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];