ii.;
sells bonds in England;
dealings of supposed emissaries from, with Greeley;
refusal of Lincoln to negotiate with;
dealings of Blair with;
sends commissioners;
conference of Lincoln and Seward with commissioners of;
government of, collapses.
Congress,
proposes amendment to Constitution to protect slavery, see vol. i.;
counts electoral votes;
extra session called;
votes to support Lincoln;
creates Committee on Conduct of War;
discusses battle of Shiloh;
passes Crittenden resolution disavowing slavery as cause of war,
see vol. ii.;
passes bill freeing slaves used in war;
refuses to reaffirm Crittenden resolution;
passes bill for emancipation in District;
prohibits officers to return fugitive slaves;
abolishes slavery in Territories, etc.;
passes act freeing slaves of rebels;
passes act to arm negroes;
fails to provide equal pay;
ignores Lincoln's wishes to conciliate Border States;
passes resolution to cooperate with States adopting emancipation;
unpopularity of Lincoln with;
continues in 1862 to oppose Lincoln;
fails to pass bill offering compensated emancipation to Missouri;
character of, in 1863;
accepts Representatives from reconstructed Louisiana;
jealous of Lincoln's plan of reconstruction;
desires to control matter itself;
passes reconstruction bill;
wishes to supplant Lincoln by Chase;
creates lieutenant-general;
refuses to recognize electors from Southern reconstructed States;
fails to adopt thirteenth amendment;
after election of 1864, passes amendment.
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