prevents Cameron from urging arming of negroes, 9;
advises recognition of Hayti and Liberia, 10;
in message suggests compensated emancipation and colonization, 10, 11;
approves bill abolishing slavery, with compensation, in District, 11, 12;
signs bill prohibiting return of fugitive slaves, 13;
signs bill abolishing slavery in United States Territories, 13, 14;
signs bill to emancipate slaves of rebels, 14, 15;
slow to execute bill to enlist slaves, 17;
finally recognizes value of black troops, 17;
his conciliatory policy not followed by Congress, 18;