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A REPORT

OF THE

DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS

IN THE

SECRET SESSIONS

OF THE

CONFERENCE CONVENTION,

FOR PROPOSING
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,
HELD AT
WASHINGTON, D.C., IN FEBRUARY, A.D. 1861.

BY
L.E. CHITTENDEN,
ONE OF THE DELEGATES.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,
443 & 445 BROADWAY.
1864.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
D. APPLETON & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.


CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE.
SECOND DAY.
THIRD DAY.
FOURTH DAY.
FIFTH DAY.
SIXTH DAY.
SEVENTH DAY.
EIGHTH DAY.
NINTH DAY.
TENTH DAY.
ELEVENTH DAY.
TWELFTH DAY.
THIRTEENTH DAY.
FOURTEENTH DAY.
FIFTEENTH DAY.
SIXTEENTH DAY.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.
EIGHTEENTH DAY.
NINETEENTH DAY.
APPENDIX.
INDEX.
INDEX TO THE APPENDIX.
 INTRODUCTION.
If I had been guided by my judgment alone it is not probable thatthese notes of the debates in the Conference, held upon the invitationof Virginia, at Washington, in the month of February, 1861, would havebeen made public. From the commencement of its sessions, a portion ofthe members were in favor of the daily publication of the proceedings.I was disposed to go farther and have the sessions open to the public;but this proposition was opposed by a large majority. Strong reasonswere urged for excluding the multitude which in the excitement of thetime would have thronged the hall wherein the Conference held itssessions. But these reasons did not apply to the pub                        
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