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];