THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
Its Origin and History
Part 4.
by John Logan
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIV.
THE COLORED CONTRABAND.
THE KNELL OF SLAVERY—THE "IMPLIED POWERS" OF CONGRESS IN THECONSTITUTION—PATRICK HENRY'S PREDICTION—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS'SPROPHECY—JOHN SHERMAN'S NON-INTERFERENCE—WITH-SLAVERY RESOLUTIONS—JOHN Q. ADAMSON EMANCIPATION—POWERS OF CONGRESS AND MILITARY COMMANDERS—GENERALMCCLELLAN'S WEST VIRGINIA PROCLAMATION OF NONINTERFERENCE WITHSLAVES—GENERAL BUTLER'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL SCOTT AND SECRETARYCAMERON—CAMERON'S REPLY—MILITARY TENDERNESS FOR THE DOOMEDINSTITUTION—CONGRESS, AFTER BULL RUN—CONFISCATION, AND EMANCIPATION,OF SLAVES USED TO AID REBELLION—RINGING WORDS OF TRUMBULL, WILSON,MCDOUGALL, AND TEN EYCK, IN THE SENATE—ROMAN COURAGE OF THEHOUSE—CRITTENDEN'S STATEMENTS—WAR RESOLUTIONS—BRECKINRIDGE'S TREASONABLESPEECH UPON "THE SANCTITY" OF THE CONSTITUTION—BAKER'S GLORIOUSREPLY—HIS MATCHLESS APOSTROPHE TO FREEDOM—HIS SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION ANDHEROIC DEATH AT BALL'S BLUFF
CHAPTER XV.
FREEDOM'S EARLY DAWN.
THADDEUS STEVENS'S STARTLING UTTERANCES—CAPTURED SLAVES MUST BE FREEFOREVER—"NO TRUCES WITH THE REBELS"—HIS PROPHECY AS TO ARMING SLAVESTO FIGHT REBELLION—SECRETARY CAMERON'S LETTER TOUCHING FUGITIVES FROMSERVICE—GENERAL FREMONT'S PROCLAMATION OF CONFISCATION ANDEMANCIPATION—ITS EFFECT NORTH AND SOUTH—JEFF. THOMPSON'S SAVAGEPROCLAMATION OF RETALIATION—PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S EMBARRASSMENT—HEPRIVATELY SUGGESTS TO FREMONT CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS—FREMONT DEFENDS HISCOURSE—"STRONG AND VIGOROUS MEASURES NECESSARY TO SUCCESS"—THEPRESIDENT PUBLICLY ORDERS THE MODIFICATION OF FREMONT'SPROCLAMATION—THE MILITARY MIND GREATLY CONFUSED—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY THEWAR DEPARTMENT—GENERAL T. W. SHERMAN'S PORT ROYAL PROCLAMATION—GENERALWOOL'S SPECIAL AND GENERAL ORDERS AS TO EMPLOYMENT OF"CONTRABANDS"—GENERAL DIX'S PROCLAMATION FOR REPULSION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES FROM HISLINES—HALLECK ORDERS EXPULSION AS WELL AS REPULSION—HIS LETTER OFEXPLANATION TO FRANK P. BLAIR—SEWARD'S LETTER TO MCCLELLAN ON"CONTRABANDS" IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CHAPTER XVI.
"COMPENSATED GRADUAL EMANCIPATION."
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ATTITUDE—SACRIFICES OF PATRIOTISM—ASSERTION BYCONGRESS OF ITS EMANCIPATING WAR-POWERS—THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM SLOWLY"MARCHING ON"—ABANDONED SLAVES OF BEAUFORT, S. C.—SECRETARY CAMERONFAVORS ARMING THEM—THE PRESIDENT'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCES—HE MODIFIESCAMERON'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE SUBJECT—THE MILITARY MIND, ALL "ATSEA"—COMMANDERS GUIDED BY POLITICAL BIAS—HALLECK'S ST. LOUISPROCLAMATION, 1862—BUELL'S LETTER—CONTRARY ACTION OF DIX AND HALLECK,BUELL AND HOOKER, FREMONT AND DOUBLEDAY—LINCOLN'S MIDDLE COURSE—HEPROPOSES TO CONGRESS, COMPENSATED GRADUAL EMANCIP