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III. Emancipation proclamation issued, 831 ; 

 views of the Government, 832 ; letter from 

 Secretary Seward to Mr. Dayton, 832 ; letter 

 from Secretary Chase to the Loyal League in 

 New York, 832; speech of Postmaster Blair at 

 Cleveland, 832 ; speech of Secretary Chase at 

 Cincinnati on emancipation proclamation, 832 ; 

 do. at Baltimore, 833 ; remarks of the Presi- 

 dent in his letter to Springfield, 833 ; his am- 

 nesty proclamation, 833 ; arguments of those 

 who sustained the proclamation, 834; do. of 

 those who opposed the proclamation, 834 ,' let- 

 ter from Earl Russell on the proclamation, 834 ; 

 extent of the operation of the proclamation, 

 835 ; slaves liberated, 835 ; its efficiency and 

 influence on the colored race, 835 ; efforts to 

 secure the advantages of it, 835 ; enlistment of 

 colored troops, 835 ; question of the relation 

 of the insurrectionary States to the Union 

 raised, 835 ; extent of this question, 836 ; con- 

 sequences awaiting its decision, 836 ; letter of 

 the Solicitor of the Treasury, Mr. Whiting, 

 836; letter of Robert Dale Owen, 838; J. J. 

 Combe's review of Mr. "Whiting's letter, 839 ; 

 remarks of the press, 840 ; remarks of Judge 

 Sprague, 840 ; members of the cabinet, 841 ; 

 intercourse between citizens North and South, 

 841 ; letter of Fernando "Wood on peace propo- 

 sitions, 841 ; reply of the President, 841 ; Col- 

 ored People's Convention, 842; resolutions, 

 842 ; Convention of War Democrats, 842 ; reso- 

 lutions, 842 ; various meetings of Conservative 

 Union msn, 842, 843 ; Convention of Germans, 

 843. 



IV. Modification of the amnesty proclama- 

 tion, 778 ; proclamation of the President, 778 ; 

 efforts to circulate the proclamation, 778 ; let- 

 ter of General Longstreet to General Foster, 

 778 ; number of persons required to inaugurate 

 a new State, 778 ; letter of the President to 

 General Grant, 779; reply, 779; President's 

 letter to a public meeting in New York, 779 ; 

 attempts to negotiate peace, 779 ; visit of 

 Messrs. Jaques and Gilmore to Richmond, 779 ; 

 proceedings, 780 ; attempts to arrange prelimi- 

 naries with Confederates in Canada, 780 ; cor- 

 respondence, 780-782; proposition of Mr. 

 Lincoln, 782; failure, 782; movements rela- 

 tive to the presidency, 783 ; declination of Mr. 

 Chase, 783; nomination of Mr. Lincoln by 

 legislative and other bodies, 783; movements 

 in opposition, 783 ; letter of Senator Pomeroy, 

 783, 784 ; his explanation of the letter in the 



Senate, 784 ; movement to postpone the meet- 

 ing of the Baltimore Convention, 785 ; address 

 to the National Committee, 785 ; views of the 

 abolitionists, 785 ; call for a convention at 

 Cleveland, 785 ; other calls, 786 ; it assembles, 

 786 ; resolutions and nominations, 786 ; letter 

 of General Fremont accepting, 787; call for 

 the Baltimore Convention, 787 ; it assembles, 

 787; resolutions and nominations, 788; ad- 

 dress of ex- Governor Dennison to Mr. Lincoln, 

 789; reply, 789; address of National League 

 Committee, 789 ; reply of Mr. Lincoln, 789 ; 

 letter of acceptance of the presidential nomi- 

 nation, 789 ; call for the Chicago Convention, 

 789 ; postponed, 789 ; letter of F. P. Blair de- 

 scribing a visit to New York, and its objects, 

 790 ; address of the President to Ohio soldiers, 

 791 ; movement for a new nomination, 791 ; 

 letter to General Fremont, 791 ; his reply rela- 

 tive to withdrawing, 791; circular issued in 

 Butler County, Ohio, 792 ; address of Demo- 

 cratic members of Congress, 792; Chicago 

 Convention assembles, 793 ; resolutions and 

 nominations, 793; letter of General McClel- 

 lan accepting, 794; political discussion, 794; 

 speeches of Secretary Seward, 794 ; letters of 

 the President announcing the successes of Gen- 

 eral Sherman and Admiral Farragut, 795; 

 withdrawal of General Fremont, 795; Peace 

 Democrats, 795 ; letter of A. Long, 795 ; ex- 

 planation of Mr. Pendleton, 796; address of 

 the President to citizens of Maryland, 796; 

 regulations relative to army votes by the Ad- 

 jutant-General, 796; apprehension of raids 

 from Canada on election-day, 796 ; orders of 

 military commanders, 797 ; arrival of General 

 Butler in New York, 797; his order, 797; 

 meeting of War Democrats, 797 ; interest taken 

 by the clergy, 798 ; votes caft at the election, 

 798 ; votes given at nine previous presidential 

 elections, 798; list of presidential electors, 



799 ; speech of Mr. Lincoln on the evening of 

 election-day, 799; resolutions of a National 

 Colored Convention in Syracuse, 800 ; move- 

 ments relative to the political and social con- 

 dition of the African race, 800 ; letter of Fred- 

 erick Douglass, 800 ; letter of Secretary Chase, 



800 ; speech of do., 800 ; discussion in Missou- 

 ri, 801 ; admission of a colored lawyer to prac- 

 tise in the Supreme Court, 801 ; colored preach- 

 er in the House of Representatives, 801 ; col- 

 ored people call on President Lincoln on New- 

 Year's - day, 801 ; resignation of Secretary 



