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,