Forts and arsenals, course of United States Government relative to, [281];
resolution, [202];
do. taken possession of by the Southern States, [202];
assertion made that the absence of troops was the result of collusion, [202];
this absence was the ordinary condition of peace, [203];
as defenseless now as in 1861, [203];
some exceptions, [203];
the situation long maintained at Pensacola Bay, [203];
conditional cession to United States, [209];
condition of the cession of Massachusetts, [209];
do. of New York, [209];
do. of South Carolina, [210];
stipulations made by Virginia in ceding the ground for Fortress Monroe, [210];
act of cession, [211].
Fox, G. V., his plan to reënforce and furnish supplies to Fort Sumter, [271];
describes the details, [271].
Framework of the Government, how constructed, [97].
Franklin, Benjamin, his use of the word "sovereignties" as applied to the States, [144].
Freedom and slavery, terms misleading the opinions and sympathies of the world, [6].
Fremont, General John C., his confiscation proclamation in Missouri, [430].
Frost, General D.M., commands militia at Camp Jackson, [415];
surrenders to Captain Lyon, [415];
efforts for release, [415];
his letter to General Harney, [415], [416].
Fugitives, law for the rendition of, occasion of its passage, [16];
tended to lead other States to believe they might evade their constitutional obligations, [16];
action of the States which had passed personal liberty laws, [16];
the rendition of, not the proper subject for the legislation of Congress, [81];
how it was in early times, [82].
Garnett, General Robert, killed at Rich Mountain, [338];
biographical notice, [338].
General Government, its claim of a right to judge of the extent of its own authority, [191].