64; letter to General Banks, 65;
General Banks's letter to, 66;
Banks's services appreciated
by, 67; authority conferred on
General Banks by, 67; Banks
on Louisiana election, 70; let-
ter to Governor Hahn, 73; au-
thority of Mr. Hahn enlarged
by, 73; letter to General Hurl-
but, 84; letter to General Steele,
89; letter to William M. Fish-
back, 89; result of Arkansas
election gratifying to, 91; re-
quests opinion of Cabinet on
admission of West Virginia,
119, 124; approves bill for ad-
mission of West Virginia, 125;
proclamation concerning West
Virginia, 126; letter to General
Butler, 136; slavery in first in-
augural of, 143; letter to Gen-
eral Fremont, 148; General Fre-
mont instructed by, 149; Ban-
croft's letter to, 151; letter to
Mr. Bancroft, 152; emancipa-
tion and colonization suggested
by, 153; advance in position of,
154; arming of slaves opposed
by, 154, 180; bill for compen-
sated emancipation drafted by,
155; Mr. Pierce's interview
with, 160; compensated eman-
cipation proposed by, 161;
further advance in position of,
162; letter to Henry J. Ray-
mond, 163; border State Con-
gressmen interview, 163; letter
to James A. McDougall, 165;
proclamation of General Hun-
ter rescinded by, 168; Sumner's
letter concerning, 170; border
State Congressmen appealed to,
171; emancipation proposed by,
178; confiscation act approved
by, 179; draft of emancipation
proclamation read by, 181; re-
bellious citizens warned by,
183; Chicago clergymen inter-
view, 184; resolves to issue
postponed proclamation, 186;
meeting of Cabinet, 186; eman-
cipation proclamation read by,
187; first inaugural of, 190;
central idea of reconstruction
plan of, 190; confidence in ulti-

mate success, 191; Congress
substantially agrees with, 191;
change in policy of, 193; only
one plan of reconstruction pro-
posed by, 194; remarks on
Blair-Sumner controversy, 208;
reconstruction plan of, criti-
cised by Henry Winter Davis,
232; Mr. Donnelly's character
of, 245; Mr. Boutwell defends
reconstruction policy, 254;
treatment of reconstruction bill
by, 273; Sumner's opinion of,
275; proclamation on recon-
struction bill, 277; Wade-Davis
manifesto concerning action of,
279; result of contest with Con-
gress, 284; reelection of, 286;
silence as to controversy with
Congress, 286; no right over
admission of Congressmen
claimed by, 287; adoption of
more vigorous measures hinted
at, 287; resolution relative to
electoral votes approved by,
339; electoral votes received by,
339; popular approval of Thir-
teenth Amendment pleasing to,
385; Freedmen's Aid Societies
appeal to, 386; Mr. Blair's visit
to, 390; Blair's mission not
officially sanctioned by, 391;
letter to Mr. Blair, 394; letter
to Secretary Seward, 395; con-
ference opposed by, except on
basis of reunion, 397; last
speech on reconstruction, 403;
assassination of, a calamity to
the South, 407; policy would
have saved South from many
evils, 407; telegram to Gover-
nor Pierpont, 426; Pierpont's
interview with, 426; attitude
toward Confederate legislatures,
470; a loose system of recon-
struction opposed by, 487; re-
construction theory of, similar
to Johnson's, 487; President
Johnson retains Cabinet of,
488; constructive statesmanship
of, 491; a wide constituency
favored by, 493; conditions on
returning States imposed by,
494; Mr. Henderson's views on,
495

Lincoln-Douglas debates, I
Little Rock, seized by Confederate
troops, 79; threatened by Fed-
eral forces, 82; capture of, 83;
loyal newspaper published in,
83; Union convention at, 87
Liverpool, abandoned by Confed-
erate naval agent, 50
Longyear, John W., reconstruc-
tion address of, 244
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 23,
224

Louisiana, effect of Union vic-

tories in, 10; enrolling agent
sent to, 27; secession spirit in,
36; secession of, 36; prosperity
at the beginning of the war, 36;
treasury of, 37; citizens of, in
Confederate army, 37; blockade
of ports in, 37; attitude toward
Richmond government, 37;
loyalists of, 37; secessionists of,
intimidated, 38; activity of
Unionists in, 38; necessity of
courts in, 40; courts established
in, 41; court of record for, 42;
Supreme Court of, 43; Lin-
coln urges restoration of, 44;
Union associations request an
election, 45; proclamation for
an election in, 45; members of
Congress elected in, 46; vote
cast in, 46; admission of Repre-
sentatives to Congress, 46;
named as one of the rebellious
States, 47; parishes excepted
from emancipation proclama-
tion, 47; disagreement among
Unionists of, 47; enrollment of
citizens in, 48; Lincoln visited
by committee from, 48; reor-
ganization interrupted, 49; por-
tion covered by Union arms,
50; Lincoln urges reconstruc-
tion of, 52; condition of, 53;
amended constitution of 1852
destroyed by rebellion, 54; vot-
ing in, 55; franchise asked by
free negroes, 55; credentials of
Representatives from, 56; sup-
pression of election in, 56;
constitution altered by General
Shepley, 58; citizens from, in
Union army, 60; General Banks
to order an election in, 61, 64;

Banks on reconstruction in, 66;
Banks fixes date of election for,
67; constitution modified by
proclamation of General Banks,
68; provision for voting of
loyalists in, 69; election in, 70;
protest against election in, 70;
Hahn inaugurated Governor,
72; civil subordinate to military
power, 73; Free State leaders
unite with Radicals in Con-
gress, 74; election in, 74; vote
on constitution, 75; Legislature
chosen in, 76; Presidential
electors appointed for, 76, 195;
Senators elected by, 76; gov-
ernment of, not recognized by
Congress, 76; electoral vote of,
129, 314; radicals propose to
recognize government of, 290;
insurrection in, 314; amend-
ment to except from joint
resolution, 315; Ten Eyck's
speech on electoral vote of,
318; Howe's speech on electoral
vote of, 321; Trumbull's speech
on electoral vote of, 321; high-
est vote cast in, 323; remarks
of Harris on electoral vote of,
323; speech of Doolittle on
electoral vote of, 324; remarks
of Hale on electoral vote of,
325; remarks of Collamer on
electoral vote of, 328; Howard's
speech on electoral vote of,
328; Cowan's remarks on elec-
toral vote. of, 330; Powell on
electoral vote of, 331; Wade's
remarks on electoral vote of,
332; loss of Ten Eyck's amend-
ment concerning, 334; John-
son's remarks on electoral vote
of, 335; Pomeroy's amendment,
337; passage of joint resolution,
338; Cowan's inquiry, 338;
Senate debate on recognition
of, 341; Representatives-elect
from, 341; protest against ad-
mission of members from, 341;
compensation to claimants
from, 341; United States Sen-
ators chosen in, 343; Trum-
bull's resolution relative to,
343; Powell opposes recogni-
tion of, 344; Henderson favors

recognition of, 348; recognition
of, would enfeeble Union, 358;
Howard's speech on recog-
nition of, 358; governed by
bayonet, 367; Howard charac-
terizes government of, 369;
Reverdy Johnson's argument
on recognition of, 370, 377;
Sprague's remarks on election
in, 381; Grimes's remarks on
election in, 382; slavery in
parts of, not affected by eman-
cipation proclamation, 384;
draft in, 417; election in, 418;
Mr. Wells chosen Governor,
422; Warmoth elected as Ter-
ritorial Delegate, 422; United
States Senators chosen, 424;
Thirteenth Amendment ratified
by, 424; injuries which rebel-
lion inflicted on, 424
Lovejoy, Owen, resolution offered

by, 132; resolution of, relative
to emancipation, 170; doctrines
of Thaddeus Stevens repudiated
by, 217

Lundy, Benjamin, Genius of Uni-
versal Emancipation published
by, 5

Lyon, General Nathaniel, 79

M

MADISON, parish of, 75

Malhiot, E. E., 48
Mallory, Robert, yeas and nays on
Ashley's bill demanded by, 311;
bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by,
312

Manassas, battle of, 183
Mann, W. D., Representative-elect

from Louisiana, 76; seat in
Congress claimed by, 341
Manumission Intelligencer, The, 5
Marcy, William, Secretary, 12
Marvin, Governor, Seward's mes-
sage to, 488

Maryland, attitude on emancipa-
tion, 165

Mason, James M., 103
Mason, Richard B., 13, 14
Massachusetts, sentiments on slav-

cipation policy of Lincoln ap-
proved by, 177; election of, 415
Memphis, Legislature convenes in,
15
Mexico, 12, 13; French interests
in, 50; invasion of, a part of
Napoleon's policy, 391; pro-
posal for joint invasion of, 392
Mileage, allowed to Arkansas
claimants, 91

Military commissions, 12
Military Governor, office of, II,
12, 14, 193
Minority, loyal, rule by, incon-
sistent with American prin-
ciples, 205, 217; should institute
government for their own pro-
tection, 353; further examina-
tion of, 491

Mission Ridge, battle of, 23, 224
Missouri, provisional government
appointed in, 10; origin of gov-
ernment of, 350
Mississippi, State of, in Federal
control, 50; insurrection in,
314; injury sustained by, 437;
Provisional Governor for, 459;
Governor Clarke summons in-
surgent Legislature of, 459;
secession ordinance declared
null and void, 460; slavery
abolished in, 460; people ad-
vised to form a patrol, 461;
disorder in, 462; General Slo-
cum prevents organization of
militia in, 462; freedmen of,
463; election in, 464; conflict of
civil and military authorities,
464; supremacy of military in,
464; November legislation of,
475; practical revival of black
code in, 480; spirit of recon-
structed Legislature, 482; char-
acter of reorganized govern-
ment, 488

Monroe Doctrine, Northern Dem-
ocrats and Republicans adhere
to, 392; Mexico to be con-
quered under pretence of de-
fending, 393

Morrill, Justin S., President John-
son visited by, 458

Morton, Oliver P.,

Governor,
President Johnson interviewed
by, 442

McClellan, electors, protest of, 34;
ticket in Tennessee withdrawn,

35
McClellan, George B., General,

proclamation concerning slaves,
145; instructions to, 152; col-
lapse of Richmond campaign
of, 178; Union army again
commanded by, 184; Lee de-
feated by, 186; vote for Presi-
dency received by, 339
McCulloch, General, 79
McDougall, James A., on admis-
sion of Mr. Segar, 139; Lin-
coln's letter to, 165-166
McDowell, General Irwin, treat-
ment of fugitive slaves by, 144
McDowell, J. L., inquiry concern-
ing fugitive slaves, 147

N

New Mexico, 12

New Orleans, State troops from,
seize Federal property, 36; en-
thusiasm in, 37; bankruptcy
of, 37; importance to Con-
federacy, 38; capture of, 38;
results of Federal occupation
of, 39; members of court of
record arrive in, 43; excepted
from emancipation proclama-
tion, 47; menaced by Gen-
eral Taylor, 49; General Shep-
ley forbids election in, 56;
amount of taxes paid by, 58;
without civil government, 58;
extent of the State of Louisi-
ana, 75; constitutional conven-
tion in, 75; unqualified voters
enrolled in, 418; new registra-
tion in, 418; J. Madison Wells
nominated by convention held
in, 420

391
Nashville, occupation of, 10; panic
in, II; occupied by General
Nelson, 15; Governor Johnson
arrives in, 15; Governor John-
son addresses people of, 15;
mayor and council imprisoned,
17; press under restraint, 17;
treatment of clergymen in, 17;
Union convention at, 21; action
of convention, 21; public meet-
ing at, 27; convention at, 29;
convention of January, 1865,
30; Legislature meets at, 32
National Conservative Union
party, negro suffrage opposed
by, 421; reconstruction policy
of Mr. Johnson endorsed by,
421; Mr. Wells nominated for
governor by, 422

Navy, proportions of, 286
Negroes, free, elective franchise

asked by, 55; North Carolina
denies franchise to, 452; condi-
tion of, in Mississippi, 463;
testimony of, 464; numbers in
Texas, 467

Nelson, General, enters Nashville,
15

Nelson, Thomas A. R., 9

New Hampshire, President John-
son addresses citizens of, 442

rive at, 144, 386

diers vote at, 70

Perry, Nehemiah, reconstruction
address of, 250

Phelps, General John S., alleged
opposition to rule of, 38; mili-
tary governor, 82
Pierce, E. L., labor of abandoned
slaves organized by, 160, 386;
Lincoln interviewed by, 160
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, chos-

en Governor of restored Vir-
ginia, 101; inauguration of,
IOI; views of the Constitution,
102; message of, 109; address
of, 128; elected Governor, 129;
duties of, 133; protests against
military interference, 134; ap-
plication for assistance, 191;
Lincoln's telegram to, 426;

Lincoln visited by, 426; recep-
tion at Richmond, 427; the
problem confronting, 428
Plaquemines, voting in parish of,
56; vote of, 74

Poland, similarity of ideas lacking
in, 237

Polk, President James K., message
of, 13

Pollard, E. A., quotation from
"Lost Cause" of, 400
Pool, John, election of, 457
Pomeroy, Samuel C., on electoral
vote of Louisiana, 330; amend-
ment offered by, 337; remarks
on reconstruction by, 376; ex-
tent of Congressional power
over reconstruction stated by,
377

Port Hudson, General Banks at,
49; fall of, 49

Portsmouth, Va., Union vote in,
132; destitution in, 133
Powell, Lazarus W., remarks on
Louisiana, 331; recognition of
Louisiana opposed by, 344;
General Banks denounced by,
346; proclamation of Banks
quoted by, 347; remarks on
Trumbull's resolution by, 373
Property, Federal, seizure of, in
Baton Rouge, 36

R

RALEIGH, convention assem-
bles at, 453

Raymond, Lincoln's letter to, 163
Reade, Edwin G., North Carolina
convention presided over by,
453; farewell address of, 455
Reconstruction, in Tennessee, 1;
Lincoln's proclamation of, 23;
in Louisiana, 36, 44, 61; loyal
minority authorized to restore
States, 25; Lincoln's plan not
indispensable to, 26; interrupt-
ed in Louisiana, 49; Lincoln's
letter relative to, 51; President
urges in Louisiana, 52; Banks's
plan of, 66; proposed for Ar-
kansas, 85; Lincoln's letters on,
89; in Louisiana connected
with war powers of President,
36; emancipation introduced