CHAPTER XIV.

THE COLORED CONTRABAND.

THE KNELL OF SLAVERY--THE "IMPLIED POWERS" OF CONGRESS IN THE

CONSTITUTION--PATRICK HENRY'S PREDICTION--JOHN QUINCY ADAMS'S PROPHECY

--JOHN SHERMAN'S NON-INTERFERENCE--WITH-SLAVERY RESOLUTIONS--JOHN Q. ADAMS

ON EMANCIPATION--POWERS OF CONGRESS AND MILITARY COMMANDERS--GENERAL

MCCLELLAN'S WEST VIRGINIA PROCLAMATION OF NONINTERFERENCE WITH SLAVES

--GENERAL BUTLER'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL SCOTT AND SECRETARY

CAMERON--CAMERON'S REPLY--MILITARY TENDERNESS FOR THE DOOMED

INSTITUTION--CONGRESS, AFTER BULL RUN--CONFISCATION, AND EMANCIPATION,

OF SLAVES USED TO AID REBELLION--RINGING WORDS OF TRUMBULL, WILSON,

MCDOUGALL, AND TEN EYCK, IN THE SENATE--ROMAN COURAGE OF THE HOUSE

--CRITTENDEN'S STATEMENTS--WAR RESOLUTIONS--BRECKINRIDGE'S TREASONABLE

SPEECH UPON "THE SANCTITY" OF THE CONSTITUTION--BAKER'S GLORIOUS REPLY

--HIS MATCHLESS APOSTROPHE TO FREEDOM--HIS SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION AND

HEROIC DEATH AT BALL'S BLUFF

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