„ CONFEDERATE STATES 98 BUCHANAN’S VIEWS 99 CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE 104 PEACE CONVENTION 106 ACTUAL SECESSION 109 „ „ TRANSFERRING ARMS TO THE SOUTH 109 FERNANDO WOOD’S SECESSION MESSAGE 112 CONGRESS ON THE EVE OF THE REBELLION 113 LINCOLN’S VIEWS 115 JUDGE BLACK’S VIEWS 115 ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS’ SPEECH ON SECESSION 116 LINCOLN’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION 120 CONFEDERATE MILITARY LEGISLATION 128 GUERRILLAS 129 TWENTY-NEGRO EXEMPTION LAW 130 DOUGLAS ON THE REBELLION 130 POLITICAL LEGISLATION INCIDENT TO THE WAR 130 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS 131 COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION 135 LINCOLN’S APPEAL TO THE BORDER STATES 137 REPLY OF THE BORDER STATES 138 BORDER STATE SLAVES 139 EMANCIPATION 141 „ PRELIMINARY PROCLAMATION OF 141 „ PROCLAMATION OF 143 LOYAL GOVERNORS, THE ADDRESS OF 144 FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, REPEAL OF 145 FINANCIAL LEGISLATION 149 SEWARD AS SECRETARY OF STATE 149 INTERNAL TAXES 151 CONFEDERATE DEBT 152 CONFEDERATE TAXES 153 WEST VIRGINIA—ADMISSION OF 158 COLOR IN WAR POLITICS 159 THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT—PASSAGE OF 167 LOUISIANA—ADMISSION OF REPRESENTATIVES 168 RECONSTRUCTION 169 ARKANSAS—ADMISSION OF 170 RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES—TEXT OF 171 FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT 174