discussed by Buchanan, 188-190;

admitted by Northern leaders, 192, 193, 231;

threatened by New York Democrats, 197;

Lincoln's view of, 221, 293, 294;

Southern theory of, 224, 225;

its success makes union, not slavery, the issue at stake, 226-228;

renewed by Border States, 262-269;

recognized as not the ultimate cause of war, ii. [2];

again asserted by Lincoln to be cause of war, [107], [108].

Sedgwick, General John,