executive orders of, reorganizing governments of all seceding states, [237], [238];
issues amnesty proclamation, [239];
Phillips makes first attack on, [239], [240];
defended by N. Y. Tribune and Times, [240], [241];
his first message to Congress, written by Bancroft, [244];
the message praised by N. Y. Times and Nation, [244], [245];
his early history, [245] and n.;
in Senate of U.S., [246];
as public speaker and debater, [246];
his speech against secession, [246];