refuses to pass Lincoln's emancipation bill of 1849, [79]-[81];

settles question of admission of Kansas, [109];

proposes Constitutional amendment in 1861, [202];

rejects plan of Peace Congress, [203];

leaders of, in 1861, [297];

thanks Captain Wilkes, [381];

approves emancipation proclamation, ii. 120;

fails to pass thirteenth amendment, 318;

later passes amendment, 325-327.

Houston, Samuel,