he "Lecompton Constitution" of Kansas

APPENDIX E.

Address of the Author to Citizens of Portland, Maine

Address of the Author at a Public Meeting in Faneuil Hall, Boston; with
the Introductory Remarks by Caleb Cushing

APPENDIX F.

Speech of the Author in the Senate, on the Resolutions relative to the
Relations of the States, the Federal Government, and the Territories

APPENDIX G.

Correspondence between the Commissioners of South Carolina and the
President of the United States (Mr. Buchanan), relative to the Forts in
the Harbor of Charleston

APPENDIX H.

Speech of the Author on a Motion to print the Special Message of the
President of the United States of January 9, 1861

APPENDIX I.

Correspondence and Extracts from Correspondence relative to Fort Sumter,
from the Affair of the Star of the West, January 9, 1861, to the
Withdrawal of the Envoy of South Carolina from Washington, February 8,
1861

APPENDIX K.

The Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States, adopted February
8, 1861

The Constitution of the United States and the Permanent Constitution of
the Confederate States, in Parallel Columns

APPENDIX L.

Correspondence between the Confederate Commissioners, Mr. Secretary
Seward, and Judge Campbell

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Jefferson Davis, aged Thirty-two

J. C. Calhoun

Briarfield, Early Residence of Mr. Davis

The First Confederate Cabinet

Alexander H. Stephens

General P. G. T. Beauregard

Members of President's Staff

General A. S. Johnston

General Robert E. Lee

Battle of Manassas (Map)

INTRODUCTION.

A duty to my countrymen; to the memory of those who died in defense of a
cause consecrated by inheritance, as well as sustained by conviction;
and to those who, perhaps less fortunate, staked all, and lost all, save
life and honor, in its behalf, has impelled me to attempt the
vindication of their cause and conduct. For this purpose I have decided
to present an historical sketch of the events which preceded and
attended the struggle of the Southern States to maintain their existence
and their rights as sovereign communities--the creators, not the
creatures, of the General Government.

The social problem of maintaining the just relation between
constitution, government, and people, has been found so difficult, that
human history is a record of unsuccessful efforts to establish it. A
government, to afford the needful protection