76, 343, 424

D

Davis, Garrett, admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, 128;

resolutions of, 210

Davis, Henry Winter, remarks on Louisiana election, 58;

amendment of, 225;

chairman of Committee on Rebellious States, 226;

reconstruction address of, 226;

on Southern loyalists, 231;

on modes of establishing republican governments, 232;

Thirteenth Amendment approved by, 232;

policy of Lincoln criticised by, 232;

protest of against policy of Lincoln, 279;

character of, 283;

defeat of, for renomination, 284;

postponement of Ashley’s bill opposed by, 295;

reconstruction speech of, 307;

last reconstruction speech in Congress, 310;

alliance with Stevens, 311;

motion relative to Louisiana, 341

Davis, Jefferson, Blair’s interview with, 391;

proposal for joint invasion of Mexico entertained by, 392;

letter to Mr. Blair, 393;

on Lincoln’s assassination, 407;

members of Mississippi convention intercede for, 460;

Georgia convention invokes Executive clemency in behalf of, 466

Davis-Wade Bill, passed by House, 262;

passed by Senate, 273;

Lincoln’s action on, 273;

proclamation concerning, 277;

no provision for negro suffrage in, 494

Dawes, Henry L., on Louisiana Representatives, 56;

on admission of West Virginia, 116;

report on Mr. Segar’s election, 131;

on election of Mr. Chandler, 132;

reconstruction speech of, 295;

Mr. Davis’s criticism of, 306;

bill of Representative Wilson criticised by, 312;

report on election of Mr. Bonzano, 341;

remarks of, 342

Delaware, slave interest in, 155;

Lincoln’s bill for compensated emancipation in, 155;

Federalist party in, 157;

Federal interference in, 377

Democratic party, defeat of, 1;

vote of, in West Virginia, 129;

reconstruction theory of, 218;

attitude on reconstruction, 220;

negro suffrage opposed by New Orleans convention of, 421;

South misled by attitude of, 483

Dennison, Charles, reconstruction speech of, 247

Dennison, William, 32

Dickinson, Daniel S., 33

District of Columbia, slaves not allowed to depart from, 148;

colored persons liable to arrest if found in, 152;

compensation to owners of slaves in, 167

Dix, General John A., 33;

treatment of fugitive slaves by, 149

Donnelly, Ignatius, reconstruction speech of, 245

Doolittle, James R., credentials of Mr. Underwood offered by, 141;

reconstruction bill opposed by, 273;

on electoral vote of Louisiana, 324, 326, 333;

remarks on Louisiana, 348;

policy of Administration supported by, 380;

credentials of Mr. Hahn offered by, 383

Doubleday, General Abner, treatment of fugitive slaves by, 159

Douglas-Lincoln debates, 1

Dorr, Thomas W., government under, 350

Dunlap, George W., admission of West Virginia opposed by, 214

Durant, Thomas J., 47;

Attorney-General of Louisiana, 48;

registry conducted by, 51;

spokesman of planters, 53;

enrollment by, satisfactory to Lincoln, 63;

disagreement with General Banks, 65;

protest of, against election, 348;

recognition of Louisiana opposed by, 378

Durell, E. H., 75

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East, E. H., 28

Edgerton, Joseph K., reconstruction speech of, 219, 301

Election, Presidential, loss of a pretext for secession, 1;

in Tennessee, 29;

in Arkansas, 92;

in West Virginia, 129;

electoral votes in, 338;

result of, 339

Elections, Committee of, report on Louisiana Representative, 56

Electoral College, bill on representation in, 314

Eliot, Thomas W., amendment to reconstruction bill offered by, 289;

reconstruction speech of, 292;

Stevens’s interruption of, 294;

Davis’s criticism of, 306;

bill for bureau of emancipation introduced by, 386

Emancipation, in Tennessee, 22;

East Tennessee convention favors immediate, 29;

Lincoln’s proclamation of, 47;

proclamation of not to be revoked, 52;

vote on, in West Virginia, 110;

in West Virginia constitution, 125;

Lincoln suggests compensated, 155;

Lincoln considering, 178;

discussion in Cabinet, 180;

draft of proclamation of, 181;

urged by Chicago clergymen, 184;

not hastened by deputations, 186;

Lincoln reads proclamation of, 187;

Sumner proposes to convert proclamation of, into law, 272;

effect of proclamation on status of slaves, 384;

discussed at Hampton Roads Conference, 398;

Lincoln favored gradual, 398

Emancipation, compensated, Lincoln prepares bill on, 155;

message refers to, 161;

New York Tribune favors, 164;

resolution of Congress on, 167;

Baltimore Union convention’s resolution on, 167;

House of Representatives appoints committee on, 168

Emancipator, The, 5

England, Cromwell’s division of, 200

Europe, the civil war pleasing to powers of, 393

F

Federalist, The, 269

Fellows, John Q. A., nomination of, 69;

defeat of, 70

Fishback, William M., Lincoln’s letter to, 89;

election of, 91

Fisher, George P., interest in compensated emancipation, 155

Flanders, Benjamin F., election of, 46;

Lincoln’s letter to, 52;

vote received by, 60;

interview with Lincoln, 63;

nomination of, 69;

defeat of, 70;

hostility of Congress toward Louisiana said to have been promoted by, 73

Florida, martial law proclaimed over, 168;

unworthy of a place in the Union, 256;

insurrection in, 314;

damage sustained by, 436;

nature of reorganized government of, 488

Florida, The, capture of, 288

Forfeiture, State, idea of, 204

Forrest, General, 15

Fort Donelson, General Grant in possession of, 10

Fort Henry, Federal occupation of, 10

Fortress Monroe, fugitive slaves at, 144, 385

Foster, Lafayette S., reconstruction policy of Lincoln supported by, 380

Fowler, Joseph S., election of, 413

France, relations with, 409

Franchise, elective, in Tennessee to be fixed by Legislature, 30;

free negroes of Louisiana petition for, 55;

States have always exercised right to confer, 452

Franchise, negro, Lincoln’s opinion concerning, 73.

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Frederick City, 184

Frederic County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, 110

Freedmen, no provision for education of, 298;

Brownlow would admit testimony of, 416;

character of, 416;

Southern feeling toward, 475;

Mississippi legislation relative to, 475

Freedmen’s Aid Societies, Lincoln memorialized by, 386

Freedmen’s Bureau, act of Congress relative to, 385, 387;

germ of, 386;

duties of commissioner of, 387;

Governor of Arkansas coöperates with, 411;

influence in producing Southern reaction, 483;

political aspirations of agents of, 484

Fremont, General John C., proclamation concerning slaves, 148;

Lincoln’s letter to, 148;

reply to Lincoln, 149

Fugitive slaves, repeal of acts for rendition of, 144;

exclusion from Department of Washington, 148

G

Gantt, General E. W., secession abjured by, 83

Garrison, William Lloyd, 7

Georgia, martial law proclaimed over, 168;

Boutwell would exclude from restored Union, 256;

insurrection in, 314;

injuries sustained by, 433;

Governor Brown’s efforts at restoration of, 465;

appointment of provisional governor for, 465;

leading ex-Confederates aid governor, 465;

reconstruction convention of, 465;

convention repeals secession ordinance, 465;

war debt repudiated by, 465;

slaves freed by constitution of, 466;

Executive clemency in behalf of Jefferson Davis invoked by convention, 466

Germans, The, indifferent to secession, 80

Gilmore-Jacquess mission, 389

Gooch, Daniel W., reconstruction address of, 250

Government, a republican form guaranteed by reconstruction proclamation, 26;

perfection of Congressional system, 385

Grant, General Ulysses S., in possession of Forts Henry and Donelson, 10;

martial law proclaimed by, 15;

at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 23;

Lee driven back by, 288;

Blair visits camp of, 391;

influence in bringing about Hampton Roads Conference, 396;

movements by army of, 401;

management of Freedmen’s Bureau criticised by, 484

Great Britain, relations with, 409

Greeley, Horace, 390

Greeneville, Tennessee, 4, 9

Grimes, James W., remarks on Louisiana election, 382

Gulf, Department of, Butler relieved from command in, 40;

General Banks in command of, 49

H

Hahn, Michael, election of, 46;

Lincoln’s letter to, 52;

vote of, 60;

nomination of, 69;

election of, 70;

oath of, 72;

Lincoln’s letter to, 73;

election of delegates authorized by, 74;

election called by, 75;

credentials filed in U. S. Senate, 383, 418, 424

Hall, Ellery R., 107

Hall, John, 107

Hale, John P., on admission of West Virginia, 111;

on electoral vote of Louisiana, 325

Halleck, General H. W., Tennessee included in department of, 20;

General Buell instructed by, 21;

General Banks instructed by, 51;

order on surrender of fugitive slaves, 158

Hamilton, Andrew J., appointment of, 467

Hampton Roads Conference, 396;

Confederate commissioners to, report failure, 400;

results of, 400

Harris, Ira, remarks on Crittenden resolution by, 222;

remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana, 323, 334;

amendment offered by, 334

Harris, Isham G., authorized to appoint commissioners, 8;

Legislature convoked at Memphis by, 15

Harlan, James, bill of, 195

Hawkins, Isaac R., election of, 415

Hay and Nicolay, account of Lincoln’s message by, 24;

quotation from history of, 273

Helena, Arkansas, Union occupation of, 82, 86

Henderson, John B., reply to Lincoln’s appeal, 177;

reconstruction bill opposed by, 273;

recognition of Louisiana favored by, 348;

inconsistency of Sumner exposed by, 375, 377;

inquiry concerning Louisiana loyalists, 378;

letter on reconstruction, 495

Hendricks, Thomas A., Republican factiousness agreeable to, 380

Hiestand, Judge J., appointment of, 41

Holden, William W., appointment of, 448;

proclamation of, 450;

message of, 454;

President Johnson’s telegram to, 455;

public career of, 457;

Republican leaders alarmed at appointment of, 459

Holman, William S., resolution introduced by, 222

Hood, General J. B., 30

Hooker, General Joseph, treatment of fugitive slaves, 158

Howard, Jacob M., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 328;

on recognition of Louisiana, 358;

Sumner’s opposition to Trumbull’s resolution supported by, 380

Howard, Oliver O., General, Freedmen’s Bureau organized by, 389

Howe, Timothy O., speech on Ten Eyck’s amendment, 321

Howell, Rufus K., 41

Hughes, Augustus de B., 43

Humphreys, Benjamin G., election and pardon of, 464

Hungary, similarity of ideas lacking in, 237

Hunter, General David, freedom of slaves proclaimed by, 168;

authority to arm negroes requested by, 180

Hunter, Robert M. T., authorized to act as commissioner, 395

Hurlbut, General S. A., on reorganization of Tennessee, 21;

Lincoln’s letters to, 84, 401

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Illinois, amendment abolishing slavery adopted by, 384

Indiana, troops from, assist western Virginians, 98

Intelligencer, The National, 61

Ireland, unsuccessful campaign of James II in, 203;

similarity of ideas lacking in, 237

Irish, The, indifference to secession, 80

J

Jacks, T. M., Congressman-elect, 91;

proposed compensation to, 342

Jackson, General Andrew, new industrial era marked by inauguration of, 5;

invasion by way of Mexico expected by, 392

Jacquess-Gilmore mission, 389

James II, King, abdication of, 202

Jefferson County, provision for annexation of, 110;

annexation of, 127

Jefferson, Thomas, declaration of, 357

Johnson, Andrew, 12;

in Thirtieth Congress, 14;

people of Nashville addressed by, 15;

activity of, 18;

Nashville saved by, 19;

Lincoln’s opinion of, 19;

addresses of, 19;

urged to raise negro troops, 20;

Lincoln’s letter to, 22;

enlarged authority of, 23;

Nashville meeting called by, 27;

election of county officers authorized by, 27;

proclamation of, 31;

nomination of, for Vice-Presidency, 32;

Nashville address of, 32;

letter of, to Mr. Dennison, 32;

popularity in the North, 33;

credentials of West Virginia Senators presented by, 103;

resolution offered by, 221;

election of, as Vice-President, 339;

installation of, as President, 408;

problem confronting, 408;

letter to Governor Murphy, 411;

despatch to Governor Brownlow, 414;

reconstruction policy endorsed by National Democratic party, 420;

Lincoln’s policy alleged to have been changed by, 426;

Pierpont’s government recognized by, 427;

Nashville speech of, 438;

forecast of policy of, 439;

addresses of, 440;

visit of Illinois delegation to, 440;

visit of Indiana delegation to, 442;

visit of negro delegation, 443;

South Carolina delegation addressed by, 443;

blockade partly raised by, 444;

blockade of trans-Mississippi ports rescinded by, 445;

work done for reconstruction retained by, 447;

Lincoln’s policy need not have been adopted by, 447;

at inauguration sentiments of Congress already known to, 448;

results of attempting reunion without coöperation of Congress, 448;

reconstruction of North Carolina begun by, 448;

amnesty proclamation of, 450;

cases excluded from benefits of amnesty, 450;

reconstruction plan of, based on guaranty clause of Constitution, 452;

telegram to Governor Holden, 455;

visit of North Carolina delegation to, 456;

North Carolina election unsatisfactory to, 457;

interview of Boutwell and Morrill with, 458;

William L. Sharkey appointed Provisional Governor by, 459;

appointment of provisional governors by, 459;

telegram to Governor Sharkey, 461;

attitude of Congress characterized by, 461;

Governor Sharkey’s reorganization of militia approved by, 462;

Mississippi people trusted by, 463;

change in sentiments of, 463, 488;

General Slocum directed to revoke order by, 463;

proceedings in reconstruction conventions directed by, 465;

organization of a police force for Georgia approved by, 466;

policy toward Congress unknown in the South, 483;

prompt acquiescence of South in policy of, 486;

reconstruction theory similar to Lincoln’s, 487;

falling back from Lincoln’s plan, 487;

Lincoln’s Cabinet retained by, 488;

change of attitude of, 489;

influence of Seward upon, 489;

movement to procure resignation from Vice-Presidency, 489;

limitations of, 490;

reconstruction work of, not marked by originality, 491;

negro suffrage, 494

Johnson, Bradish, 48

Johnson, Herschel V., election of, 465

Johnson, James, appointment of, 459, 465

Johnson, James M., election of, 91;

proposed compensation to, 342;

election of, 412

Johnson, Reverdy, in New Orleans, 38;

on electoral vote of Louisiana, 335;

on President’s message, 339;

remarks on recognition of Louisiana, 370;

Sumner’s argument with, 374;

remarks on negro suffrage, 378;

recognition of Arkansas and Louisiana favored by, 378

Johnson, R. W., secession of, 91

Johnston, General Joseph E., retires to Murfreesboro, 11

Jones, Hon. Ira P., 12

Jordan, Warren, 27

K

Kanawha, proposed State of, 105;

change in name of, 107

Kearney, General Stephen W., 12

Kelley, William D., reconstruction speech of, 252, 291;

proposes amendment of Ashley’s bill, 312;

Field’s assault of, 342

Kernan, Francis, bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, 312

Kimball, General, 86

King, Preston, Mr. Johnson influenced by, 441

Kingwood, Va., Union meeting at, 99

Kitchen, Benjamin M., Representative-elect, 131;

denied admission to Congress, 133

Knoxville, early capital of Tennessee, 4;

Southern Commercial Convention held at, 6;

taken by Federal forces, 22

Kyle, G. H., election of, 412

L

Lamont, George D., 43

Lane, James H., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 337

LeBlond, Frank C., reconstruction speech of, 300

Lee, General Robert E., Maryland invaded by, 183;

repulse of, 186;

driven back by Grant, 288;

weakness of, 401;

surrender of, 426

Leftwich, John W., election of, 415

Letcher, Governor John, United States could not recognize, 205, 445

Lieber, Dr. Francis, 150, 151;

Sumner’s letters to, 199, 289

Lincoln, Abraham, Cooper Union address of, 1;

conservatism of, 1;

nomination of, 1;

border State delegations support of, 1;

popular vote received by, 1;

peer of tried Republican leaders, 1;

policy of, 2;

sympathy for Tennessee loyalists, 3, 10;

Andrew Johnson appointed by, 11;

in Thirtieth Congress, 14;

authority for appointing military governors, 14;

view of their utility, 20;

letter to Governor Johnson, 20, 22;

authority of Johnson enlarged by, 23;

reply to General Rosecrans, 23;

proclamation issued by, 23;

authority to admit members to Congress disclaimed by, 26;

enrolling agents sent to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana by, 27;

renomination of, 32;

declined to interfere in nominating convention, 34;

reply to protest of McClellan electors, 35;

letter to Cuthbert Bullett, 39;

letter to August Belmont, 39;

Court of Record for Louisiana constituted by, 42;

letter to General Butler and others, 44;

restoration of Louisiana urged by, 44;

letter to General Shepley, 44;

Emancipation Proclamation published by, 47;

requested to order an election, 48;

reply to Louisiana committee, 48;

more advanced ground taken by, 49;

letter to General Banks and others, 51;

urges restoration, 51;

enrollment of Durant approved by, 63;

willingness to recognize part of Louisiana, 63;

письмо Томасу Коттману, 64;

letter to General Banks, 65;

General Banks’s letter to, 66;

Banks’s services appreciated by, 67;

authority conferred on General Banks by, 67;

Banks on Louisiana election, 70;

letter to Governor Hahn, 73;

authority of Mr. Hahn enlarged by, 73;

letter to General Hurlbut, 84;

letter to General Steele, 89;

letter to William M. Fishback, 89;

result of Arkansas election gratifying to, 91;

requests opinion of Cabinet on admission of West Virginia, 119, 124;

approves bill for admission of West Virginia, 125;

proclamation concerning West Virginia, 126;

letter to General Butler, 136;

slavery in first inaugural of, 143;

letter to General Fremont, 148;

General Fremont instructed by, 149;

Bancroft’s letter to, 151;

letter to Mr. Bancroft, 152;

emancipation and colonization suggested by, 153;

advance in position of, 154;

arming of slaves opposed by, 154, 180;

bill for compensated emancipation drafted by, 155;

Mr. Pierce’s interview with, 160;

compensated emancipation proposed by, 161;

further advance in position of, 162;

letter to Henry J. Raymond, 163;

border State Congressmen interview, 163;

letter to James A. McDougall, 165;

proclamation of General Hunter rescinded by, 168;

Sumner’s letter concerning, 170;

border State Congressmen appealed to, 171;

emancipation proposed by, 178;

confiscation act approved by, 179;

draft of emancipation proclamation read by, 181;

rebellious citizens warned by, 183;

Chicago clergymen interview, 184;

resolves to issue postponed proclamation, 186;

meeting of Cabinet, 186;

emancipation proclamation read by, 187;

first inaugural of, 190;

central idea of reconstruction plan of, 190;

confidence in ultimate success, 191;

Congress substantially agrees with, 191;

change in policy of, 193;

only one plan of reconstruction proposed by, 194;

remarks on Blair-Sumner controversy, 208;

reconstruction plan of, criticised by Henry Winter Davis, 232;

Mr. Donnelly’s character of, 245;

Mr. Boutwell defends reconstruction policy, 254;

treatment of reconstruction bill by, 273;

Sumner’s opinion of, 275;

proclamation on reconstruction bill, 277;

Wade-Davis manifesto concerning action of, 279;

result of contest with Congress, 284;

reëlection of, 286;

silence as to controversy with Congress, 286;

no right over admission of Congressmen claimed by, 287;

adoption of more vigorous measures hinted at, 287;

resolution relative to electoral votes approved by, 339;

electoral votes received by, 339;

popular approval of Thirteenth Amendment pleasing to, 385;

Freedmen’s Aid Societies appeal to, 386;

Mr. Blair’s visit to, 390;

Blair’s mission not officially sanctioned by, 391;

letter to Mr. Blair, 394;

letter to Secretary Seward, 395;

conference opposed by, except on basis of reunion, 397;

last speech on reconstruction, 403;

assassination of, a calamity to the South, 407;

policy would have saved South from many evils, 407;

telegram to Governor Pierpont, 426;

Pierpont’s interview with, 426;

attitude toward Confederate legislatures, 470;

a loose system of reconstruction opposed by, 487;

reconstruction theory of, similar to Johnson’s, 487;

President Johnson retains Cabinet of, 488;

constructive statesmanship of, 491;

a wide constituency favored by, 493;

conditions on returning States imposed by, 494;

Mr. Henderson’s views on, 495

Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1

Little Rock, seized by Confederate troops, 79;

threatened by Federal forces, 82;

capture of, 83;

лояльная газета, издаваемая в, 83;

Union convention at, 87

Liverpool, abandoned by Confederate naval agent, 50

Longyear, John W., reconstruction address of, 244

Lookout Mountain, battle of, 23, 224

Louisiana, effect of Union victories in, 10;

enrolling agent sent to, 27;

secession spirit in, 36;

secession of, 36;

prosperity at the beginning of the war, 36;

treasury of, 37;

citizens of, in Confederate army, 37;

blockade of ports in, 37;

attitude toward Richmond government, 37;

loyalists of, 37;

secessionists of, intimidated, 38;

activity of Unionists in, 38;

necessity of courts in, 40;

courts established in, 41;

court of record for, 42;

Supreme Court of, 43;

Lincoln urges restoration of, 44;

Union associations request an election, 45;

proclamation for an election in, 45;

members of Congress elected in, 46;

vote cast in, 46;

admission of Representatives to Congress, 46;

named as one of the rebellious States, 47;

parishes excepted from emancipation proclamation, 47;

disagreement among Unionists of, 47;

enrollment of citizens in, 48;

Lincoln visited by committee from, 48;

reorganization interrupted, 49;

portion covered by Union arms, 50;

Lincoln urges reconstruction of, 52;

condition of, 53;

amended constitution of 1852 destroyed by rebellion, 54;

voting in, 55;

franchise asked by free negroes, 55;

credentials of Representatives from, 56;

suppression of election in, 56;

constitution altered by General Shepley, 58;

citizens from, in Union army, 60;

General Banks to order an election in, 61, 64;

Banks on reconstruction in, 66;

Banks fixes date of election for, 67;

constitution modified by proclamation of General Banks, 68;

provision for voting of loyalists in, 69;

election in, 70;

protest against election in, 70;

Hahn inaugurated Governor, 72;

civil subordinate to military power, 73;

Free State leaders unite with Radicals in Congress, 74;

election in, 74;

vote on constitution, 75;

Legislature chosen in, 76;

Presidential electors appointed for, 76, 195;

Senators elected by, 76;

government of, not recognized by Congress, 76;

electoral vote of, 129, 314;

radicals propose to recognize government of, 290;

insurrection in, 314;

amendment to except from joint resolution, 315;

Ten Eyck’s speech on electoral vote of, 318;

Howe’s speech on electoral vote of, 321;

Trumbull’s speech on electoral vote of, 321;

highest vote cast in, 323;

remarks of Harris on electoral vote of, 323;

speech of Doolittle on electoral vote of, 324;

remarks of Hale on electoral vote of, 325;

remarks of Collamer on electoral vote of, 328;

Howard’s speech on electoral vote of, 328;

Cowan’s remarks on electoral vote of, 330;

Powell on electoral vote of, 331;

Wade’s remarks on electoral vote of, 332;

loss of Ten Eyck’s amendment concerning, 334;

Johnson’s remarks on electoral vote of, 335;

Pomeroy’s amendment, 337;

passage of joint resolution, 338;

Cowan’s inquiry, 338;

Senate debate on recognition of, 341;

Representatives-elect from, 341;

protest against admission of members from, 341;

compensation to claimants from, 341;

United States Senators chosen in, 343;

Trumbull’s resolution relative to, 343;

Powell opposes recognition of, 344;

Henderson favors recognition of, 348;

recognition of, would enfeeble Union, 358;

Howard’s speech on recognition of, 358;

governed by bayonet, 367;

Howard characterizes government of, 369;

Reverdy Johnson’s argument on recognition of, 370, 377;

Sprague’s remarks on election in, 381;

Grimes’s remarks on election in, 382;

slavery in parts of, not affected by emancipation proclamation, 384;

draft in, 417;

election in, 418;

Mr. Wells chosen Governor, 422;

Warmoth elected as Territorial Delegate, 422;

United States Senators chosen, 424;

Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 424;

injuries which rebellion inflicted on, 424

Lovejoy, Owen, resolution offered by, 132;

resolution of, relative to emancipation, 170;

doctrines of Thaddeus Stevens repudiated by, 217

Lundy, Benjamin, Genius of Universal Emancipation published by, 5

Lyon, General Nathaniel, 79

M

Madison, parish of, 75

Malhiot, E. E., 48

Mallory, Robert, yeas and nays on Ashley’s bill demanded by, 311;

bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, 312

Manassas, battle of, 183

Mann, W. D., Representative-elect from Louisiana, 76;

seat in Congress claimed by, 341

Manumission Intelligencer, The, 5

Marcy, William, Secretary, 12

Marvin, Governor, Seward’s message to, 488

Maryland, attitude on emancipation, 165

Mason, James M., 103

Mason, Richard B., 13, 14

Massachusetts, sentiments on slavery, 375

Maynard, Horace, 9, 10; joins in call for convention, 21;

emancipation policy of Lincoln approved by, 177;

election of, 415

Memphis, Legislature convenes in, 15

Mexico, 12, 13;

French interests in, 50;

invasion of, a part of Napoleon’s policy, 391;

proposal for joint invasion of, 392

Mileage, allowed to Arkansas claimants, 91

Military commissions, 12

Military Governor, office of, 11, 12, 14, 193

Minority, loyal, rule by, inconsistent with American principles, 205, 217;

should institute government for their own protection, 353;

further examination of, 491

Mission Ridge, battle of, 23, 224

Missouri, provisional government appointed in, 10;

origin of government of, 350

Mississippi, State of, in Federal control, 50;

insurrection in, 314;

injury sustained by, 437;

Provisional Governor for, 459;

Governor Clarke summons insurgent Legislature of, 459;

secession ordinance declared null and void, 460;

slavery abolished in, 460;

people advised to form a patrol, 461;

disorder in, 462;

General Slocum prevents organization of militia in, 462;

freedmen of, 463;

election in, 464;

conflict of civil and military authorities, 464;

supremacy of military in, 464;

November legislation of, 475;

practical revival of black code in, 480;

spirit of reconstructed Legislature, 482;

character of reorganized government, 488

Monroe Doctrine, Northern Democrats and Republicans adhere to, 392;

Mexico to be conquered under pretence of defending, 393

Morrill, Justin S., President Johnson visited by, 458

Morton, Oliver P., Governor, President Johnson interviewed by, 442

McClellan, electors, protest of, 34;

ticket in Tennessee withdrawn, 35

McClellan, George B., General, proclamation concerning slaves, 145;

instructions to, 152;

collapse of Richmond campaign of, 178;

Union army again commanded by, 184;

Lee defeated by, 186;

vote for Presidency received by, 339

McCulloch, General, 79

McDougall, James A., on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;

Lincoln’s letter to, 165–166

McDowell, General Irwin, treatment of fugitive slaves by, 144

McDowell, J. L., inquiry concerning fugitive slaves, 147

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Napoleon III, 50;

policy of, 391

Nashville, occupation of, 10;

panic in, 11;

occupied by General Nelson, 15;

Governor Johnson arrives in, 15;

Governor Johnson addresses people of, 15;

mayor and council imprisoned, 17;

press under restraint, 17;

treatment of clergymen in, 17;

Union convention at, 21;

action of convention, 21;

public meeting at, 27;

convention at, 29;

convention of January, 1865, 30;

Legislature meets at, 32

National Conservative Union party, negro suffrage opposed by, 421;

reconstruction policy of Mr. Johnson endorsed by, 421;

Mr. Wells nominated for governor by, 422

Navy, proportions of, 286

Negroes, free, elective franchise asked by, 55;

North Carolina denies franchise to, 452;

condition of, in Mississippi, 463;

testimony of, 464;

numbers in Texas, 467

Nelson, General, enters Nashville, 15

Nelson, Thomas A. R., 9

New Hampshire, President Johnson addresses citizens of, 442

New Mexico, 12

New Orleans, State troops from, seize Federal property, 36;

enthusiasm in, 37;

bankruptcy of, 37;

importance to Confederacy, 38;

capture of, 38;

results of Federal occupation of, 39;

members of court of record arrive in, 43;

excepted from emancipation proclamation, 47;

menaced by General Taylor, 49;

General Shepley forbids election in, 56;

amount of taxes paid by, 58;

without civil government, 58;

extent of the State of Louisiana, 75;

constitutional convention in, 75;

unqualified voters enrolled in, 418;

new registration in, 418;

J. Madison Wells nominated by convention held in, 420

Newport News, fugitive slaves arrive at, 144, 386

New York, electoral vote not counted in Washington’s election, 326

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Noell, John W., on admission of West Virginia, 118;

inquiry of, 164

Norfolk, Va., destitution in, 133

North Carolina, Union victories in, 10;

secession spirit in, 150;

insurrection in, 314;

injuries sustained by, 436;

Provisional Governor appointed for, 448;

“loyal people” of, 452;

suffrage withheld from negroes of, 452;

nearly all counties choose delegates, 453;

ordinance of secession repealed by, 454;

abolition of slavery in, 454;

payment of rebel debt prohibited by, 455;

adjournment of convention, 455;

convention ordinances ratified, 457;

election unsatisfactory to President Johnson, 457;

Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 457;

Congressmen chosen by, 457;

why President began reconstruction policy with, 458

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Oglesby, Governor, President Johnson visited by, 440

Ohio, western Virginians assisted by troops of, 98

Olin, Abraham B., on admission of West Virginia, 116

Olustee, battle of, a result of administration policy, 253

Orange, William, Prince of, 203

Orleans, courts established in, 41

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Paine, Colonel, arrest of, 169

Parker, Granville, anti-slavery work of, 108

Parliament, absolute power vested in, 203

Patterson, David T., election of, 413

Patterson, General, proclamation relative to slaves, 145

Peabody, Charles A., appointment of, 42

Peace and Constitutional Society, in Arkansas, 81

Pea Ridge, battle of, 82

Pendleton, George H., reconstruction speech of, 257;

votes received by, for Vice-Presidency, 339

Pensacola, Florida, Louisiana soldiers vote at, 70

Perry, Nehemiah, reconstruction address of, 250

Phelps, General John S., alleged opposition to rule of, 38;

military governor, 82

Pierce, E. L., labor of abandoned slaves organized by, 160, 386;

Lincoln interviewed by, 160

Pierpont, Francis Harrison, chosen Governor of restored Virginia, 101;

inauguration of, 101;

views of the Constitution, 102;

message of, 109;

address of, 128;

elected Governor, 129;

duties of, 133;

protests against military interference, 134;

application for assistance, 191;

Lincoln’s telegram to, 426;

Lincoln visited by, 426;

reception at Richmond, 427;

the problem confronting, 428

Placquemines, voting in parish of, 56;

vote of, 74

Poland, similarity of ideas lacking in, 237

Polk, President James K., message of, 13

Pollard, E. A., quotation from “Lost Cause” of, 400

Pool, John, election of, 457

Pomeroy, Samuel C., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 330;

amendment offered by, 337;

remarks on reconstruction by, 376;

extent of Congressional power over reconstruction stated by, 377

Port Hudson, General Banks at, 49;

fall of, 49

Portsmouth, Va., Union vote in, 132;

destitution in, 133

Powell, Lazarus W., remarks on Louisiana, 331;

recognition of Louisiana opposed by, 344;

General Banks denounced by, 346;

proclamation of Banks quoted by, 347;

remarks on Trumbull’s resolution by, 373

Property, Federal, seizure of, in Baton Rouge, 36

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Raleigh, convention assembles at, 453

Raymond, Lincoln’s letter to, 163

Reade, Edwin G., North Carolina convention presided over by, 453;

farewell address of, 455

Reconstruction, in Tennessee, 1;

Lincoln’s proclamation of, 23;

in Louisiana, 36, 44, 61;

loyal minority authorized to restore States, 25;

Lincoln’s plan not indispensable to, 26;

interrupted in Louisiana, 49;

Lincoln’s letter relative to, 51;

President urges in Louisiana, 52;

Banks’s plan of, 66;

proposed for Arkansas, 85;

Lincoln’s letters on, 89;

in Louisiana connected with war powers of President, 36;

emancipation introduced into, 189;

theories and plans of, 190;

central idea of Lincoln’s plan, 190;

both parties agree on Presidential plan, 193;

great number of theories and plans of, 193;

difficulties of, increased by abolition, 194;

Lincoln propounded only one plan of, 194;

“Louisiana plan” and negro suffrage, 195;

sensation caused by Sumner’s scheme of, 198;

final work of, influenced by Sumner’s resolutions, 199;

Stevens’s theory of, 211;

first act of, a modification of Stevens’s theory, 212;

theory held at commencement of rebellion, 213;

Democratic theory of, 217;

Edgerton’s speech on, 219;

attitude of Democratic party toward, 220;

conservative views of Senators on, 220;

House of Representatives on, 220;

resolution of Thaddeus Stevens concerning, 224;

resolution of Henry Winter Davis, 225;

address of Mr. Davis, 226;

of Southern States premature, 230;

President’s plan criticised by Mr. Davis, 232;

address of Representative Scofield on, 236;

address of Representative Williams on, 238;

indemnity, security and punishment, elements of, 240;

bill opposed by Mr. Baldwin, 241;

address of Representative Thayer on, 242;

remarks of Representative Yeaman on, 243;

address of Representative Longyear on, 244;

speech of Ignatius Donnelly on, 245;

speech of Representative Dennison, 247;

remarks of Thaddeus Stevens on, 247;

bill opposed by Representative Strouse, 249;

opposition of Mr. Cravens, 249;

Representative Gooch on, 250;

Representative Perry’s remarks on, 250;

Fernando Wood’s opposition to bill for, 251;

remarks of William D. Kelley on, 252;

speech of S. S. Cox on, 252;

Mr. Boutwell’s speech on, 254;

speech of George H. Pendleton, 257;

bill for, unconstitutional, 258;

Representatives pass bill on, 262;

provisions of bill on, 262;

Senator Wade on, 264;

Senator Carlile’s speech on, 267;

Congress passes bill on, 273;

Lincoln’s treatment of bill on, 273;

interest of Mr. Chandler in bill on, 274;

Lincoln’s proclamation concerning bill on, 277;

notice of in annual message, 286;

progress of, 287;

forced upon attention of Congress by Union victories, 288;

Mr. Ashley reports bill on, 289;

Representative Eliot offers amendment to bill on, 289;

provisions of Ashley’s bill, 289;

revived bill recognizes Louisiana and Arkansas, 289;

new bill a substitute for Wade-Davis bill, 290;

Kelley’s speech on, 291;

Eliot’s speech on, 292;

consideration of bill postponed, 295;

Mr. Dawes resumes debate on, 295;

power conferred on President by bill, 296;

remarks of Fernando Wood on, 300;

speech of Mr. LeBlond on, 300;

remarks of Representative Blow, 301;

speech of J. K. Edgerton, 301;

Edgerton’s summary of bill, 302;

substitute for Ashley’s bill, 304;

further remarks of Ashley on, 305;

Ashley explains compromise, 306;

Henry Winter Davis speaks on, 306;

Mr. Davis’s last words in Congress on, 310;

Mr. Wilson’s bill, 311;

revival of Ashley’s bill on, 312;

defects of Presidential plan of, 358;

Howard’s speech on, 358;

Reverdy Johnson’s remarks on, 370;

Sumner proposes conditions of, 376;

remarks of Senator Clark, 376;

remarks of Senator Pomeroy, 377, 378;

Presidential plan of, ignored by Congress, 385;

Lincoln’s conditions for effecting, 395, 397;

Lincoln’s letter to General Hurlbut on, 401;

Lincoln’s letter to General Canby, 402;

Lincoln’s last words on, 403;

culmination of Presidential plan of, 407;

President Johnson’s policy of, endorsed by Democratic convention, 420;

views of Louisiana Republicans on, 422;

Andrew Johnson’s views of, in 1864, 438;

Johnson under no obligation to accept Lincoln’s plan of, 447;

Mr. Johnson’s policy of, 449;

steps to, in Mississippi, 458;

obstacles to, in Texas, 467;

conventions called under Presidential plan, 468;

course of Confederate governors relative to, 469;

Lincoln’s intention to employ Confederate legislatures in work of, 470;

expected results of, 473;

prediction of Henry Winter Davis relative to, 473;

enemies of Union entrusted with, 486;

Lincoln opposed a loose system of, 486;

Lincoln’s and Johnson’s theories identical, 487;

организации, созданные при Линкольне, отличаются от «правительств Джонсона», 487;

Johnson’s original policy of, 488;

acts of Congress suspend governments established under Presidential plan, 489;

Joint Committee on, 490;

Presidential plan examined, 491;

the suffrage in the Presidential system of, 494;

precedent conditions for returning States, 494;

Senator Henderson’s letter on Lincoln’s plan, 495

Rector, Governor, call for troops, 81;

threat of seceding from Confederacy, 82;

flight of, 82

Red River, General Taylor retires to, 50

Republican electoral ticket, none offered for suffrage of Tennesseeans in 1860, 7

Republican form of government, Sumner’s resolutions relative to, 196;

position that war was fought to fulfil guaranty of, untenable, 209;

Henry Winter Davis on, 228;

duty of Congress to guarantee, 228;

Mr. Davis on modes of establishing, 232;

Fernando Wood on, 251;

Pendleton on, 259, 260, 261;

Carlile on, 268, 269;

cannot originate in military orders, 357;

military government not republican under the Constitution, 368

Republican party, radical members of, unite with Free State leaders, 74;

Sumner’s resolutions disavowed by leaders of, 199;

relations of Stevens to, 216;

change in attitude of, 220;

revolutionary policy of, 257;

beginning of division in, 273;

some radical members of, opposed controversy with President, 289;

schism in, 313;

change in sentiments of, 377;

Hendricks on factiousness of, 380;

mass-meeting in New Orleans held by radical members of, 422

Representation, basis of, 354

Representatives, House of, committee on compensated emancipation appointed by, 168;

reconstruction views of, 220;

reconstruction bill passed by, 262;

Ashley’s reconstruction bill tabled by, 311, 312;

resolution of Mr. Wilson introduced into, 314;

measure excluding electoral votes of certain States passed by, 314;

constitutional amendment abolishing slavery passed by, 384

Revenue, surplus of 1837, distribution of, 157

Revolution, American, legal forms not ignored in effecting, 206

Revolution, English, 202

Reynolds, General, report on government of Arkansas, 412

Rhode Island cases, 228

Richmond, Arkansas messenger sent to, 80;

secession convention meets in, 93;

work of convention denounced, 100;

fall of, 426

Richmond government, offers concessions to western Virginia, 97;

resistance to, 97

Riddell, John Leonard, certificate from, 56

Riley, General Bennett, 13

Ritchie, A. F., letter to Attorney-General Bates, 105

Rogers, A. A. C., Congressman-elect, 91;

proposed compensation of, 342

Rosecrans, General W. S., inactivity of, 21;

suggestion to Lincoln, 23;

removed from command, 23, 224

Ryers, William, election of, 412

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Saulsbury, Willard, 103;

on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;

admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, 193;

Administration criticised by, 377

Schenck, General, 251

Schofield, General, Governor Holden assisted by, 453

Schurz, General Carl, Governor Sharkey criticised by, 462

Scofield, Glenni W., address of, 236

Sebastian, William K., resignation from United States Senate, 85;

return to loyalty, 85

Secession, in Tennessee, 8;

Tennessee abrogates act of, 30;

spirit of, in Louisiana, 36;

ordinance of, 36;

in Arkansas, 78;

Germans and Irish of Arkansas indifferent to, 80;

in Virginia, 93;

western Virginia refuses to acquiesce in, 97;

war powers unlocked by, 213;

attitude of Democratic party toward, 218;

Henry Winter Davis on, 227;

Pendleton on acts of, 259;

Henderson on potency of, 351;

Sumner denies that States were taken out of Union by, 351

Secessionists, in Arkansas, 77

Segar, Joseph E., on admission of West Virginia, 118;

remarks of, 131;

Committee of Elections reports concerning, 131;

denied admission to Congress, 133;

election to United States Senate, 138

Senate, The United States, reconstruction bill in, 264;

exclusion of States from Electoral College, 315;

Trumbull’s resolution abandoned by, 383;

amendment abolishing slavery passed by, 384

Seward, William H., on admission of West Virginia, 120;

General McClellan instructed by, 152;

Lincoln broaches emancipation to, 178;

postponement of emancipation recommended by, 182;

Lincoln’s letter to, 395;

injuries prevented attendance at inauguration of Mr. Johnson, 408;

message to Governor Marvin, 488;

President Johnson influenced by, 489

Sharkey, William L., appointment of, 459;

address of, 460;

Johnson’s telegram to, 461;

conduct of, criticised by Carl Schurz, 462;

negro testimony to be considered by, 464

Shelbyville, Tenn., Andrew Johnson’s address at, 19

Shenandoah Valley, discontent of, 96;

proposed annexation to West Virginia, 109

Shepley, General George F., appointment of, 39;

system of courts established by, 41;

Lincoln’s letter to, 44;

requested to hold an election, 45;

proclamation for an election issued by, 45;

plan of Louisiana Free State Committee approved by, 48;

Attorney-General for Louisiana appointed by, 48;

orders an enrollment of loyal citizens, 53;

election prohibited by, 56, 58;

conference of Free State Committee with, 63;

disagreement with General Banks, 64, 65;

General Banks approves registration of, 68;

Norfolk proclamation of, 134

Sheridan, General Philip H., at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 23;

a Confederate army destroyed by, 288

Sherman, John, on election of Mr. Segar, 140;

on electoral vote of Louisiana, 332

Sherman, General Thomas W., instructions of War Department to, 149

Sherman, General William Tecumseh, projected march of, 286;

safety of, 288

Shreveport, movement toward, 51;

ceases to be capital of Louisiana, 419

Slavery, abolition of, in British colonies, 6;

to be ignored in reconstruction, 27;

Nashville convention urges abolition of, 29;

amended Tennessee constitution abolishes, 30;

constitution of Arkansas abolishes, 88;

introduction into Virginia, 94;

in the Wheeling convention, 107;

Lincoln’s views of, 143;

Congress claims no right to interfere with, 167;

advance of Northern opinion on, 167;

abolished in District of Columbia, 167;

not possible for negroes freed by war, 194;

reconstruction rendered more difficult by abolition of, 194;

ceases to exist when State ceases to exist, 197;

duty of Congress to put an end to, 197;

recognition of, by a Federal officer analogous to treason, 197;

government should protect persons in a state of, 198;

Chicago platform on, 207;

Emancipation Proclamation not necessary to abolish in seceding States, 207;

destruction of, not an end of the war, 222;

the one subject of estrangement in the Union, 237;

theory of the Fathers concerning, 237;

anti-slavery amendment recommended to consideration of Congress, 287;

Congress passes joint resolution relative to, 288;

restoration useless with, 352;

sentiments of Massachusetts and South Carolina on, 375;

not affected by emancipation proclamation in certain States, 384;

Congress passes anti-slavery amendment, 384;

amendment ratified by 20 States, 384;

Arkansas abolishes, 410;

Вирджиния отменяет, 425;

abolition an injury to slave owners, 433;

North Carolina abolishes, 454;

Mississippi abolishes, 460;

Georgia abolishes, 466