humble and soul so great,
could have carried him through the labors he wrought to the victory he
attained?

As the territory may be said to be its body, and its material activities
its blood, so patriotism may be said to be the vital breath of a nation.
When patriotism dies, the nation dies, and its resources as well as its
territory go to other peoples with stronger vitality.

Patriotism can in no way be more effectively cultivated than by studying
and commemorating the achievements and virtues of our great men--the men
who have lived and died for the nation, who have advanced its prosperity,
increased its power, added to its glory. In our brief history the United
States can boast of many great men, and the achievement by its sons of
many great deeds; and if we accord the first rank to Washington as
founder, so we must unhesitatingly give to Lincoln the second place as
preserver and regenerator of American liberty. So far, however from being
opposed or subordinated either to the other, the popular heart has
already canonized these two as twin heroes in our national pantheon, as
twin stars in the firmament of our national fame.

INDEX

=Able, Mrs.=, sister of Mary Owens, 55, 60

=Adams, Charles Francis=, member of Congress, United States minister
to England, sent to England, 211

=Alabama=, State of, admitted as State, 1819, 19

=Alabama=, the, Confederate cruiser, sunk by the _Kearsarge_, 525

=Albemarle=, the, Confederate ironclad, destruction of,
October 27, 1864, 525

=Albert=, Prince Consort, drafts note to Lord Russell about _Trent_
affair, 247

=Alexander II=, Czar of Russia, emancipates Russian serfs, 101

=Alexandria=, Virginia, occupation of, 214

=American Party=, principles of, 101, 102;
nominates Millard Fillmore for President, 1856, 102

=Anderson, Robert=, brevet major-general United States army,
transfers his command to Fort Sumter, 177, 178;
reports condition of Fort Sumter, 182;
notified of coming relief, 188;
defense and surrender of Fort Sumter, 189, 190;
telegram about Fremont's proclamation, 240;
sends Sherman to Nashville, 254;
turns over command to Sherman, 254;
raises flag over Fort Sumter, 531

=Antietam=, Maryland, battle of, September 17, 1862, 31

=Arkansas=, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
military governor appointed for, 419;
reconstruction in, 426, 427;
slavery abolished in, 427;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion