King, Rufus, on the danger to the Union, 186.
Lamon, Colonel, application to visit Fort Sumter, 272.
Lane, Joseph, nominated for the Vice-Presidency in 1860, 50;
Senator from Oregon, some remarks relative to affairs, 250.
Language of the Northern press, on the right to coerce a State, 253-256;
language of Northern speeches, on resistance to an attempt to coerce a State, 254.
Laurel Hill, West Virginia, the conflict at, 338.
Lay, Colonel, reminiscences of the battle of Manassas, 381, 382.
Lee, Robert E., resigns in the United States Army, 308;
rank, 308;
appointment in the Confederate Army, 309;
appointed commander-in-chief of the military forces of Virginia, 328;
commands the Army of Virginia, 340;
remarks, 340;
goes to western Virginia, 434;
his movements, 434;
the bad season, 434;
decides to attack the encampment of the enemy, 434;
the instructions, 435;
refrains from the attack, 435;
cause, 435;
moves to the support of Wise and Floyd, 436;
the enemy withdraws, 436;
Lee returns to Richmond, 436;
sent to South Carolina, 437.
Leesburg, movement of the enemy to cross the Potomac near, 437.
Letcher, Governor, reply to Mr. Lincoln's call for troops, 412.
"Let the Union slide," origin of the expression, 56.
Lexington, Missouri, the battle at, 430;
surrender of the enemy, 431.
Liberty, misuse of the word by abolitionists, 34.
Lincoln, President, his language relative to coercion, 256;
approves the plan of Fox to reënforce Sumter, 272;
issues his proclamation introducing the farce of combinations, 297;
no power to declare war, 298;
section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution, 298;
no justification for the invasion of a State, 298;
a palpable violation of the Constitution, 298;
his effort to justify himself before the world for attacking us, 322;
expresses his approbation at the burning of Harper's Ferry, 329;
his explanation of his policy, 329;
letter relative to the passage of troops through Baltimore, 332;
reply to the letter of the Governor of Kentucky, 388;
calls on the Governors of States for troops, 412;
their answers, 412.
Louisiana Territory, its purchase one of the earliest occasions for the manifestation of sectional jealousy, 12; withdraws from the Union, 220.
Loring, General, commands at Valley Mountain, Virginia, 434.
Lyons, General, begins hostilities in Missouri, 415;
announces the intention of the Administration to reduce Missouri to the exact condition of Maryland, 423;
killed at Springfield, 429;
disposal of his body, 430.
Madison, James, asks on what principle the old Confederation can be superseded, 100;
his answer, 100;
says the parties to the Constitution are the people as composing thirteen sovereignties, 122;
views on the nature of the ratification of the Constitution, 133;
his use of the word "compact" as applied to the Constitution, 138;
his use of the word "sovereignties" as applied to the States, 144;
on the supremacy of the Constitution, 150;
his interpretation of the fundamental principles of the Constitution, 164;
his argument to show that the great principles of the Constitution are an expansion of the principles in the Articles of Confederation, 171;
his view of "one people," 174;
on the coercion of a State, 177;
on the danger to the perpetuity of the Union, 185.
Magoffin, B., Governor of Kentucky, 287;
letter to President Lincoln, 287;
letter to President Davis, 389;
reply to Mr. Lincoln's call for troops, 412.
Magruder, General, commands the force on the Peninsula, 340.
Mallory, S. B., Secretary of State under Provisional Constitution, 242;
Secretary of Confederate Navy, 314;
his experience, 314.
Manassas, first battle at, 348;
appearance of the field, 348;
condition of our forces afterward, 356;
evidences of the rout of the enemy, 356;
cost of the victory, 356;
dispersion of our troops after the battle, 357;
reasons why it was an extraordinary victory, 358;
nature of the field, 358;
the line of the retreating foe followed, 359;
articles abandoned, 359;
the spoils gathered, 360;
strength of the two armies, 371;
amount of field transportation, 383;
dissatisfaction that followed the victory, 442;
unjust criticisms, 442;
their effect on the Government, 442.
Manufacturing industry, more extensive than ever, 505.
Marshall, John, on the powers of the States, 165;
on the power of the Federal judiciary, 166.
Martin, Luther, his use of the word "compact" as applied to the Constitution, 138.
Maryland, instructions to her delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 92;
her ratification of the Federal Constitution, 108;
refused to be bound by the Articles of Confederation, 126;
first to be invaded, 330;
warning to all the slaveholding States, 330;
views of Governor Hicks, 330;
a commissioner from Mississippi, 330;
declarations of Governor Hicks, 331;
Baltimore resists the passage of troops, 332;
efforts of the police and Governor, 332;
letter of President Lincoln, 332;
visit of the Mayor of Baltimore, 332;
his report, 332;
Legislature appoints commissioners to the Confederate Government, 333;
also to Washington, 333;
reply of President Davis, 333;
Baltimore occupied by United States troops, 333;
the city disarmed, 334;
authorities arrested and imprisoned, 334;
arrest of members of the Legislature, 336;
imprisonment, 336;
Governor Hicks's final message, 336;
her story sad to the last degree, 337;
how relieved, 337;
the Maryland line of the Revolution, 337;
tender ministrations of her daughters to the wounded, 337.
Mason, George, views on the coercion of a State, 177.
Mason and Slidell, Messrs., sent as Commissioners to Europe, 469;
seized on their passage by Captain Wilkes, United States Navy, 469;
their treatment and restoration, 470.
Massachusetts, threats of a dissolution of the Union in 1844-'45, 76;
instructions to her delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 92;
tenacious of her State independence, 107;
action on the ratification of the Federal Constitution, 107;
her terms of ratification, 139;
her use of the word "compact," as applied to the Constitution, 139;
use of the word "sovereign," as applied to the State, 143;
on the reserved powers of the States, 146;
resolutions of her Legislature express perhaps too decided a doctrine of nullification, 190;
terms of cession of land for forts and navy-yard to the United States, 209.
McClellan, Major-General George B., commands force in Western Virginia, 338;
commands enemy's forces at Rich Mountain and Laurel Hill, 338.
McDowell, General, moves to attack General Beauregard, 344.
Medicines, declared by the enemy contraband of war, 310;
substitutes sought from the forest, 310.
Memminger, C. G., Secretary of the Treasury under the Provisional Constitution, 242.
Michigan, action of her Senators relative to the Peace Congress, 248, 249;
the "bloodletting" letter, 249.
Miles, W. Porcher, letter on the election of Provisional President, 240.
Military organizations, quasi, in the North in 1860, 55.
Military service, laws relating to, 506;
a constitutional question raised, 506;
its discussion at length, 506.
Mississippi, agitated by compromise measures of 1850, 18;
diversity of views, 18;
Governor calls special session of the Legislature after the Presidential election in 1860, 57;
its Senators and Representatives in Congress convened for consultation, 57;
views of the author, 57, 58;
letter of O. R. Singleton on the consultation, 58;
withdraws from the Union, 220;
State Convention makes provision for a State army, 228;
appoints the author major-general, and other officers, 228;
State divided into districts, and troops apportioned, 228;
destitution of arms showed the absence of expectation of war, 228.
Mississippi River, misrepresentations relative to the free navigation of, 244;
act of Congress relative to, 245.
Mississippi Union Bank bonds, the facts in relation to them, 497.
Missouri Compromise, without Constitutional authority, 11.
Missouri, controversy relative to the admission of, to the Union, 12;
its origin, 12;
history of the excitement occasioned, 12;
its result, 12;
true issue stated by Samuel A. Foote, 12;
the compromise, how constituted, 13;
votes on, 13;
line obliterated in 1850, 14;
its effect, 14, 15;
resistance to its admission as a State, owing merely to political motives, 33;
the issue of subjugation presented to her, 403;
her condition similar to that of Kentucky, 414;
hostilities instituted by Captain Lyon, 414;
Camp Jackson surrounded, 414;
its surrender, 415;
imprisonment of General Frost, 415;
efforts to restore order, 416;
agreement between Generals Price and Harney, 416;
signification of the agreement between Generals Harney and Price, 417;
favorable prospect of peace in the State, 418;
misrepresentations by a cabal, 418;
an incident, 418;
General Harney removed, 419;
arms removed from the United States Arsenal to St. Louis, 419;
houses of citizens searched for arms, 419;
the excitement in the State, 420;
General Jackson an object of special persecution, 420;
activity of Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds, 420;
position of the State in 1860, 420;
interference of unauthorized parties, 420;
the volunteers attacked at Booneville by General Lyon and United States troops, 424;
a party of the enemy routed, 424;
General Price moves to southwestern part of the State, 424;
the patriot army of Missouri, 425;
rout of the enemy at Carthage, 425;
anxiety about affairs in Missouri, 426;
General Price's efforts, 427, 428;
complaints and embarrassments in, 427;
correspondence with John B. Clark, 427;
destitution of arms, 428;
Missourians at Vicksburg, 428;
aid from Confederate States, 429;
battle at Springfield, 429;
action of General Fremont, 430;
conflict at Lexington, 430;
asserts her right to exercise supreme control over her domestic affairs, 421;
proceedings in, 421;
attack of Kansas troops, 431;
put to flight, 431;
increase of the force of the enemy, 432;
General Price retires, 432;
evidence that the ordinance of secession was the expression of the
popular will of Missouri, 432.
Misrepresentations, inspired by a cabal in St. Louis, 418.
Monroe, Judge, citizen of Kentucky, his treatment by the Government of the United States, 398.
Moore, Surgeon L. P., appointed Surgeon-general, 310.
Morris, Gouverneur, his use of the word "compact," 137;
his remarkable propositions in the Convention, and their fate, 159, 160.
Motley, John L., his assertions relative to the Constitution, 129;
his declaration relative to the words "sovereign" and "sovereignty," 143;
views on the second clause of the sixth article, 150.
Munitions of war, preparations to provide them, 316;
prompt measures to supply niter, saltpeter, charcoal, 316.
Myers, Lieutenant-Colonel A. C., appointed quartermaster-general, 310.
"National," how the word was treated in the Convention that framed the Constitution, 97.
Nationalism, its fate in the Constitutional Convention, 161.
Naval officers, Southern, view of their position, 313;
returned all vessels to the North, 314.
Naval vessels, instructions to Captain Semmes to seek for, 313;
views relative to Southern naval officers, 313;
officer sent to England, 314.
Nelson, Judge, coöperates between the Commissioners and the Federal authorities, 267;
his own views, 267.
Neutrality, the position assumed by Kentucky, 386.
Neutrality of Kentucky not respected by United States Government, 397;
historical statement, 398.
New Hampshire, instructions to her deputies to the Constitutional Convention, 92;
her ratification of the Federal Constitution, 108;
use of the word "compact" as applied to the Constitution, 134;
use of the word "sovereign" as applied to the State, 143;
on the reserved powers of the States, 147.
New Jersey, instructions to her delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 90;
her ratification of the Federal Constitution, 106.
New States, practice of the Government relative to the admission of, 38;
the usual process of transition, 39;
question of sovereignty, 39;
Territorial Legislatures the agents of Congress, 40.
New York, instructions to her delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 92;
how the ratification was secured, 109;
a declaration of principles, 110;
her declaration on the reserved powers of the States, 147;
conditions upon which the land for Brooklyn Navy Yard was ceded to the United States, 209;
nine States to ratify, reason for the adoption of this number, 98;
why referred to State Conventions, 99;
a dissolution of the Union, 100;
the right of, to form a government for themselves under the seventh article of the Constitution, 101;
a refutation of the assertion that the Constitution was formed by the people in the aggregate, 101.
Niter and Mining Bureau, organized, 477;
its operation, 477.
North, The, the cause of undue caution, 314.
North Carolina, instructions to her commissioners to the Constitutional Convention, 90;
her declaration on the reserved powers of the States, 147.
Northern States, at the last moment, refuse to make any concessions, or to offer any guarantees to check the current toward secession of the complaining States, 438;
responsible for whatever of bloodshed, of devastation, or shock to republican government has resulted from the war, 439.
Northrop, Colonel L. B., placed at the head of the subsistence department, 303;
his experience and capacity, 303;
rank, 310;
his efforts to provide for present and future supplies, 315;
lack of transportation, 315.
Nullification and secession, distinction between, 184.
Oath required by the Constitution, some took it and made use of the powers and opportunities of the offices held under its sanctions to nullify its obligations, 81.
Object of the war, our subjugation by the North, 321.
Obstacles to the formation of a more perfect Union, 31.
"On to Richmond," changed at Manassas to "off to Washington," 351.
Order of pursuit, after the victory at Manassas, details of, 353, 354;
not sent, 355;
another order sent, 355.
Ordinance of Virginia in 1787, its articles, 7, 355.
Ordinance of Virginia in 1787, its articles, 7;
urged as a precedent in support of the claim of a power in Congress to determine the question of the admission of slaves into the Territories, 10;
its validity examined, 10, 11.
Orr, James L., Commissioner from South Carolina to Washington, 213.
Pandora's box, the opening of, 15.
Paradoxical theories, relative to sovereignty in the United States, 142;
no government is sovereign, 142.
Patriot army of Missouri, description of, 425.
Patterson, William, arguments for the Jersey plan in the Constitutional Convention, 206.
Patterson, Major-General, commands force at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 337;
its object, 338.
Pause, A, to consider the attitude of the parties to the contest, and the grounds on which they stand, 289.
Peace Congress, it assembles, 248;
States represented, 248;
its officers and proceedings, 249;
the plan proposed, 250;
how treated by the majority, 250;
the failure of, 296.
Pegram, Colonel, second in command at Rich Mountain, 338.
Pendleton, Captain W. N., commands an effective battery at Manassas, 358.
Peninsula of Virginia, features for defense, 300.
Pennsylvania, instructions to her deputies to the Constitutional Convention, 90;
words with which she ratified the Federal Constitution, 105.
People in the aggregate, The, no instance of the action of the people as one body, 119;
use of the word by Virginia, 125;
its early use, 125;
do. in the Declaration of Independence, 126;
views of Story, 126;
speak as the people of the States, 152.