Lincoln’s Letter on Negro Suffrage 73 Constitutional Convention 75 Congressional Election 76 III ARKANSAS Indifference to Secession 77 The Fall of Sumter 78 Seizure of Little Rock 79 Military Matters 79 Threat of Seceding from Secession 82 General Phelps appointed Military Governor 82 Enthusiasm of Unionists 83 Lincoln’s Interest in Arkansas 83 Inaugurating a Loyal Government 84 The Election of 1864 90 IV VIRGINIA Secession 93 Physical Features and Early Settlements 94 Society and Its Basis 95 The Counter-Revolution 97 Convention at Wheeling 99 Organizing a Union Government 100 Legislature of Restored Virginia 103 The State of Kanawha 105 Attorney-General Bates on Dismemberment 105 Making a New State 107 Compensated Emancipation 108 Formation of New State discussed in Congress 110 Cabinet on Dismemberment 120 Lincoln on Dismemberment 124 Webster’s Prediction 126 Inauguration of New State 128 Reorganizing the Restored State 129 Right of Commonwealth to Representation in Congress 131 Rupture between Civil and Military Authorities 133 The President Interposes 135 Congress Refuses to Admit a Senator-Elect 138 V ANTI-SLAVERY LEGISLATION Compensated Emancipation in Congress 142 Contrabands 143 The Military Power and Fugitive Slaves 144 Lincoln on Military Emancipation 148 Andrew Jackson and Nullification 151