CONFEDERATE STATES. 



85 



state of public feeling, 182 ; telegraphic dis- 

 patches to, 182. 



IT. Population and resources under the 

 census of 1860, 235 ; political proceedings from 

 February, 1861, to January, 1862, 236; the 

 Government weak and trembling for its ex- 

 istence in January, 1862, 237; influence of 

 the Union policy of the Federal Government, 

 237; necessity of war to the Confederate 

 States, 237; effects of it partially counteracted 

 by moderate policy of Federal Government, 

 238; other causes to. make the Confederate 

 States weak, 238 ; disappointments in Europe, 

 238 ; success of the blockade, 238 ; call upon 

 the people for arms, 238; attempts to rouse 

 the people, 239 ; action of the State Legisla- 

 tures, 239; of Confederate Congress, 239; 

 Union sympathy at Richmond, 239 ; do. in 

 Tennessee, 240 ; address of the Georgia mem- 

 bers of Congress, 240 ; military plans, 241 ; 

 inauguration of the permanent Government, 

 241 ; appeals to the people, 241 ; Confederate 

 army, its condition, 242 ; conscription recom- 

 mended to Congress, 242 ; furloughs revoked, 

 243 ; effect of the Federal military movements 

 upon the Government and people, 243 ; the 

 conscription act, 243 ; how executed, 243 ; its 

 constitutionality questioned, 243 ; opposition 

 at the South, 244; correspondence with the 

 Governor of Georgia, 244; opinion of the 

 Supreme Court of Georgia, 245; opposition 

 in Alabama, 245 ; manner of executing the 

 law, 245, 246 ; rewards for the apprehension 

 of deserters, 246 ; partisan rangers authorized, 

 247 ; the act, 247 ; instructions of the Secretary 

 of "War, 247; second conscription act, 247; 

 its peculiar features, 247 ; calls for shot-guns, 

 sulphur, lead, and saltpetre, 248 ; order rela- 

 tive to bells of churches, 248; contributions 

 of churches and individuals, 248 ; other sources 

 for the supply of arms and munitions of war ; 

 249 ; plans of defensive operations adopted by 

 the Government, 249; preparations of the 

 Confederate Government, 249; alarm 'at the 

 approach of McClellan's army, 249 ; contrac- 

 tion of the line of defence, 250 ; object of the 

 invasion of Maryland, 250; do. of Kentucky, 

 250; civil organization of the Confederate 

 Government, 250; its finances, 250; loans, 

 etc., 251 ; bonds and debt, 251, 252 ; taxes, 

 253 ; plans to burn cotton, 253 ; manufactures, 

 254; postage system, 254; martial law, 254; 

 foreign relations, 254 ; position at the close of 



1862, 255 ; gradual exhaustion, 255 ; speech of 

 Vice-President Stephens, 255. 



III. Officers of the Government, 203 ; bad 

 effects of the currency, 203 ; impressions when 

 the war commenced, 203 ; finances of the Gov- 

 ernment, 204 ; depreciation of the currency, 

 204; letter of Mr. Toombs, 205; measures 

 suggested by him relative to the currency, 

 205 ; plan of Mr. Oldham, 205 ; schemes for 

 improvement proposed, 205 ; letters from the 

 people, 205 ; consequences of the depreciation, 

 206. 



Order relative to the impressment of pro- 

 visions, 206 ; commissioners of impressment, 

 206 ; resolutions, 206 ; effect of these meas- 

 ures, 207^ remarks of Senator Toombs in the 

 hall of the Assembly of Georgia, 207, 208 ; 

 decay of the railroads, 208; extent of their 

 failure, 208 ; roads made by the Government, 

 209 ; consequences of deficient transportation, 

 209. 



Appeals to the people to raise grain, 209 ; 

 address of Mr. Davis to the people, 209 ; ap- 

 peals of the Governors of States, 210 ; do. of 

 the Governor of Georgia, 210 ; do. of the 

 Governor of Alabama, 210 ; letter from the 

 Commissary-General, 210; causes of the dis- 

 tress for provisions, 211 ; public disturbances, 

 211 ; contributions of the people, 211; reports 

 from different parts of the country, 211 ; prices 

 in Richmond market, 212. 



Cotton accumulated by the Government, 

 212 ; circular of the purchasing agent, 212 ; 

 foreign relations, 212 ; difficulty with the con- 

 suls, 213 ; letter of Mr. Benjamin explaining 

 the action of the Government, 213 ; instruc- 

 tions to Mr. Mason, 213; proclamation of 

 emancipation, how received, 213 ; address to 

 Christians throughout the world, 214; ex- 

 change of prisoners, 214; mission of A. H. 

 Stephens, 214. 



Military strength of the Confederacy, 215 ; 

 effect of the surrender of Vicksburg, 216 ; 

 division of the Confederacy, 216; a levy en 

 masse ordered, 216 ; loss of East Tennessee, 

 216 ; lack of military supplies, 216 ; prospect 

 for subsistence of the army, 216 ; deficiency of 

 labor, 217 ; losses, 217 ; supposed letter of T. 

 Butler King, 217; speech of Mr. Stephens, 

 218 ; do. of Senator Johnson, 218 ; apprehen- 

 sions, 218; gleam of light, 219. 



IV. Discouragement of the people, 193; 

 agriculture prosperous apart from the inva- 



