CHAPTER VII. (Page 192-232.)

ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN--HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT--THE OBJECTS AIMED AT BY HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY IDENTICAL IN THE DISCUSSION OF EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR--NORTHERN EVASION OF THE REAL QUESTION--THE SOUTH DID NOT ATTEMPT REVOLUTION--SECESSION A JUSTIFIABLE RIGHT EXERCISED BY SOVEREIGN STATES--BRIEF REVIEW OF THE QUESTION--WHAT THE FEDERALIST SAYS--CHIEF-JUSTICE MARSHALL--MR. MADISON--COERCION NOT JUSTIFIED AT THE NORTH PREVIOUS TO THE LATE WAR--REMARKS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS--OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN--OF HORACE GREELEY--SUCCESSFUL PERVERSION OF TRUTH BY THE NORTH--PROVOCATIONS TO SECESSION BY THE SOUTH--AGGRESSIONS BY THE NORTH--ITS PUNIC FAITH--LOSS OF THE BALANCE OF POWER--PATIENCE OF THE SOUTH--REMARKS OF HON. C. C. CLAY--WHAT THE ELECTION OF MR. LINCOLN MEANT--HIS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY--REVELATIONS OF THE OBJECTS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY--WENDELL PHILLIPS--NO SECURITY FOR THE SOUTH IN THE UNION--MEETING OF CONGRESS--MR. DAVIS' ASSURANCE TO PRESIDENT BUCHANAN--CONCILIATORY COURSE OF MR. DAVIS--HIS CONSISTENT DEVOTION TO THE UNION, AND EFFORTS TO SAVE IT--FORESEES WAR AS THE RESULT OF SECESSION, AND URGES THE EXHAUSTION OF EVERY EXPEDIENT TO AVERT IT--THE CRITTENDEN AMENDMENT--HOPES OF ITS ADOPTION--DAVIS WILLING TO ACCEPT IT IN SPITE OF ITS INJUSTICE TO THE SOUTH--REPUBLICAN SENATORS DECLINE ALL CONCILIATORY MEASURES--THE CLARKE AMENDMENT--WHERE RESTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DISUNION?-- STATEMENTS OF MESSRS. DOUGLAS AND COX--SECESSION OF THE COTTON STATES--A LETTER FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS TO R. B. RHETT, JR.--MR. DAVIS' FAREWELL TO THE SENATE--HIS REASONS FOR WITHDRAWING--RETURNS TO MISSISSIPPI--MAJOR-GENERAL OF STATE FORCES--ORGANIZATION OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT--MR. DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.