Union, A perpetual, provided for in the last article of the Confederation, [98];
a serious difficulty, [98];
danger of failure, [98].
Union, A, necessarily involves the idea of competent States, [128];
was not formed to destroy the States, but to secure the blessings of liberty, [176];
a voluntary junction of free and independent States, [439].
Union of the armies of Johnston and Beauregard, decided at Richmond, [347];
order sent to Johnston, [347].
United States Supreme Court, decision of, flouted, denounced, and disregarded, [85].
Usurpation, tendency to, in the Federal Government, [176];
last effort to stay the tide of, [247];
set on foot by Virginia, [247];
an effort for adjustment, [247];
the Peace Congress, [248].
Vattel, his views on the sovereignty of a state, [145].
Vaughn, Colonel, report of the affair near Romney, in June, 1861, [343];
a notice of Vaughn, [344].
Virginia, made efforts to prohibit the importation of slaves, [4];
first to prohibit, [5];
her cession of territory in 1784, [7];
Ordinance of 1787, [7];
the occasion of her cession of territory north of the Ohio River, [47];
instructions to her Commissioners to the Constitutional Convention, [90];
long debates in her Convention, [108];
the speakers, [108];
her terms of ratification, [109];
her cession of sites for forts to United States, [210];
act of cession, [211];
proposes a convention to adjust existing controversies, [247];
appoints commissioners, [247];
her ordinance subject to the ratification of the people, [299];
forms a convention with the Confederate States, [299];
prompt to reclaim the grants she had made on the appearance of President Lincoln's proclamation, [298];
passes an ordinance of secession, [299];
liable to be invaded from north, east, and west, [300];
the forces assembled in, [340];
divided into three armies, [340];
their positions, [340];
junction possible between first and second, [340];
her history a long course of sacrifices for the benefit of her sister States, [440];
her efforts to check dissolution, [440];
her mediations rejected in the Peace Congress, [440];
required to furnish troops for subjugation, or reclaim her grants to the Federal Government, [440];
one course left consistent with her stainless reputation, [440];
the forces of the enemy around her, [440];
Richmond threatened, [441].
Volunteers, sufficient secured during the first year, [505];
laws relating to the military service, [506].
Walker, L. P., Secretary of War under Provisional Constitution, [242].