=Short, James=, buys Lincoln’s surveying instruments
  and restores them to him, 36

=Simpson, M.=, Bishop of the Methodist Church,
  oration at Lincoln’s funeral, 548

=Slavery=, agitation in Illinois, 45, 46;
  Lincoln-Stone protest, 47;
  Lincoln’s bill to abolish, in District of Columbia, 85-87;
  repeal of Missouri Compromise, 94, 95;
  Peoria debate of Lincoln and Douglas, 96-98;
  Lincoln’s Chicago banquet speech, 106, 107;
  Dred Scott case, 108-112;
  pro-slavery reaction, 113;
  slavery agitation in Kansas, 113-117;
  Lincoln’s “House divided against itself” speech, 119, 120, 127, 128;
  Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
  John Brown raid, 134, 135;
  Lincoln’s speeches in Kansas and the East, 136-140;
  pro-slavery demands of Democratic leaders, 141, 142;
  attitude of political parties upon, in 1860, 152, 153;
  “corner-stone” theory of the Confederate States, 179;
  dream of the conspirators, 197, 204;
  dread of slave insurrections in the South, 220, 221;
  action of Union commanders about, 220-223;
  Fremont’s proclamation, 236-238;
  Lincoln to Browning about Fremont’s proclamation, 238-240;
  President’s interview with border State delegations, 257, 258, 324, 325;
  references to, in Cameron’s report, 320;
  in Lincoln’s message of December 3, 1861, 321, 322;
  Delaware offered compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
  Lincoln’s special message to Congress, March 6, 1862, 323, 324;
  President’s letter to McDougall, 324;
  Congress passes bill for compensated emancipation
  in District of Columbia, 325, 326;
  bill in Congress to aid emancipation in Delaware, Maryland,
  Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, 326;
  Lincoln revokes Hunter’s order, 327, 328;
  measures relating to, in Congress, 1862, 329;
  President’s second interview with border State delegations, 329-331;
  Lincoln reads first draft of emancipation proclamation to
  cabinet, 331, 332;
  President’s interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
  President issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
  annual message of December 1, 1862, on, 341, 342;
  President issues final emancipation proclamation, 342-346;
  President’s views on, 346, 347;
  arming of negro soldiers, 348-350;
  instructions from War Department about slaves, 349;
  contest over slavery clause in new Louisiana constitution, 423;
  slavery abolished in Louisiana, 426;
  abolished in Arkansas, 427;
  abolished in Tennessee, 429;
  abolished in Missouri, 434;
  abolished in Maryland, 435, 436;
  attitude of Democratic party on, 437, 438;
  Republican national platform favors constitutional
  amendment abolishing, 446;
  fugitive-slave law repealed, 457;
  constitutional amendment prohibiting, in United States, 471-476;
  public opinion on, in certain States,