ge, 218

Connecticut, a Puritan colony, 5;
accepts invitation to Hartford Convention, 81

Conscription, adopted by both sides in Civil War, 195;
form of, imposed in the North, 195;
New York City resists, 195

Constitution of United States not modelled on British, 45;
essential principles of, 45-46;
compromises of, 46-49;
slavery protected by, 49, 162;
opposition to, 51;
publicly burnt by Garrison, 133;
described by South Carolina as a "Treaty," 157;
in relation to expansion, 234-235;
amendments to, 54, 67, 161, 168, 203, 216, 228

Constitution of Confederate States, 169

Continental Congress, first meets, 19;
issues "Declaration of Colonial Right," 19;
meeting of, forbidden by British Government, 19;
second meets, 19;
issues a general call to arms, 19;
resolves on separation from Great Britain, 21;
adopts "Declaration of Independence," 24;
moribund, 41;
attempt to remodel fails, 43

Convention meets to frame Constitution, 42;
Washington presides over, 42;
debates of, 42;
Jefferson absent from, 42, 54;
difficulties confronting, 43;
decisions of, 44-49

"Copperheads," name given to Northern Pacifists, 192;
their futility, 193;
Lincoln's policy regarding, 194-195;
capture Democratic Party, 200

Cornwallis, Lord, invades South Carolina, 31;
retreats to Yorktown, 34;
surrender of, 34

Cotton industry in American colonies, 11;
has nothing to gain from Protection, 85, 98, 157

Cowpens, Battle of, 32

Crawford, William, of Georgia, a candidate for the Presidency, 91-92

Creek Indians, descend on South-West, 81;
Jackson overthrows, 82;
take refuge in Florida, 87;
pursued by Jackson, 87

Crittenden, Senator, a disciple of Clay, 160;
proposes his compromise, 160;
his compromise unacceptable to Lincoln, 161;
rejected, 161

Cuba, Lincoln fears filibustering in, 161;
American sympathy with insurrection in, 234;
at disposal of U.S., 234;
abandoned, 235

Czolgosz, assassinates McKinley, 235

Davie, cavalry leader, 32;
at Battle of Hanging Rock, 32

Davis, Jefferson, of Mississippi, successor of Calhoun, 140;
on extension of Slavery, 144-145;
elected President of the Confederacy, 169;
his qualifications and defects, 169-170;
an obstacle to peace, 199;
believes Slavery dead, 199, 203;
relieves Johnstone of his command, 200;
accused of complicity with Lincoln's murder, 209;
his retort on Johnson, 2