THE CIVIL WAR AND

THE CONSTITUTION

THE AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES

Seven volumes, 12mo, with maps and plans.
Price per volume, $1.00, net.

THR COLONIAL ERA.-By Rev. GEORGE P. FISHER, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Yale University.

THE FRENCH WAR AND THE REVOLUTION.-By WILLIAM M. SLOANE, Ph.D., Professor of History in Columbia University.

THE MAKING OF THE NATION.-By General FRANCIS A. WALKER, LL.D., late President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

THE MIDDLE PERIOD.-Вy JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D.,
LL.D., Professor of Political Science and Constitutional
Law in Columbia University.

THE CIVIL WAR AND THE CONSTITUTION.—By
JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political
Science and Constitutional Law in Columbia University.
2 vols.
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTITUTION.-By
JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political
Science and Constitutional Law in Columbia University.

THE CIVIL WAR AND
THE CONSTITUTION

1859-1865

BY

JOHN W. BURGESS, PH.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, AND DEAN OF
THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

VOLUME I

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1901