preliminary declaration of, after battle of Antietam, 116, 117;
not influenced by Altoona conference, 117, 118;
its effect upon North, 119-121;
urged again, with compensation, by Lincoln, 126-129;
repudiated by Missouri, 129, 130;
final proclamation of, issued, 130;
condemned by rulers of England, though approved by people, 132;
renewed scheme of Lincoln to gain, by compensation, 309, 310.
England,
ignorance of, in West, i. [368];