necessity of retaining in Union, i. 255;

dealings of Lincoln with, in 1861, 265-268;

their neutrality policy explained in annual message, 292;

both pro-slavery and Unionist, ii. [3];

desire to conciliate controls Lincoln's policy, [3];

with their slave property guaranteed by North, [3];

oppose bill freeing slaves used in war, [5];

oppose other anti-slavery bills, [11]-[15];

irritated by congressional policy, [18], [19];

urged by Lincoln to agree to emancipation, [21], [22], [24]-[27];