upholds right of South to secede, [231];

opposes Lincoln's renomination, ii. 255.

Pickens, Fort,

relief of, in 1861, i. [247], [248].

Pickens, Governor F.W.,

sends commissioners to Buchanan regarding dissolution of Union by South Carolina, i. [185].

Pierce, Franklin,

elected President, i. [93];

defeated for renomination, [101].

Pierpoint, Francis H.,