secures resignations of Chase and Seward, and then urges them to resume duties, [178];

his wisdom in avoiding a rupture, [179], [180];

asks opinion of cabinet on admission of West Virginia, [180];

his reasons for signing bill, [181];

not alarmed by Copperhead societies, [183], [184];

his relation to Vallandigham case, [186], [187];

supports Burnside, [187];

sends Vallandigham within Confederate lines, [187];

replies to addresses condemning martial law, [189]-[191];

obliged to begin draft, [195];