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OF THE GOLDEN
CIRCLE, ETC.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE ARMED--NEGRO.
"WHO WOULD BE FREE, HIMSELF MUST STRIKE THE
BLOW!"--THE COLORED TROOPS AT PORT HUDSON--THEIR
HEROISM--STIRRING INCIDENTS--AT MILLIKEN'S BEND-- AT
FORT WAGNER--AT PETERSBURG AND ABOUT
RICHMOND--THE REBEL CONSPIRATORS
FURIOUS--OUTLAWRY OF GENERAL BUTLER,
ETC.--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S MESSAGE TO THE REBEL
CONGRESS--ATROCIOUS, COLD-BLOODED RESOLUTIONS OF
THAT BODY-- DEATH OR SLAVERY TO THE ARMED
FREEMAN--PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S RETALIATORY
ORDER--THE BLOODY BUTCHERY AT FORT
PILLOW--SAVAGE MALIGNITY OF THE REBELS-- A COMMON
ERROR, CORRECTED--ARMING OF NEGROES COMMENCED
BY THE REBELS-- SIMILAR SCHEME OF A REVOLUTIONARY
HERO, IN 1778--REBEL CONGRESSIONAL ACT,
CONSCRIPTING NEGROES--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S

POSITION--GENERAL LEE'S LETTER TO BARKSDALE ON THE
SUBJECT
CHAPTER XXII.
FREEDOM'S SUN STILL RISING.
DEFINITE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, ON EMANCIPATION,
GERMINATING--GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE WEST AND
EAST--FALL OF VICKSBURG--GETTYSBURG--LINCOLN'S
GETTYSBURG ORATION--THE DRAFT--THE REBEL "FIRE IN
THE REAR"--DRAFT RIOTS IN NEW YORK--LINCOLN'S
LETTER, AUGUST, 1863, ON THE SITUATION--
CHATTANOOGA--THE CHEERING
FALL-ELECTIONS--VALLANDIGHAM'S DEFEAT--
EMANCIPATION AS A "POLITICAL" MEASURE--"THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT" REPORTED IN THE SENATE--THADDEUS
STEVENS'S RESOLUTIONS, AND TEST VOTE IN THE
HOUSE--LOVEJOY'S DEATH--ELOQUENT TRIBUTES OF
ARNOLD, WASHBURNE, GRINNELL, THADDEUS STEVENS,
AND SUMNER
CHAPTER XXIII.
"THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" IN THE SENATE.
GREAT DEBATE IN THE U. S. SENATE, ON
EMANCIPATION--THE WHOLE VILLANOUS HISTORY OF
SLAVERY, LAID BARE--SPEECHES OF TRUMBULL, HENRY
WILSON, HARLAN, SHERMAN, CLARK, HALL, HENDERSON,
SUMNER, REVERDY JOHNSON, MCDOUGALL, SAULSBURY,
GARRETT DAVIS, POWELL, AND HENDRICKS--BRILLIANT
ARRAIGNMENT AND DEFENSE OF "THE INSTITUTION"--U. S.
GRANT, NOW "GENERAL IN CHIEF"--HIS PLANS PERFECTED,
HE GOES TO THE VIRGINIA FRONT--MR. LINCOLN'S
SOLICITUDE FOR THE THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT--BORDER--STATE OBSTRUCTIVE MOTIONS,

AMENDMENTS, AND SUBSTITUTES, ALL VOTED DOWN--MR.
LINCOLN'S LETTER TO HODGES, OF KENTUCKY, REVIEWING
EMANCIPATION AS A WAR MEASURE--THE DECISIVE
FIELD-DAY (APRIL 8, 1864)--THE DEBATE ABLY CLOSED
--THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED BY THE
SENATE
CHAPTER XXIV.
TREASON IN THE NORTHERN CAMPS.
EMANCIPATION TEST--VOTES IN THE HOUSE--ARNOLD'S
RESOLUTION--BLUE PROSPECTS FOR THE THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT--LINCOLN'S ANXIETY--CONGRESSIONAL
COPPERHEADS--THINLY-DISGUISED TREASON--SPEECHES
OF VOORHEES, WASHBURNE, AND KELLEY--SPRINGFIELD
COPPERHEAD PEACE-CONVENTION--"THE UNION AS IT
WAS"--PEACE ON ANY TERMS--VALLANDIGHAM'S
LIEUTENANTS--ATTITUDE OF COX, DAVIS, SAULSBURY,
WOOD, LONG, ALLEN, HOLMAN, AND OTHERS--NORTHERN
ENCOURAGEMENT TO REBELS--CONSEQUENT SECOND
INVASION, OF THE NORTH, BY LEE--500,000 TREASONABLE
NORTHERN "SONS OF LIBERTY"--RITUAL AND OATHS OF
THE "K. G. C." AND "O. A. K."--COPPERHEAD EFFORTS TO
SPLIT THE NORTH AND WEST, ON
TARIFF-ISSUES--SPALDING AND THAD. STEVENS
DENOUNCE TREASON-BREEDING COPPERHEADS
CHAPTER XXV.
THE "FIRE IN THE REAR."
THE REBEL MANDATE--"AGITATE THE NORTH!"--OBEDIENT
COPPERHEADS--THEIR DENUNCIATIONS OF THE
GOVERNMENT--BROOKS, FERNANDO WOOD, AND WHITE,
ON THE "FOLLY" OF THE WAR FOR THE
UNION--EDGERTON'S PEACE RESOLUTIONS-- ECKLEY, ON

COPPERHEAD MALIGNITY--ALEXANDER LONG GOES "A
BOW-SHOT BEYOND THEM ALL"--HE PROPOSES THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE--
GARFIELD ELOQUENTLY DENOUNCES LONG'S
TREASON--LONG DEFIANTLY REITERATES IT--SPEAKER
COLFAX OFFERS A RESOLUTION TO EXPEL LONG--COX AND
JULIAN'S VERBAL DUEL--HARRIS'S TREASONABLE BID FOR
EXPULSION--EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE
HOUSE--FERNANDO WOOD'S BID--HE SUBSEQUENTLY
"WEAKENS"--EXCITING DEBATE--LONG AND HARRIS VOTED
"UNWORTHY MEMBERS" OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVI.
"THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE.
GLANCE AT THE MILITARY SITUATION--"BEGINNING OF
THE END"--THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT--HOLMAN
"OBJECTS" TO "SECOND READING"--KELLOGG SCORES THE
COPPERHEAD-DEMOCRACY--CONTINUOUS "FIRE IN THE
REAR" IN BOTH HOUSES--THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
ATTACKED--THE ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED-- THE
TARIFF ATTACKED--SPEECHES OF GARRETT DAVIS, AND
COX--PEACE- RESOLUTIONS OF LAZEAR AND
DAVIS--GRINNELL AND STEVENS, SCORE COX AND
WOOD--HENDRICKS ON THE DRAFT--"ON" TO RICHMOND
AND ATLANTA--VIOLENT DIATRIBES OF WOOD, AND
HOLMAN--FARNSWORTH'S REPLY TO ROSS, PRUYN, AND
OTHERS--ARNOLD, ON THE ETHICS OF
SLAVERY--INGERSOLL'S ELOQUENT BURST-- RANDALL,
ROLLINS, AND PENDLETON, CLOSING THE DEBATE--THE
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT DEFEATED--ASHLEY'S MOTION
TO RECONSIDER--CONGRESS ADJOURNS
CHAPTER XXVII.
SLAVERY DOOMED AT THE POLLS.

THE ISSUE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SLAVERY--MR.
LINCOLN'S RENOMINATION-- ENDORSED, AT ALL POINTS,
BY HIS PARTY--HIS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE--HORATIO
SEYMOUR'S COPPERHEAD DECLARATIONS--THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRACY DECLARE THE WAR "A FAILURE"--THEIR
COPPERHEAD PLATFORM, AND UNION CANDIDATE--
MCCLELLAN THEIR NOMINEE--VICTORIES AT ATLANTA
AND MOBILE--FREMONT'S THIRD PARTY--SUCCESSES OF
GRANT AND SHERIDAN--DEATH OF CHIEF-JUSTICE
TANEY--MARYLAND BECOMES "FREE"--MORE UNION
VICTORIES--REPUBLICAN "TIDAL- WAVE"
SUCCESS--LINCOLN RE-ELECTED--HIS
SERENADE-SPEECHES--AMAZING
CONGRESSIONAL-RETURNS--THE DEATH OF SLAVERY
INSURED--IT BECOMES SIMPLY A
MATTER OF TIME
CHAPTER XXVIII.
FREEDOM AT LAST ASSURED.
THE WINTER OF 1864--THE MILITARY SITUATION--THE
"MARCH TO THE SEA"-- THOMAS AND HOOD--LOGAN'S
INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT--VICTORIES OF
NASHVILLE AND SAVANNAH--MR. LINCOLN'S MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS, ON THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT--CONGRESSIONAL RECESS--PRESIDENT
LINCOLN STILL WORKING WITH, THE BORDER-STATE
REPRESENTATIVES--ROLLINS'S INTERVIEW WITH HIM--THE
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT UP, IN THE HOUSE,
AGAIN--VIGOROUS AND ELOQUENT DEBATE--SPEECHES OF
COX, BROOKS, VOORHEES, MALLORY, HOLMAN, WOOD,
AND PENDLETON, AGAINST THE AMENDMENT--SPEECHES
OF CRESWELL, SCOFIELD, ROLLINS, GARFIELD, AND
STEVENS, FOR IT--RECONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE VOTE
--THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED--EXCITING SCENE IN THE

HOUSE--THE GRAND SALUTE TO LIBERTY--SERENADE TO
MR. LINCOLN--"THIS ENDS THE JOB"
CHAPTER XXIX.
LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION.
REBELLION ON ITS "LAST LEGS"--PEACE COMMISSIONS AND
PROPOSITIONS-- EFFORTS OF GREELEY, JACQUES, GILMORE,
AND BLAIR--LINCOLN'S ADVANCES-- JEFFERSON DAVIS'S
DEFIANT MESSAGE TO HIM--THE PRESIDENT AND THE
REBEL COMMISSIONERS AT HAMPTON ROADS--VARIOUS
ACCOUNTS, OF THE SECRET CONFERENCE, BY
PARTICIPANTS THE PROPOSITIONS ON BOTH
SIDES--FAILURE--THE MILITARY OUTLOOK--THE REBEL
CAUSE DESPERATE--REBEL DESERTIONS-- "MILITARY"
PEACE-CONVENTION PROPOSED BY
REBELS--DECLINED--CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GRANT
AND LEE, ETC.--THE SECOND INAUGURATION OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLN--A STRANGE OMEN--HIS IMMORTAL
SECOND-INAUGURAL
CHAPTER XXX.
COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED CONSPIRACY.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR--CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS,