CONTENTS OF VOLUME V. Mr. Seward, Secretary of State - Frederick W. Seward, Assistant - William Hunter, Second Assistant- Officers, Clerks and Subordinates of the Department of State Minister and Consuls - Despondency of Ministers and Friends Abroad Mr. Seward Never Despairs A Similar Feeling in 1776 John Adams Treaties, Large Number and Important - Naturalization Russia China Isthmus Canal Rebel Emissaries - Memorandum. Fort Sumter A Cabinet Opinion - Napo- leon Threatens to Interfere An Unofficial Mission to Europe - Mr. Seward's Posi- tion in the Cabinet and in Politics-W. W. Seaton's Interview - Pro-Slavery In- fluences Eradicated - Emancipation in District of Columbia- The Trent Affair- Dangers Averted — Mr. Seward's Wise Diplomacy — Treaty for Suppression of Slave Trade Its Success - New Orleans Under General Butler, a Provisional Court of Justice Instituted Emancipation Proclamation of September, 1862- Amend. ments Suggested by Mr. Seward Adopted in Cabinet Proclamation of January 1, 1863 - Resignation Offered Senatorial Caucus Presidential Election of 1864 - tial Election of 1868-Speeches Voyage to West Indies Annexation of San Domingo and Danish Islands - Treaty with China- Private life Visits Alaska, Pacific Coast, and Mexico 1869 - Journey Round the World-1870-1 Auto- biography Book of Travels Interoceanic Canal Treaties Nicaragua - Da- Colombia - Intercontinental Telegraph - Russian Telegraph Atlantic Ca- ble Mr. Seward's Death, October 10, 1872 - Funeral - Tomb - Inscription — The Legislature of New York, Ceremonies, 1873 Charles Francis Adams - John A. Dix-Eulogies - Statue in New York City - Presentation Ceremonies, 1876 – Sedition Shows Itself. Insurrectionary Movements Fort Sumter- Dissolution of the Union - Bull Run Panic Manassas Effect in Europe — A Lesson Captain Wilkes Boards a British Steamer The Trent Affair - Diplo- macy Vigor of our Government 1862 Campaigns The French in Mexico - Slaves Emancipated by our Armies - An Emancipating Crusade Success in the West Burnside and Pope's Victories - Earl Russell's Opinion Slave Trade Treaty Lord Lyons-Important Strokes in the West Hostile Attitude of Eng- land SELECTIONS FROM DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE: 187 Secretary Black's View of the Late Election Mr. Seward's Instructions to Bu- Maritime War-In- Counteracting the Efforts of Rebel Agents in Europe. Mr. Sanford's Selection as Minister to Brus- sels Free Trade The New Tariff - Rebel Arguments in Europe Mr. Adams -Exhaustive View of the Situation - The late Election - Buchanan's Adminis- tration Union and Disunion Contrasted A Physical Impossibility — The Presi- dent's View and Duty - Loyalty and Diligence of Mr. Adams - His Grandfather, John Adams -Recognition Intervention War Position of Great Britain Mr. Burlingame-Austria Vienna - The Union - Reply to Rebel Lincoln's Administration - Forbearance and Conciliation Mr. Day- ton - France Misunderstanding by the Imperial Government - The Agents of the Confederacy in Paris An Elaborate Statement of the Case Unanswerable Arguments The Crisis Fort Sumter Attacked Surrender Slavery Consid- ered — A Revolution - Foreign Interference Extent, Progress, and Termination of the War Mr. King - Rome · Sedition and Aliens - Mr. Wood - Denmark The Cabinet a Unit Mr. Dayton - France Our Policy - Mr. Adams - Great Britain A Permanent Policy Developed Mr. Clay — Russia - Slavery the Cause of the War - Mr. Marsh — Italy - The Union a Necessity — Mr. Fogg - Switzer- land - Recognition to be Prevented Mr. Dayton-France - Mr. Pike — Nether- lands Mr. Adams Great Britain Mediation Inadmissible - Mr. Dickinson Nicaragua Foreign Intervention - Mr. Adams - The Queen's Proclamation Mr. Dayton - France - Mediation Declined - The United States Sovereign Adams British Views Inadmissible - Foreign War - The Blockade · Mr Adams Intervention Slavery and Colonization - Mr. Adams- Slavery Discussed — In- tervention Considered Mr. Cameron mation of September, 1862 - Emancipation — Immigration - Limit to Civil War Pike - Negro Emigration — The Conduct of the War, 1864 — The War our own Affair England and the Irish - Religion - Mr. Bigelow - France and Mexico Mr. Adams Death of the President - Tributes Montholon Intervention French Views Monarchy in Mexico. - Maximilian Our Views - Mr. Drouyn de l'Huys Mr. Kilpatrick, Chili — Mr. Wright, Prussia - Naturalization — Mr. Adams Alabama Claims - Reply to Lord Stanley - The Rebel Cruisers — Inter- national Law. The Relations of the United States and Great Britain Reviewed at Length Mr. Adams The Alabama Claims Lord Stanley — A Joint Commis- - Juarez · Mr. Campbell - Intercession for Maximilian Mr. Johnson, Minister Occasional Speeches - The Fall of Vicksburg, July 7, 1863 - The Progress of the War September 3, 1864 The Allies of Treason - Politics - Perseverance in the War Election Auburn, November 7, 1864 Chicago, London, and Richmond - Niagara St. Albans The Assurance of Victory Reëlection of President Lincoln Assassination, 1865 President Johnson and his Cabinet Subjuga. Speeches in Mexico Reception of the Chinese Embassy — Mr. Burlingame — The Proclamation of Emancipation, 1863 — Amendments of Constitution — 1865 — The "Thirteenth Amendment" Correspondence with Governors of Reconstructed States Repudiation of Rebel Debts - Provisional Governors - The Fourteenth Amendment - Fugitive Slaves in 1861 and General McClellan -TREATIES Nat- uralization — Alaska — Chinese - Suppression of Slave Trade - Darien - Cabinet Paper on the Reinforcement of Fort Sumter, the Argument Governor Hicks Rebel Emissaries - John Forsyth — Immigration, Rights of Aliens The Union and the Church A Vindication - Dr. Thompson The Clerks of the Depart- |