ILLUSTRATIONS

VOL. III

ABRAHAM LINCOLN..

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which was engraved the portrait of President Lincoln for the
original ten-dollar greenback, and later for one of the issues of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. III

CHAPTER I. SOUTH CAROLINA SECESSION

The South Carolina Convention. Governor Pickens.

Letter to President Buchanan. Reply Prepared by the

President. Trescott's Letter to Pickens. The Gov-

ernor's Letter Withdrawn. Caleb Cushing's Mission.

The Ordinance of Secession. The "Declaration of

Causes." The Doctrine of States Rights

CHAPTER II. PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS

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Southern Accusations. Alexander H. Stephens's Criti-

cism on the South Carolina Declaration of Causes.

Origin of Personal Liberty Bills. The Fugitive-Slave

Law of 1793. The Case of Prigg vs. Pennsylvania.

The Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850. The Era of Slave

Hunting." Summary of Personal Liberty Acts. The

Fugitive-Slave Law Declared Constitutional. Fugitive

Slaves and the Census. Southern Infractions of the

Constitution. Lincoln on the Fugitive-Slave Law. . 17

CHAPTER III. THE SURRENDER PROGRAMME

Anderson's" Sand Hill" Instructions. A Comparison

of Dates. President Buchanan Modifies the Buell

Memorandum. A Programme of Surrender. Floyd's

Satisfactory" News. Governor Pickens's Inquiry.

The Harbor Guard Steamers. Anderson's Resolve.

The Christmas Merry-Making

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CHAPTER IV. FORT SUMTER

Anderson's Preparatory Orders. Fort Moultrie Aban-

doned. The General Clinch. The Landing at Sumter.

The Work of the Rear-Guard. Astonishment in

Charleston. Governor Pickens's Demand. Secession-

ists Occupy Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie. Seiz-

ure of Government Buildings in Charleston

CHAPTER V. A BLUNDERING COMMISSION

The South Carolina Commissioners. Appointed Inter-

view with Mr. Buchanan. Effect of the News in

Washington. Anderson's Reply to Floyd. The Cab-

inet Discussion. Secretaries Floyd and Black. Floyd's

Demand. General Scott's Reminder. Pressure on the

President. Mr. Buchanan's Hesitation. The Commis-

sioners' Demand .

CHAPTER VI. THE CABINET RÉGIME

A Cabinet Incident. Floyd's Resignation. Holt Sec-

retary of War. Buchanan's Proposed Answer. A

New Cabinet Crisis. The Régime of the Cabinet. The

Message of January 8. The Leadership of Secretary

Black. His Memorandum to the President. Buchan-

an's Reply to the Commissioners. The Commissioners'

Retort.

CHAPTER VII. THE "STAR OF THE WEST"

General Scott's Suggestions. Holt in the War Depart-

ment. General Scott on Duty. Plans to Reënforce

Sumter. Secretary Thompson's Intrigue. Alarm in

Secession Councils. Orders for the Brooklyn. The

Star of the West. Anderson's Report. The Star of the

West at Charleston Bar. The Morris Island Battery.

Failure of the Relief Expedition

CHAPTER VIII. ANDERSON'S TRUCE

Newspaper Reports. The Watch in Sumter. Ander-

son's Hesitation. A Council of War. Anderson's

Notice to Governor Pickens. The Governor's Re-

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sponse. Anderson's Rejoinder. Messengers to Wash-

ington. Anderson's Course Approved. The Governor's

Demand on Anderson. A Military Council. Anderson

Declines to Deliver Fort Sumter. The Question Re-

ferred to Washington

CHAPTER IX. THE MILITARY SITUATION AT

CHARLESTON

The Governor's Revolutionary Zeal. A Campaign

against Sumter. Pickens as Dictator. General

Simons's Report. The Weakness of Conspiracy. Gov-

ernor Pickens's Bravado. The Star of the West Battery.

The Siege of Fort Sumter

CHAPTER X. THE NATIONAL DEFENSE

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Buchanan's Reconstructed Cabinet. Secretary Joseph

Holt. Interview with the President. Dix Secretary of

the Treasury. Scott's Defensive Orders. The St. Louis

Arsenal. The Defense of Washington. Stanton

Attorney-General. A Congressional Investigation.

The Plot to Seize Washington. The Presidential

Count. Holt's Report. The 22d of February . . . 127

CHAPTER XI. THE SUMTER AND PICKENS TRUCE

The Letter of

Hayne's Interview with Buchanan.

Governor Pickens. Letter of Secession Senators. Sec-

retary Black's Questions. Instructions to Anderson.

Mr. Buchanan's Reply. Pensacola Harbor. Lieuten-

ant Slemmer's Movement. The Errand of the Brooklyn.

The Fort Pickens Truce. The Scott-Buchanan Con-

troversy. Colonel Hayne's Demand. Holt's Instruction

to Anderson

CHAPTER XII. THE COTTON "REPUBLICS"

Secession Commissioners. The Senatorial Caucus.

Yulee's Letter to Finegan. Ordinances of Secession.

Florida Convention. Mississippi Convention. Ala-

bama Convention. Georgia Convention. Louisiana

Convention. Texas Convention.

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