Commissioners to the United States appointed, [246];
nature of, [246];
how treated, [247];
negotiations of Judges Nelson and Campbell, [267];
statement of Judge Campbell, [268];
his views, [268];
declarations of Mr. Seward, [268];
his assurances, [269];
expectations of the commissioners and of the Confederate Government, [269];
pledge given by Federal authorities, [270];
telegram to General Beauregard, [270];
his reply, [270];
explanations of Mr. Seward, [270];
plan to reënforce and supply Sumter, [271];
proceedings for its execution by Secretary Fox, [271];
facts presented to Mr. Seward, [273];
the point of honor, [273];
further declarations of Mr. Seward, [273];
official notification from Washington to Governor Pickens and General Beauregard, [274];
letter to President Buchanan, [264];
their arrival, [264];
incidents, [265];
letter of Judge Crawford describing his reception, [265];
arrival of Mr. Forsyth—their letter to Mr. Seward, [266];
no answer received for twenty-seven days, [266];
a paper filed in the State Department, [266];
an oral answer, [266];
state of affairs relative to Fort Sumter, [266], [267];
their letters to General Beauregard, [277], [278];
failure of their mission, [296].
Commissioners from South Carolina to President Buchanan relative to the delivery of the forts in Charleston Harbor, [213].
Community independence, its origin and development, [116].
Compact, The original, causes that blighted its fair prospects, [48];
the Articles of Confederation a compact, [135];
been denied of the Constitution, [135];
denied by Webster, [135];
cavils on the words of the Constitution compared with the Articles of Confederation, [136];
the wood accede considered, [136];
use of the words "compact, accede, Confederacy," [137];
compact used by Gerry, Morris, Madison, Washington, Martin, and others, [138];
in the ratification of Massachusetts, [137];
the Constitution shown to be one by its structure, [140];
provisions, [140];
representation in the Senate, etc., [140].
Compromise measures of 1850, their origin, [14];
bear the impress of the sectional spirit, [14].
Compromise, Missouri, how constituted, [13];
votes on, [13].
Confederacies, the first local formed in New England, [115].
Confederacy, the growth of, [485];
financial system of, [485];
the state of the finances in 1862, [485].
Confederate Government, its instructions to General Beauregard relative to Fort Sumter, [284];
the correspondence, [285], [286];
aid given to Missouri, [429].
Confederation, The old, declares independence of each State, [86];
its articles, [86];
affairs, how managed, [87];
the first idea of reorganization, [87];
consequences, [87];
term applied to the articles, [88];
revision, how effected, [88];
how could it be superseded without secession? [100].