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Supreme Court, opinion of, in case

of Dred Scott, 72. Decision of the, in relation to the rebel States, 388. Powers of, in reference to its rules, 568. Action of, in reference to rebel States, 578. Swann, Governor, conduct of, 510.

TAXATION, power of Parliament to tax American Colonies, 18. Limit to, 83.

Tennessee, report on the admission | of, 442. Political opinions of the people of, 442. Adult male citizens of, 443. Extension of the elective franchise in, 443. Admission of, 477. Ratification of constitutional amendments by, 478. Government of, not republican, 479. Danger of rebellion in, 482.

Territory, acquisition of, 20. Right
of Government to acquire, 23.
Action of Virginia in reference to
North-western, 44.
North-west-

ern, claims to, 45. North-west-
ern, deed of cession by Virginia,
45. Restrictions on the acquisi-
tions of, 91. North opposed to
restrictions upon acquisitions of,
91. Rights of, 315.

Territories, power of Congress in the, 11. Constitution does not extend to, 12. Rights of the people of, 16. Right of, to legislate for, 20. Right of people to legislate, 22. Limitations upon

the sovereignty of people of, 22.
Right of people of, to form State
governments, 24.
the Union, 25.
slavery from, 56.
slavery to. 66.

Relation of, to Exclusion of Extension of Proposal of exclude

Thomas Jefferson to slavery from the, 67. Test oath, bill providing for a, 562. Speech upon, 563. Texas, annexation of, 68. Conduct of, in the rebellion, 99. Emancipation in, 141.

Thomas, General George H., opinions of, upon the condition of the South, 525.

Traitors in the Cabinet of President Buchanan, 63. Allies of the, conduct of, 351.

Treason, the fruit of slavery, 175. Attainder of, provision of the Con

stitution concerning, 246. Statute of 5th Elizabeth, concerning treason, 249. Forfeiture for, 250. Treaty of 1783, 46.

Treaty of peace with rebels, inexpediency of, 333.

Troops, enrolment of, and Proclamation of Emancipation, 330. Twiggs, General, treason of, 96. Tyrants, rebellion of, 97.

UNION, dissolution of, argument for the, 50. Conspiracy against the, 62. The, to be maintained by force, 80. Considerations which tend to its preservation, 80. Theory of the writers in the "Federalist," concerning the,

80.

The effects of the dissolution of the, 81. Southern States cannot form a, 85. The way in which it may be preserved, 93. The, to be maintained by force, 93. Dissolution of the, impossible, 112. The, older than the Constitution, 113. The necessity of the country for, 161. Reconstruction of the, without the abolition of slavery impossible, 177. The supporters of slavery the enemies of the, 228. Restoration of, to its former condition impossible, 230. Restoration of, on the basis of freedom, 309. Restoration of, on a republican basis, 319. Restoration of the, resolutions concerning, 327. Reconstruction of, 372. Constitutional relation of the rebellious States to the, 382. From 1820 to 1860, 515. Means of restoring the, 544. Conduct of President Johnson in reference to the restoation of the, 545. Conditions precedent to the restoration of the, 547.

United States, boundaries of, by treaty of 1783, 46. Debt of, 187. Credit of, 187. Means for paying the debt of the, 233. Capacity of, to pay its debt, 282. Power of, over the rebel States, 314. Position of, among the nations of the earth, 376. Authority of the, over the rebellious States, 386. The, not a white man's country," 425. Foreign policy of, 558.

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Universal suffrage, importance of, War of the Revolution against the

389.

Usurpation, the, 489.

VIRGINIA, action of, in reference to North-west Territory, 44. Deed of cession of North-west Territory, 45. Charter of, 46. Course of, in reference to slavery in North-west Territory, 48. Natural advantages of, 53. Debt of, 53. Railways of, 54. Commerce of, 55. Conduct of, in calling the Peace Congress, 88. Conduct of, in the rebellion, 100. Delegates from, in the Peace Congress, 101. Financial condition of, 101. Thomas Jefferson in favor of emancipation in, 148. Debt of, 555.

Volunteers, first call for, 361. Voting, right of, limitation of, to white male citizens, 321. Nature of the right of, 431. Reading as a qualification, 418.

WADSWORTH, General, 180.

people and Parliament of Great Britain, 20.

War, suggestions concerning the further prosecution of the, 189. Foreign, danger of, 194. How far a science, 198. Conduct of the, 255. Slavery responsible for the, 304. Democrats, responsibility of, for the, 310. Civil, 159. Washington, General, conduct of, in reference to fugitive slaves,

69.

Washington, means of protecting the city of, 206. Wealth, mineral, of the country,

232.

"White man's country," the United States not a, 425.

Wise, H. A., declaration of, in 1860, 34.

Writ of habeas corpus, suspension of the privilege of the, in rebel States, 587.

YANCEY, WILLIAM L., speech of, in Massachusetts, in 1860, 36.

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