Conkling, James C.,
letter of Lincoln to, see vol. ii.
Conkling, Roscoe,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.
Constitution,
slavery compromises in, see vol. i.;
in relation to doctrine of non-intervention;
in relation to slavery in States;
in relation to emancipation;
in relation to popular sovereignty and Dred Scott decision;
attitude of Abolitionists and Republicans toward;
its relation to secession, Buchanan's view;
proposal to amend, in 1861;
its relation to secession, Lincoln's view;
in relation to blockade;
strained by civil war;
war powers of, used by Lincoln;
in connection with suspension of habeas corpus;
makes President commander-in-chief;
in relation to act abolishing slavery in Territories, see vol. ii.;
desire of Abolitionists to ignore;
Lincoln's view of, as forcing issue of war to be the Union;
in relation to emancipation proclamation;
strained by admission of West Virginia;
really in abeyance;
in relation to reconstruction;
justifies "military governors";
in regard to relative powers of executive and Congress in reconstruction;
as to power of Congress over electoral count;
proposal to amend so as to abolish slavery;
passage of thirteenth amendment by Congress.
Constitutional Union party,
its origin and aims, see vol. i.;
its subsequent fate;
its vote in 1860.
"Copperheads,"
developed in second year of war, see vol.
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