into, 189; theories and plans
of, 190; central idea of Lin-
coln's plan, 190; both parties
agree on Presidential plan, 193;
great number of theories and
plans of, 193; difficulties of, in-
creased by abolition, 194; Lin-
coln 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 Ste-
vens's theory, 212; theory held
at commencement of rebellion,
213; Democratic theory of, 217;
Edgerton's speech on, 219; atti-
tude of Democratic party tow-
ard, 220; conservative views of
Senators on, 220; House of Rep-
resentatives on, 220; resolution
of Thaddeus Stevens concern-
ing, 224; resolution of Henry
Winter Davis, 225; address of
Mr. Davis, 226; of Southern
States premature, 230; Presi-
dent's plan criticised by Mr.
Davis, 232; address of Repre-
sentative Scofield on, 236; ad-
dress of Representative Will-
iams on, 238; indemnity, se-
curity and punishment, ele-
ments of, 240; bill opposed by
Mr. Baldwin, 241; address of
Representative Thayer on, 242;
remarks of Representative Yea-
man on, 243; address of Rep-
resentative Longyear on, 244;
speech of Ignatius Donnelly
on, 245; speech of Representa-
tive 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; Fer-
nando Wood's opposition to
bill for, 251; remarks of Will-
iam D. Kelley on, 252; speech
of S. S. Cox on, 252; Mr. Bout-
well's speech on, 254; speech of
George H. Pendleton, 257; bill
for, unconstitutional, 258; Rep-
resentatives pass bill on, 262;
provisions of bill on, 262; Sen-
ator Wade on, 264; Senator
Carlile's speech on, 267; Con-
gress passes bill on, 273; Lin-
coln'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 re-
ports bill on, 289; Representa-
tive Eliot offers amendment to
bill on, 289; provisions of
Ashley's bill, 289; revived bill
recognizes Louisiana and Ar-
kansas, 289; new bill a substi-
tute 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 Fer-
nando Wood on, 300; speech
of Mr. LeBlond on, 300; re-
marks 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 ex-
plains compromise, 306; Henry
Winter Davis speaks on, 306;
Mr. Davis's last words in Con-
gress on, 310; Mr. Wilson's
bill, 311; revival of Ashley's
bill on, 312; defects of Presi-
dential plan of, 358; Howard's
speech on, 358; Reverdy John-
son'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; Lin-
coln's conditions for effecting,
395, 397; Lincoln's letter to
General Hurlbut on, 401; Lin-
coln's letter to General Canby,
402; Lincoln's last words on,
403; culmination of Presidential
plan of, 407; President John-
son'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; ob-
stacles to, in Texas, 467; con-
ventions called under Presi-
dential plan, 468; course of
Confederate governors relative
to, 469; Lincoln's intention to
employ Confederate legisla-
tures in work of, 470; expected
results of, 473; prediction of
Henry Winter Davis relative
to, 473; enemies of Union en-
trusted with, 486; Lincoln op-
posed a loose system of, 486;
Lincoln's and Johnson's the-
ories identical, 487; organiza-
tions effected under Lincoln
different from "Johnson gov-
ernments," 487; Johnson's orig-
inal policy of, 488; acts of
Congress suspend governments
established under Presidential
plan, 489; Joint Committee on,
490; Presidential plan exam-
ined, 491; the suffrage in the
Presidential system of, 494;
precedent conditions for return-
ing States, 494; Senator Hen-
derson'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 Tennes-
seeans 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 Con-
gress 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 Constitu-
tion, 368
Republican party, radical members
of, unite with Free State lead-
ers, 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, op-
posed controversy with Presi-
dent, 289; schism in, 313;
change in sentiments of, 377;
Hendricks on factiousness of,
380; mass-meeting in New Or-
leans held by radical members
of, 422
Representation, basis of, 354
Representatives, House of, com-
mittee on compensated eman-
cipation appointed by, 168;
reconstruction views of, 220;
reconstruction bill passed by,
262; Ashley's reconstruction
bill tabled by, 311, 312; resolu-
tion 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, distribu-
tion of, 157
Revolution, American, legal forms
not ignored in effecting, 206
Revolution, English, 202
Reynolds, General, report on gov-
ernment of Arkansas, 412
Rhode Island cases, 228
Richmond, Arkansas messenger
sent to, 80; secession conven-
tion meets in, 93; work of
convention denounced, 100;
fall of, 426
Richmond government, offers
concessions to western Vir-
ginia, 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 compensa-
tion of, 342
Rosecrans, General W. S., inac-
tivity of, 21; suggestion to Lin-
coln, 23; removed from com-
mand, 23, 224
Ryers, William, election of, 412
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,
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; Ten-
nessee abrogates act of, 30;
spirit of, in Louisiana, 36;
ordinance of, 36; in Arkansas,
78; Germans and Irish of Ar-
kansas indifferent to, 80; in
Virginia, 93; western Virginia
refuses to acquiesce in, 97; war
powers unlocked by, 213; atti-
tude of Democratic party tow-
ard, 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 Sen-
ate, 138
525
Senate, The United States, recon-
struction bill in, 264; exclusion
of States from Electoral Col-
lege, 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 eman-
cipation recommended by, 182;
Lincoln's letter to, 395; in-
juries prevented attendance at
inauguration of Mr. Johnson,
408; message to Governor Mar-
vin, 488; President Johnson in-
fluenced by, 489
Sharkey, William L., appointment
of, 459; address of, 460; John-
son's telegram to, 461; conduct
of, criticised by Carl Schurz,
462; negro testimony to be con-
sidered by, 464
Shelbyville, Tenn., Andrew John-
son's address at, 19
Shenandoah Valley, discontent of,
96; proposed annexation
West Virginia, 109
Shepley, General George F.,
pointment of, 39; system of
courts established by, 41; Lin-
coln's letter to, 44; requested to
hold an election, 45; proclama-
tion 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; dis-
agreement 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., in-
structions of War Department
to, 149
Sherman, General William Tecum-
seh, projected march of, 286;
safety of, 288
Shreveport, movement toward, 51;
ceases to be capital of Louisi-
Slavery, abolition of, in British
colonies, 6; to be ignored in
reconstruction, 27; Nashville
convention urges abolition of,
29; amended Tennessee consti-
tution abolishes, 30; constitu-
tion 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; abol-
ished in District of Columbia,
167; not possible for negroes
freed by war, 194; reconstruc-
tion 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 Procla-
mation not necessary to abol-
ish 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 con-
cerning, 237; anti-slavery
amendment recommended to
consideration of Congress, 287;
Congress passes joint resolu-
tion relative to, 288; restoration
useless with, 352; sentiments of
Massachusetts and South Caro-
lina on, 375; not affected by
emancipation proclamation in
certain States, 384; Congress
passes anti-slavery amend-
ment, 384; amendment ratified
by 20 States, 384; Arkansas
abolishes, 410; Virginia abol-
ishes, 425; abolition an injury
to slave owners, 433; North
Carolina abolishes, 454; Missis-
sippi abolishes, 460; Georgia
abolishes, 466
Slaves, bred in Virginia, 94; num-
ber in Virginia, 94; in western
Virginia, 95; policy of com-
manders relative to fugitive,
144, 145, 158, 159; declared
contraband of war, 146; com-
pensated emancipation of, 153;
colonization of, 153; abandoned
by masters, 160; to organize
labor of abandoned, 160; Gen-
eral Hunter proclaims freedom
of, 168; Lincoln asserts right to
emancipate, 168; employment
of, 169; confiscation of property
in, 179; proposed emancipation
of, 182; Stevens on employment
of, against United States, 212;
abandoned lands to be colo-
nized by, 385
Slidell, John, resignation from
United States Senate, 423
Slocum, General, organization of
Mississippi retarded by, 462;
orders of, revoked by Presi-
dent, 463
Smith, Caleb B., resignation of,
Smith, Charles, Senator-elect from
Louisiana, 76, 343
Smith, General E. Kirby, 50
Smith, Governor William, nullity
of acts of, 445
Snow, William D., election of, 91
Society, civil not necessarily iden-
tical with political, 354; politi-
cal liable to reduction, 354; po-
litical may be reduced by loss
of citizenship, 354
South Carolina, martial law pro-
claimed over, 168; Stevens on
secession ordinance of, 215;
Boutwell would exclude from
restored Union, 256; insurrec-
tion in, 314; sentiments on
slavery, 375; damage sustained
by, 435; Mr. Johnson receives
citizens of, 443; revolutionary
character of convention, 469
Southern States, reorganization of,
premature, 230; black code of,
293; an asylum for broken-
down politicians, 297; proposed
taxation of, 297; power of Con-
gress over, 362; not convertible
into Territories, 364. See Con-
federate States
Speed, Attorney-General, reply to
Albemarle County voters, 430
Sprague, William, remarks
Louisiana election, 381
Stanton, Edwin M., aids western
Virginians, 98; on admission
of West Virginia, 122; dis-
banding of army by, 409
State, indestructibility of, 192; sui-
cide of a, 197, 201, 209; effect
of termination of, 197; slavery
terminated by termination of,
197; Federal restraints upon
action of a, 198; difficulty of
defining, 201; basis of suicide
theory, 208; levying war
changes status of, 217; the
people of, constitute the, 218;
constitutions must be formed
by people of, 218; only suc-
cessful revolution can unmake,
218; attitude of Democratic
party on suicide of, 219
St. Bernard, parish of, voting in,
56
Steele, General Frederick, Lin-
coln's letters to, 85, 86, 89
Stephens, A. H., peace commis-
sioner, 395; Lincoln's advice
to, 399
Stevens, Thaddeus, on admission
of West Virginia, 117, 214; re-
construction theory of, 211;
characteristics of, 211; consist-
ency of, 212; remarks on slaves
employed in hostility to Gov-
ernment, 212; taxation of se-
ceding States proposed by, 213;
secession discussed by, 215;
relations to his party defined
by, 216; conquered province
theory of, 217; remarks on
minority government, 217;
resolution relative to Presi-
dent's message, 224; on consti-
tutional amendments, 232; re-
construction speech of, 247;
distributing President's mes-
sage, 288; Mr. Eliot interrupted
by, 294; remarks of, 342; cre-
dentials of Warmoth offered
by, 422; sneer at Pierpont's
government, 427
Stokes, William B., election of,
415
Strouse, Myer,
speech of, 249
Suffrage, Representative Kelley
on, 291; provisions of Ashley's
bill on, 294, 304; a restricted
electorate favored by Govern-
ment, 354; basis of, 354; quali-
fications for, in Massachusetts,
354; proposal to confer on
negroes, 358; Reverdy Johnson
on, 378; negroes petition for,
413; Brownlow opposes con-
ferring on negroes, 416; Na-
tional Conservative party on,
421; provision of Virginia con-
stitution on, 425; North did not
intend to force on South, 486
Sumner, Charles, on admission of
West Virginia, 110; letter on
policy of Lincoln, 170; faith of,
191; resolutions of, 196; sensa-
tion produced by restoration
scheme of, 198; letters to Fran-
cis Lieber, 199, 289; public
character of, 199; letters to
John Bright, 200, 290; article
in Atlantic Monthly, 200; Mr.
Blair replies to, 208; preamble
to resolutions of, 210; proposal
relative to emancipation proc-
lamation, 272; estimate of Lin-
coln, 275; substitute offered by,
344; amendment offered by,
356; Reverdy Johnson's argu-
ment with, 374; inconsistency
of, 375; conditions of reunion
proposed by, 376; remarks on
Trumbull's resolution, 379, 382;
Howard and Chandler support
position of, 380; remarks on
Louisiana election, 382
Sumter, influence of fall, on Ar-
kansas, 78
Supreme Court, The United
States, opinion in Cross vs.
Harrison, 13; decision relative
to rebellious States, 362
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