_Secession and coercion_, views on, that had been held in all parts of
the country, 252.
_Secessionists per se_, number so small as not to be felt in any popular
decision, 301;
only alternative to a surrender of equality in the union, 301.
_Sectional controversy_, the basis of, 11;
no question of the right or wrong of slavery involved in the earlier,
13.
_Sectional hostility_, not the consequence of any difference on the
abstract question of slavery, 79;
the offspring of sectional rivalry and political ambition, 79.
_Sectional rivalry_, its efforts to prevent free emigration, 29.
_Self-defense_, preparations for, 326;
declarations of the message to Congress, 326;
the state of affairs, 326, 327;
acts for military purposes passed, 327;
our object and desire distinctly declared, 327;
the patriotic devotion of every portion of the country, 328;
secession of the border States, 328.
Semmes, Captain, afterward Admiral, 311;
sent North to purchase arms, ammunition, etc., etc., 311;
letter of instructions, 311.
_Senators, Southern_, efforts to dissuade from aggressive movements,
204;
how exerted, 204.
_Separation_ made familiar to the people by agitation, 227.
_Settlement with the United States_, views relative to, 245.
Seward, W. H., letter to Mr. Dayton on the views and purposes of the
United States Government, 262;
proceedings as Secretary of State relative to our Commissioners, 267;
his declarations, 268;
assurances given, 269;
his representations and misrepresentations to the Commissioners, 273,
425;
further statements, 277.
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