question of his fault in delaying to relieve fort, [250];

issues proclamation calling for volunteers for three months, [252], [253];

his purpose, [253];

expects Northerners to equal Southerners as fighters, [253], [254];

calls Congress for special session, [254];

wishes to gain Kentucky, [254], [255];

dreads effect of Baltimore riot on Border States, [258];

offers to send troops around Baltimore, [259];

soothes Maryland, [260];

cut off from North for a week, [261];