Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
CHAPTER III.--Congress and Cabinet 30-35
Bloodless Revolution. Glances at the Congress. Its Personnel and its Work. Party Hacks in Place. Wind vs. Work. What People said of the Solons. The New Cabinet. Heads of Departments Sketched. The President's Advisers. Popular Opinion. The First Gun at Sumter.