settles question of admission of Kansas, 109;
proposes Constitutional amendment in 1861, 202;
rejects plan of Peace Congress, 203;
leaders of, in 1861, 297;
thanks Captain Wilkes, 381;
approves emancipation proclamation, ii. [120];
fails to pass thirteenth amendment, [318];
later passes amendment, [325]-[327].
Houston, Samuel,
opposes secession in Texas, i. 187.