Excerpt from The Character of the Rebellion, and the Conduct of the War

1. An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the Compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America" passed unanimously at 1.15 o'clock, P. M., December 20, 1860. Charleston Mercury Extra.

2. Message of President Davis. National Intelligencer, May 7, 1861.

3. Speech of Hon. J. A. McDougall, of California, on the Confiscation of Property, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1862. Washington. 1862.

4. The Prayer of Twenty Millions. Letter from Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. New York Tribune, August 20, 1862.

5. Letter from President Lincoln to Horace Greeley. New York Tribune, August 23, 1862.

We have placed the title of the Ordinance of Secession by the Convention of South Carolina at the head of this article, not only because it was the first in time, but also because it shows the form and manner in which it has been supposed that secession was to be accomplished.

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