Sharkey, William L., anecdote of, [230].
Sharp correspondence between the Commissioners from South Carolina and President Buchanan, [214] (see Appendix).
Sherman, Roger, his use of the word "sovereign" as applied to the States, [144].
Singleton, O. R., letter on conference of Senators and Representatives in Congress from Mississippi with the Governor, [58].
Slaves, importation forbidden by Southern States, [4].
Slave-trade, interference with, by Congress forbidden in the Constitution, [4];
importation forbidden by Southern States, [4];
its final abolition, [5].
Slavery, a right understanding of questions growing out of, [3];
existed at the adoption of the Federal Constitution, [3];
occasion of diversities, [3];
cause of its abolition, [4];
first petitions for abolition of, [5];
question of maintenance of, belongs exclusively to the States, [6];
how raised by zealots in the North, [6];
the extension of, a term misleading the opinions of the world, [6];
did not imply the addition of a single slave to the number existing, [7];
signified distribution or dispersion, [7];
no question of the right or wrong of, involved in the earlier sectional controversies, [13];
historical sketch of its existence among us, [78];
far from being the cause of the conflict, [73];
only an incident, [80];
a matter entirely subject to the control of the States, [80];
its existence and validity distinctly recognized by the Constitution, [80].
Slaves, message on the employment of, in the army, [515];
act passed, [519].
Smith, General E. K., wounded at Manassas, [351].
South Carolina repeals law to prohibit importation of slaves, [4];
instructions to her representatives to the Constitutional Convention, [91];
adopts an ordinance of secession, [70];
her representatives in Congress withdraw, [70];
action of other States, [71];
her ratification of the Federal Constitution, [108];
her declaration on the reserved powers of the States, [147];
conditions of her cession of sites for ports in Charleston Harbor to United States, [210];
any delay by her to secede could not have changed the result, [300];
nature of her act of secession, [320].