TER XIV.

DEFINITION OF THE WAR ISSUE.

Increase of Slave Population in Slave-holding States from
1850-1860.--Products of Slave Labor.--Basis of Southern
Representation.--Six Seceding States organize a New
Government.--Constitution of the Confederate Government.--Speech
by Alexander H. Stephens.--Mr. Lincoln in Favor of Gradual
Emancipation.--He is elected President of the United States.--The
Issue of the War between the States 228

CHAPTER XV.

"A WHITE MAN'S WAR."

The First Call for Troops.--Rendition of Fugitive Slaves by the
Army.--Col. Tyler's Address to the People of Virginia.--General
Isaac R. Sherwood's Account of an Attempt to secure a Fugitive
Slave in his Charge.--Col. Steedman refuses to have his Camp
searched for Fugitive Slaves by Order from Gen. Fry.--Letter from
Gen. Buell in Defence of the Rebels in the South.--Orders issued
by Generals Hooker, Williams, and Others, in Regard to harboring
Fugitive Slaves in Union Camps.--Observation Concerning Slavery
from the "Army of the Potomac."--Gen. Butler's Letter to Gen.
Winfield Scott.--It is answered by the Secretary of War.--Horace
Greeley's Letter to the President.--President Lincoln's
Reply.--Gen. John C. Fremont, Commander of the Union Army in
Missouri, issues a Proclamation emancipating Slaves in his
District.--It is disapproved by the President.--Emancipation
Proclamation by Gen. Hunter.--It is rescinded by the
President.--Slavery and Union joined in a Desperate Struggle 241

CHAPTER XVI.

THE NEGRO ON FATIGUE DUTY.

Negroes employed as Teamsters and in the Quartermaster's
Department.--Rebel General Mercer's Order to the Slave-holders
issued from Savannah.--He receives Orders from the Secretary of
War to impress a Number of Negroes to build Fortifications.--The
Negro proves himself Industrious and earns Promotion 260

CHAPTER XVII.

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATIONS.

Congress passes an Act to confiscate Property used for
Insurrectionary Purposes.--A Fruitless Appeal to the President to
issue an Emancipation Proclamation.--He thinks the Time not yet
come for such an Action, but within a Few Weeks changes his
Opinion and issues an Emancipation Proclamation.--The Rebels show
no Disposition to accept the Mild Terms of the Proclamation.-