Volume Iii Part 4 (1/2)

Seizure of United States Property.

Floyd's Theft.

Fort Moultrie Evacuated for Sumter.

Fort Pickens.

New Orleans Mint.

Twiggs's Surrender.

Theory of Seceding States as to Property Seized.

Southern Confederacy.

Davis President.

His History.

Inaugural Address.

Powers.

Confederate Government and Const.i.tution.

Slavery.

State Sovereignty.

Tariff.

Good Features.

Bright Prospects of the New Power.

CHAPTER III. THE NORTH IN THE WINTER OF 1860-61.

Apathy.

Disbelief in South's Seriousness.

Divided Opinion.

Suggestions toward Compromise.

Anti-coercion.

Convention at Albany.

Mayor Wood of New York.

Buchanan's Vacillation.

Treason all about Him.

Star of the West Fired on.

Inaction of Congress.

Crittenden's Compromise Lost.

Was.h.i.+ngton Peace Congress.

Vain.

Earnestness of South.

Lincoln Inaugurated.

His Address.

How Received.

His Difficult Task.

Plight of Army, Navy, Treasury.

Sumter Fired on.

Defended.

Evacuated.

Effect at North.

War Spirit.

75,000 Volunteers.