i.;
supported by Lincoln for President;
suggests division of country into four parts;
his help expected by Secessionists;
advises reinforcement of Southern garrisons;
threatens Southerners with violence;
warns Lincoln of plot to murder;
his military preparations;
thinks Sumter must be abandoned;
assembles troops at Washington;
wishes to induce Lee to command Northern army;
instructed to watch Maryland legislature;
authorized to suspend writ of habeas corpus;
has difficulties with McClellan;
retires.
Seaton, William W.,
promises to help Lincoln's emancipation bill, see vol. i.
Secession,
mention of, avoided by Douglas and Lincoln, see vol. i.;
question of its justification in 1860;
process of, in 1860-61;
discussed by Buchanan;
admitted by Northern leaders;
threatened by New York Democrats;
Lincoln's view of;
Southern theory of;
its success makes union, not slavery, the issue at stake;
renewed by Border States;
recognized as not the ultimate cause of war, see vol. ii.;
again asserted by Lincoln to be cause of war.
Sedgwick, General John,
beaten at Chancellorsville, see vol. ii.
Semmes, Captain Raphael,
his career with the Alabama, see vol. ii.
Senate of United States,
proposes "Union-saving devices", see vol. i.;
defeats Crittenden compromise;
rejects plan of Peace Congress;
leaders of, in 1861;
passes thirteenth amendment, see vol.
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