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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Conqregation&Ust*. National Council, 203 ; prominent del- 

 egates, 203; States represented, 208; address to Presi- 

 dent Johnson adopted, 203 ; reply of the President, 203 ; 

 resolutions on the state of the country reported, 203 ; 

 excursion to " Forefathers' Kock," 208 ; new declaration 

 of faith, 208; resolutions on polity, 804; report on rais- 

 ing money for evangelization, 204; Congregational house 

 In Boston, 204 ; report on " The fearful spread of Papacy," 

 804; general collection on December 17th, 204; Congre- 

 gationalism in Missouri, 204 ; in Maryland, 204 ; in Loui- 

 siana, 204 ; statistics of Congregationalism in Europe and 

 the British colonies, 204 ; churches in the London postal 

 district, 204 ; Memorial Hall fund, 204. 



Congress, Confederate See Confederate States. 



Otmgress, United States. List of members, 205 ; the sec- 

 ond session of the 88th convenes, 205 ; passage of a joint 

 resolution to notify Canada of the termination of the 

 reciprocal treaty, 205 ; resolution relative to ships .de- 

 stroyed, 206 ; do. on the right of Congress to prescribe 

 the foreign policy of the Government, 206. 



In the House, a motion to reconsider the vote on the 

 amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery, 206 ; 

 If slavery is wrong, It is our duty to abolish it, 206 ; 

 what constitutes two-thirds of both Houses ? 206 ; It has 

 been decided two-thirds of a quorum can pass this 

 amendment, 206 ; objected that if all the States save one 

 adopted it, then it would not legally become a part of 

 the Constitution, 207; the supreme power of the na- 

 tional Government is vigorously maintained throughout 

 the Constitution, 207 ; how can any man defend the State 

 sovereignty dogmas ? 207 ; amendment to be submitted, 

 207 ; we only authorize the action of the people, 208 ; 

 what would be the status of slavery if the war should 

 end now ? 208 ; the whole question would remain to be 

 disposed of, 208 ; the people have responded in favor of 

 emancipation, 208 ; arc the Southern States foreign pow- 

 ers ? 208 ; if 'they are not out of the Union, then they are 

 among the number of the three-fourths required, 209 ; it 

 makes us assume the character of aggressors, 209 ; on 

 the same grounds the other regulations of States may be 

 interfered with, 209; it is proposed by this amendment 

 that the States in which slavery exists shall have no 

 rote, 210 ; the question is simply one of power, 210; at- 

 tempt to sweep away the reserved rights of the States, 

 210 ; improper time to amend the fundamental law of 

 the country, 211 ; the right of amendment is limited by 

 the Constitution, 211 ; by its intent and spirit and its 

 foundation idea, 212; can three-fourths of the States 

 subvert the State governments of one-fourth? 212 -the 

 States do not derive power from the Federal Govern- 

 ment, 218 ; if a convention of States can take jurisdic- 

 tion to protect property, they can to destroy, 218 ; the 

 power of unlimited amendment is an element of democ- 

 racy, 213 ; danger of an amendment at this time, 214 ; 

 arguments against the amendment, 214 ; the lack of 

 power examined, 215; every power granted by the Con- 

 stitution is complete in itself, 215; the words of "Wash- 

 ington about " specious pretexts," 216 ; motion to recon- 

 sider carried, 216 \ joint resolution passed, 216; further 

 proceedings, 216, 217. 



In the Senate, a bill to abolish the disqualification of 

 persons carrying the mails by reason of color, passed, 

 217 ; yeas and -nays, 217. 



In the Senate, the bill to grant freedom to the fami- 

 lies of colored soldiers considered, 217 ; moved to refer 

 to the judiciary committee, 217; the needs of the coun- 

 try have weaponed the hands of the slave, 217 ; the na- 

 tion needs defenders, 217; how can Congress free the 

 ervant who is held in servitude by the laws of a State f 

 218 ; where is the power under the Constitution to do 



this ? 219 ; can Congress take private property without 

 making just compensation? 218; what is the object of 

 the measure? 219; this constitutional power is doubted 

 by many, 219 ; we may and probably shall have to pay 

 for them, 219; has the doctrine of military necessity 

 gone so far that when we are in a state of war, whatever 

 Congress shall decree is constitutionally decreed? 219; 

 Congress has the same power to enfranchise the families 

 that it has to enfranchise the colored soldier, 220; mo- 

 tion to refer to the judiciary committee lost, 220; narta 

 relative to the question, 220 ; the power to enfranchise a 

 colored soldier has not been shown yet, 221 ; if we free 

 the wives and children of those who are soldiers at pres- 

 ent, we leave them more free to fight, 221; we have 

 passed on our right to conscript and enlist the slave, 221 ; 

 expediency of the measure obvious, 221; we have no 

 authority to pass the resolution, 222 ; if a slave becomes 

 free under a power of the Constitution on calling him to 

 the army, his family does not, 222; resolution adopted, 

 223. In the House, the resolution considered, 223 ; these 

 measures not introduced for the purpose of supplying 

 soldiers, 228; will strengthen the arms of the colored 

 soldiers, 224 ; resolution passed, 224. 



In the House, a resolution relative to prisoners offered, 

 225 ; obstacles to an exchange demanded, 225 ; a long his- 

 tory connected with this subject, 225 ; the resolution im- 

 plies remissness on the part of the War Department, 

 225 ; the public sentiment of the country demands the 

 information, 225; resolution adopted, 225. 



In the Senate, a resolution relative to exchange of 

 prisoners, 225; condition of Union prisoners, 226; no 

 retaliation made, though promised, 226 ; referred, 227 ; a 

 resolution on retaliation considered, 227; report, 227; 

 condition of our men will not be made better at the 

 South by retaliation, 227 ; retaliation, in all ages, a means 

 of bringing savage foes to a sense of their duty, 227 ; 

 something in the way of a fair exchange, 228 ; the pres- 

 ent condition of the contest, 228 ; amendment moved, 

 228 ; we have no precedent in our own history, 229 ; re- 

 taliation is a part and parcel of the law of war, 229 ; it is 

 unnecessary to argue this question, 280 ; the barbarities 

 committed on our men at Andersonville are indescriba- 

 ble, 280 ; it is urged we can afford in a military point of 

 view to leave our soldiers, 280 ; high time Congress 

 should look into the matter, 281 ; why has not the cartel 

 been carried out? 281; efforts of the Oppos'tion to make 

 the Administration odious, 282 ; retaliation does not ap- 

 ply to a case of antecedent outrages, 283 ; is it expedient 

 even if we have the power ? 283 ; where is the struggle 

 to end ? 283 ; the law of retaliation has limits, 284 ; it is 

 said if the treatment of our colored prisoners was the 

 only obstacle, they ought to be left in prison, 234 ; a 

 monstrous proposition, 284; what is the simple proposi- 

 tion submitted ? 235 ; the refusal of this Government to 

 exchange has wrought up the soldiers of our armies and 

 the people to the prosecution of this war with an energy 

 unknown to any other people, 235 ; amendment agreed 

 to, 236; resolution adopted, 286. 



In the Senate, a resolution as to requiring the inhabit- 

 ants of the District of Columbia to take an oath of alle- 

 giance, 286 ; debate on the resolution, 237 ; adopted, 283 ; 

 a bill requiring an oath of attorneys considered, 288; 

 passed, 288. 



In the House, a resolution relative to persons arrested, 

 288; cases of persons In confinement, 288 ; one case re- 

 quires the adoption of the resolution, 239 ; other cases, 

 239; propriety of the investigation, 240; the law not 

 violated under one department of the Government more 

 than another, 240 ; other resolutions, 240. 



In the Senate, a motion to strike out the section of the 



