FOOTNOTES

[1] Case of Plau, French Consul-General at New York.

[2] April 30, 1864: A Bill to provide for the greater Efficiency of the Civil-Service of the United States. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1985; also, ante, Vol. XI. p. 278, seqq.

[3] Times, December 31, 1870. Executive Documents, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Foreign Relations, p. 368.

[4] James, iii. 17.

[5] Speech, February 14th: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1016.

For the portion of the Speech referred to, setting forth the authorities on this subject, see Appendix (A), pp. 41-44.

[6] Law of Nations, p. 281.

[7] 7 Wheaton, R., 487.

[8] See Appendix (A), pp. 43, 44.

[9] House Reports, 40th Cong. 2d Sess., No. 64, p. 5.

[10] Merchant of Venice, Act iv. Sc. 1.

[11] Letter of Treasurer Spinner to Senator Wilson, February 16, 1872: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1072.

[12] Commentaries on American Law, Vol. I. p. 128.

[13] A Treatise of the Relative Rights and Duties of Belligerent and Neutral Powers, in Maritime Affairs, by Robert Ward, Esq., Barrister at Law, (London, 1801,) p. 166.

[14] Commentaries upon International Law, Vol. III. p. 282.

[15] Ibid., p. 427.

[16] Phases et Causes Célèbres. Tom. II. p. 407.

[17] Speech on the Report of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, April 16, 1823: Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, N. S., Vol. VIII. col. 1056.

[18] Occasional Productions, pp. 176, 177. See the letter to William H. Trescott upon Public and Diplomatic Subjects.

[19] This dispatch, after remaining unquestioned for more than a month and for several weeks after the date of this speech, was finally contradicted by the French authorities. See Telegram from Minister Washburne to Secretary Fish, March 19, and Note from the French Chargé at Washington, M. de Bellonet, to same, March 30, 1872: Report of Committee on Sale of Ordnance Stores,—Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 183, pp. 524, 604.

[20] Speech of February 14th: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., pp. 1008, 1013. This important letter may be found in the Report of the Select Committee on the Sales of Ordnance Stores by the United States Government during the Fiscal Year 1871-72: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 183.

[21] Ante, p. 12.

[22] Joint Resolution, July 20, 1868: Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 259.

[23] Executive Documents, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, pp. 250, 251.

[24] De l’Esprit des Lois, Liv. III. chs. iii. vi.

[25] Senate Reports, 36th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 278, pp. 140, 253.

[26] Law of Evidence, Part II. ch. xiii.

[27] Ibid., p. 250 (Rex v. Hardy, 24 Howell’s State Trials, 808).

[28] Ibid.

[29] Ante, p. 5.

[30] D’Ewes, Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, p. 629.

[31] Page 146.

[32] Gray’s Debates of the House of Commons, Vol. V. p. 145.

[33] Ibid., Vol. VI. p. 373.

[34] Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Sec. XXVI.

[35] Ibid.

[36] Ibid.

[37] Lex Parl. Amer., pp. 729-30.

[38] Ibid., p. 732.

[39] Lex Parl. Amer., p. 383.

[40] Congressional Globe, 26th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 231. Cushing, Lex Parl. Amer., App. XIV., p. 1009.

[41] Entitled, “The Struggles (Social, Financial, and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby,”—David Ross Locke, editor of the Toledo [Ohio] Blade, where most of these Letters, one hundred and eighty-eight in number, first appeared, during the period from March 21, 1861, to May 12, 1870.

[42] Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, pp. 15-16.

[43] Ibid., p. 17.

[44] Works, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 476.

[45] Duties of Massachusetts at the Present Crisis: Formation of the Republican Party. Ante, Vol. IV. p. 267.

[46] For the text of this passage see ante, Vol. VI. pp. 336-7.

[47] The Federalist, No. XLVII.

[48] Letter to Richard Henry Lee, November 15, 1775: Works, Vol. IV. p. 186.

[49] Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States,—Preface: Ibid., p. 296.

[50] Statutes at Large, ed. Hening, Vol. IX. p. 114.

[51] Constitution of Massachusetts, Part I.: Declaration of Rights, Art. XXX.

[52] History of Civilization in England, (London, 1868,) Vol. I. pp. 199, 200.

[53] Ibid., p. 200.

[54] Ibid., p. 201.

[55] Ibid.

[56] Sir H. L. Bulwer, Historical Characters, (4th edit.,) Vol. II. p. 331.

[57] Speech at Great Falls, N. H., February 24, 1872, pp. 6, 7.

[58] June 6th, Mr. Sumner reiterated in debate, with much emphasis, his statement of Mr. Stanton’s expressed opinion of the President, and added the testimony of a letter of Horace White, editor of the Chicago Tribune.—See Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 4283.

[59] Letter to Benjamin Adams, April 22, 1799: Works, Vol. VIII. p. 636.

[60] Letter to George Jefferson, March 27, 1801: Writings, Vol. IV. p. 388.

[61] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 34.

[62] Ibid., pp. 41, 60.

[63] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 60.

[64] Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire et de Géographie.

[65] Appleton’s New American Cyclopædia.

[66] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 68.

[67] Ibid., p. 89.

[68] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I., p. 80.

[69] Ibid., pp. 82, 83; Parte II. p. 17.

[70] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. pp. 99-100.

[71] Ibid., p. 94.

[72] Ibid., Parte II. p. 132.

[73] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. p. 114.

[74] Ibid., Parte II. p. 162.

[75] Ibid., pp. 167-68.

[76] Ibid., Parte I. p. 103.

[77] Ibid., pp. 94, 95.

[78] Ibid., p. 94.

[79] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte I. pp. 179-80.

[80] Ibid., pp. 92-93.

[81] Ibid., Parte II. p. 132.

[82] Ibid., p. 75.

[83] Ibid., p. 142.

[84] Nipotismo di Roma, Parte II. p. 145.

[85] Ibid., p. 152.

[86] Ibid., p. 11.

[87] Ibid., p. 18.

[88] Irving’s Life of Washington, Vol. V. p. 22. See also the writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 479, note.

[89] Letter to Benjamin Harrison, March 9, 1789: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 476.

[90] Washington to Adams, February 20, 1797: Works of John Adams, Vol. VIII. p. 530.

[91] Letter to Madison, March 23, 1813.

[92] Letter to George Jefferson, March 27, 1801: Writings, Vol. IV. p. 388.

[93] Letter to J. Garland Jefferson, January 25, 1810: Writings, Vol. V. p. 498.

[94] Works of John Adams, Vol. IX. p. 63.

[95] Ante, p. 103.

[96] Works of John Adams, Vol. VIII. pp. 529-30, note.

[97] Historic Americans, p. 211.

[98] Letter to John Jebb, August 21, 1785: Works, Vol. IX. p. 535.

[99] Letter to Edward Cole, August 29, 1834: Letters and other Writings, Vol. IV. p. 357.

[100] Memoirs, by Thomas Bartlett, (London, 1839,) p. 200.

[101] Deuteronomy, xvi. 19.

[102] Plutarch’s Lives,—Cleomenes, ed. Clough: Vol. IV. p. 479.

[103] “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”—Virgil, Æneid. Lib. II. 49.

[104] Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham, London, 1870, Vol. II. pp. 29-32.

[105] Letter of Benjamin Harrison, January 6, 1785: Washington’s Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 83.

[106] Life of Washington, Vol. IV. p. 448.

[107] Letter to Harrison, January 22, 1785: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 85.

[108] September 26, 1785: Ibid., p. 133.

[109] Forney’s Anecdotes of Public Men, p. 240.

[110] Guizot, Histoire de France, Tom. I. p. 519.

[111] See Memoirs, Vol. III. p. 528.

[112] King Henry VI., Third Part, Act V. Sc. 1.

[113] Timon of Athens, Act I. Sc. 1.

[114] Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. XII. p. 1.

[115] Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 1.

[116] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1.

[117] Sir H. L. Bulwer, Historic Characters, Vol. II. p. 324.

[118] Boswell’s Life of Johnson, ed. Croker, April, 1781.

[119] Act of September 2, 1789, Section 8: Statutes at Large, Vol. I. p. 67.

[120] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 22.

[121] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 22.

[122] Ibid., p. 34.

[123] Daily Morning Chronicle, March 16, 1869.

[124] Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 4.

[125] Act of July 23, 1866: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. pp. 206-7.

[126] Statutes at Large, Vol. XV. p. 96.

[127] Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. p. 736.

[128] Ibid., Vol. XIV. p. 174.

[129] Ibid., p. 336.

[130] Ibid., Vol. XVI. p. 320.

[131] Statutes at Large, Vol. V. p. 260.

[132] Ibid., Vol. XV. p. 58.

[133] Ibid., Vol. XVI. p. 319.

[134] General Orders, No. 10.

[135] General Orders, No. 11.

[136] Ibid., No. 12.

[137] Ibid., No. 28.

[138] Congressional Globe, 40th Cong. 3d Sess., p. 754, Feb. 1, 1869.

[139] General Orders, No. 49.

[140] Statutes at Large, Vol. IV. p. 736.

[141] Ante, p. 135.

[142] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, p. 37.

[143] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., H. of R., No. 1, Part 2, p. 4.

[144] Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869: Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 1st Sess., p. 1.

[145] Daily Morning Chronicle, March 17, 1869.

[146] New York Custom-House Investigation,—Testimony of Gen. G. W. Palmer: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 227, Vol. III. p. 581.

[147] Testimony of William Atkinson: Ibid., p. 626.

[148] Private letter to Mr. Sumner, quoted in Speech of March 27, 1871: Ante, Vol. XIX. p. 32.

[149] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 17, p. 79; No. 45, p. 3. Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 234, pp. 38, 39.

[150] Senate Reports, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., No. 234, p. 188.

[151] Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., Senate, No. 17., pp. 80-82.

[152] Same, No. 34, p. 9.

[153] Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 3d Sess., pp. 6, 7.

[154] Message, April 5, 1871: Cong. Globe, 42d Congr. 1st Sess., pp. 469-70.

[155] See Letter to Hon. Andrew D. White, post, p. 205.

[156] Titus Andronicus, Act I. Sc. 2.

[157] Cymbeline, Act III. Sc. 4.

[158] “Le roi de France ne venge pas les injures du duc d’Orléans.” Louis XII.—Fournier, L’Esprit dans l’Histoire, (Paris, 1860,) p. 121.

[159] Raoul de Caën, Faits et Gestes du Prince Tancrède: Guizot, Mémoires relatifs à l’Histoire de France, Tom. XXIII. p. 6.

[160] Third Satire of Juvenal, 454-55, 468-69: Dryden’s Works, ed. Scott, Vol. XIII. p. 146.

[161] Gifford, (2d edit., London, 1806,) 407-10.

[162]

“Larges estoit et volentis,

Mès n’estoit pas bien ententis,

En ce que ou royaume failloit,

Si comme reson li bailloit.”

Godefroy de Paris, Chronique Métrique, 8047-50.

[163] “Selon le droit de nature chacun doit naître franc.”—Ord. 3 Juillet, 1315: Ordonances des Roys de France de la troisième Race, Tom. I. p. 583. Sismondi, Histoire des Français, Tom. IX. pp. 321-22.

[164] Annual Message, 21st Cong. 2d Sess., December 7, 1830.

[165] Speech at the Dayton Convention, September 10, 1840: Niles’s Register, Vol. LIX. p. 70.

[166] Speech at Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., June 27, 1840: Works, Vol. VI. p. 421.

[167] Speech in the Senate, February 20, 1866: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 932.

[168] New York Custom-House Investigation,—Testimony of Gen. G. W. Palmer: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., No. 227, Vol. III., pp. 581, 582.

[169] Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXI. col. 247, 267,—April 6, 1780.

[170] Hansard, Parliamentary History, Vol. XXI., col. 247.

[171] Daily Morning Chronicle, May 10, 1872.

[172] Josiah Quincy, Speech in the House of Representatives, January 30, 1811: Annals of Congress, 11th Cong. 3d Sess., col. 851.

[173] Livy, XXXVIII. 51.

[174] General Henry Lee, Oration before the Two Houses of Congress on the Death of Washington, December 26, 1799: Annals of Congress, 6th Cong., App., col. 1310.

[175] Daily Morning Chronicle, May 10, 1872.

[176] Speech at the Republican State Convention in Worcester, September 14, 1865. Ante, Vol. XII. p. 339.

[177] See Speech entitled “Republicanism vs. Grantism,”—ante, pp. 83-171.

[178] Vol. IV. p. 121.

[179] Proverbs, xxix. 4.

[180] Documents relative to the Colonial History of New York, ed. O’Callaghan, Vol. IV. p. 1040.

[181] Self-Help, (Boston, 1860,) pp. 391-92.

[182] Pearce, Memoirs and Correspondence, (London, 1846,) Vol. III. pp. 424-25.

[183] Annual Message, 21st Cong. 2d Sess., December 7, 1830.

[184] Speech at the Dayton Convention, September 10, 1840: Niles’s Register, Vol. LIX. p. 70.

[185] Speech at Taylorsville, Hanover County, Va., June 27, 1840: Works, Vol. VI. p. 421.

[186] Speech in the Senate, February 20, 1866: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 932.

[187] June 3, 1869.

[188] July 14, 1869.

[189] Democracy in America, ed. Bowen, (Cambridge, 1863,) Ch. VIII. Vol. I. pp. 172-73.

[190] Letter to Madison, March 15, 1789: Writings, Vol. III. p. 5.

[191] New York Custom-House Investigation: Senate Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess. No. 227, Vol. III. pp. 582, 626.

[192] See Report on Affairs in Louisiana: House Reports, 42d Cong. 2d Sess. No. 92.

[193] House Reports, 40th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 7, p. 41.

[194] Ibid., as there condensed from the original: Two Treatises on Government, Book II. § 222.

[195] American Annual Cyclopædia, 1872, p. 778.

[196] Speech of Mr. Sawyer, of South Carolina, on the Supplementary Civil Rights Bill as an Amendment to the Amnesty Bill: Congressional Globe, 42d Cong. 2d Sess., p. 490.

[197] Dante, De Monarchia, Lib. I. cap. 4.

[198] Ovid, Metamorphoses, ed. Garth, Book VII.: The Dragon’s Teeth transformed to Men, vv. 31-34.

[199] Ante, Vol. VII. p. 268.

[200] Ante, Vol. VII. p. 351.

[201] Congressional Globe, 37th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1982.

[202] Ante, Vol. VIII. p. 361. Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 2010.

[203] Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 2083.

[204] Ante, Vol. IX. pp. 70, 73, 74, and note. Congressional Globe, ut supra, pp. 2195, 2196.

[205] Ante, Vol. IX. p. 146. Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 2965.

[206] Ibid., p. 208.

[207] Ante, Vol. XI. p. 320. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 2800.

[208] Ante, Vol. XII. p. 76. Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 381.

[209] Ibid., p. 331. Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 1091.

[210] Ante, Vol. XII. p. 203. Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 1126.

[211] Ibid.

[212] Ante, Vol. XII. pp. 291, 292.

[213] Ibid., p. 471.

[214] Ibid., p. 492.

[215] Ante, Vol. XIV. p. 204.

[216] Ante, Vol. XII. pp. 406-7.

[217] Ante, Vol. XIII. pp. 228-29. Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 686.

[218] Ante, Vol. XIV. p. 185.

[219] Ante, Vol. XIV. pp. 185-6.

[220] Ibid., pp. 146, 158-59, 163. Congressional Globe, 40th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 165, 167, 170.

[221] Ante, Vol. XV. p. 208. Congressional Globe, ut supra, p. 625.

[222] Ante, Vol. XVI. p. 64.

[223] Ante, Vol. XVII. pp. 115-16.

[224] American Annual Cyclopædia, 1872, p. 778.

[225] Ibid., p. 782.

[226] “Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit.”—Horat., De Arte Poetica, 191-92.

[227] Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the last Twenty Years of his Life, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi, (London, Cadell, 1786,) p. 83.

[228] “Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est.”—Cicero, De Officiis, Lib. I. cap. 17.

[229] Dr. William Drennan’s Hymn,

“All Nature feels attractive power.”

[230] For this bill, see, ante, Vol. XIX. pp. 213, 214.

[231] Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Deane, p. 90.

[232] Winslow’s Brief Narration: Young, Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, (2d ed.) p. 397.

[233] Prince, Chronological History of New England, (ed. 1826,) p. 160. Bradford, pp. 57, 72.

[234] Prince, p. 237. “With much adooe (and spent a good deal of it in expences)”: Bradford, p. 204.

[235] Bradford, p. 211. Prince, p. 242.

[236] Neal, History of the Puritans, (London, 1733,) Vol. II. p. 20.

[237] Galatians, v. 9.

[238] Milton, Sonnet XII.

[239] Statutes at Large, Vol. XVIII. Part 3, pp. 335-36.

INDEX.

A.
Abolition of Slavery, not prevented by the Constitution, I. 310.
Franklin petitions for, I. 312; II. 68, 231, 294; III. 17, 293; VI. 203.
Jefferson’s desire for, I. 312; III. 15, 288.
Washington on, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 49 et seq., 286; V. 96; VII. 129; VIII. 281.
A duty, I. 316.
In England, III. 302; IV. 313; VIII. 279.
Speech on bill for, in District of Columbia, VIII. 251.
In West Virginia, IX. 122.
Constitutional Amendment for, XI. 211 et seq.
In America, advocated by Hartley, XV. 351, 352.
See [Constitutional Amendment] and [Emancipation].
Abolition Societies petition 1st Congress to abolish slavery, II. 68; III. 17, 293; XII. 155.
Formation of, in the different States, XII. 154.
Abolitionists, need of, I. 314.
Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington were such, I. 314; III. 19; VI. 213.
Not responsible for the Civil War, VII. 342-344.
Academy, Naval, appointments to, IX. 301.
National, of literature and art; also of moral and political sciences, XI. 401.
Adams, Charles Francis, nominated for Vice-President in 1848, II. 295 et seq.
Adams, John, on the Stamp Act, III. 130, 344.
On slavery, III. 287.
Supports equality of representation, IV. 54.
Author of Massachusetts Constitution and Bill of Rights, IV. 63, 70.
On opposition of the South to republican government, IV. 199; VII. 318.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 50.
On effect of freeing slaves in Revolution, IX. 222.
On meaning of “republic,” XI. 192; XIII. 147, 152.
On republican government, XIII. 185; XX. [93].
His predictions concerning America, XIII. 185; XV. 42, 306-317, 364.
On Hartley, XV. 348.
On Cérisier, XV. 387.
His appointment of relations to office, XX. [103], [112], [113].
His refutation of an apology for nepotism, XX. [115].
Adams, John Quincy, on abolishing war, II. 412.
Treatment of, by slave-masters in Congress, VI. 204-206.
Influence of, VI. 305.
His opinions on, and efforts against, slavery, VI. 306; VII. 16, 55.
On restraints of popular sovereignty, as declared in Declaration of Independence, VII. 55-57.
Proclaims war-powers of Congress to emancipate slaves, VII. 259-263; IX. 142.
On privateering, VIII. 77; IX. 290.
On mutual right of search against slave-trade, VIII. 342.
His early argument against liberation of slaves by armies, IX. 141.
On the metric-system, XIV. 150.
On appointment of relations to office, XX. [114].
His opinion on acceptance of gifts, XX. [121].
Adams, Samuel, letter of, desiring Congressional action to abolish war, II. 404.
On limited power of national government, III. 296.
Frees a female slave, VII. 14.
On republican government, XIII. 184.
Adjournments of Congress, protests against, IX. 176; XI. 405; XIV. 348; XV. 172, 240.
Memorandum of, 1846-62, XI. 405 et seq.
Administration, duty and strength of the coming (in 1861), VII. 213.
Stand by the, IX. 116.
Admiral, rank of, IX. 150.
Africa, reasons for the condition of, XVII. 170.
African Race, alleged inferiority of, VI. 220; XVII. 171.
Merits and capacities of, VI. 297; IX. 226; XVII. 172-176.
See [Colored Persons] and [Colored Race].
Agriculture, in slave and free States, VI. 147.
In United States in 1850, IX. 250 et seq.
Alabama, case of the, X. 27 et seq.; XVII. 65-69.
Claims, XVII. 53, 124-127; XX. [12].
Alaman, Lucas, career and works of, XV. 425 et seq.
His prophecy concerning Mexico, XV. 426-428.
Alaska. See [Russian America].
Alembert, M. d’, letter of, on Latin verse applied to Franklin, X. 236.
Alexandreïs, the, origin and history of, XII. 380-385, 388-393.
Author of, XII. 385-388.
Analysis of, XII. 394-404.
Algerine Captive, the, quoted, II. 65; III. 292; VIII. 292.
Algerine Slavery, illustrations of, in literature, II. 8-12, 83-90.
Compared to American, II. 63-69.
Efforts of United States against, II. 69-76; VIII. 283-298.
Abolished, II. 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.
Influence of religion on, II. 92.
Descriptions of, by travellers and captives, II. 94-99.
Evil effects of, II. 100.
See [Algiers], [Barbary States], [Tripoli], and [Tunis].
Algiers, described by old English writers, II. 21.
War of United States with, II. 74; VIII. 297.
Expeditions of Lord Exmouth against, II. 77-80; VIII. 297; IX. 398.
Abolition of white slavery in, II. 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.
Allston, Washington, tribute to, as the artist, in Phi Beta Kappa oration of 1846, I. 272-284.
Mrs. Jameson on, I. 273.
Ambassadors, seizure of, on neutral ships, according to English authorities, VIII. 55 et seq.;
testimony to American policy on same, VIII. 57-62;
policy of Continental Europe on same, VIII. 63.
Ambulance and hospital corps, IX. 255.
America, prophetic voices concerning, XV. 251.
Allusions to, by early English and American poets, XV. 260-264.
Early designation of United States, XV. 431; XVI. 48-50;
and perhaps its future name, XVI. 50.
Geographical unity of, XVI. 51 et seq.
Ames, Adelbert, Gen., remarks on admission of, as Senator from Mississippi, XVIII. 11.
Amherst College, Commencement oration at, II. 153.
Amnesty, must not be granted to Rebels too soon, XVIII. 301; XIX. 318.
Must be united with equal rights for colored persons, XIX. 215, 259, 263, 317; XX. [69], [290].
Ancients and Moderns, battle of, II. 259.
Andrew, John A., appeal for election of, as Governor of Massachusetts, VI. 379.
His merits, VII. 18.
Opposes all compromise in 1861, VII. 179.
Letters to, Jan. 17-Feb. 20, 1861, VII. 186-199.
Extract from letter to, on emancipation, VIII. 14.
On pay and enlistment of colored troops, X. 316 et seq.
Anti-Lucretius, the, X. 249-251.
Antislavery Duties, our immediate, III. 122.
Antislavery Enterprise, the, its necessity, practicability, etc., V. 1;
its origin and growth, V. 7-9.
Defined, V. 10.
Its object, V. 24.
Not dangerous to masters, V. 28;
or injurious to slaves, V. 30.
Good results of, V. 32-34.
Aspersions upon the, V. 36-38.
Its prospects, V. 48.
Appeals to all by every argument, V. 49.
Antislavery Society, American, letters to, XIV. 51; XVIII. 45.
Anxieties and prospects during the winter of 1860-61, VII. 186.
Appropriation Bills, origination of, V. 83;
debates in National Convention on same, V. 84-87, 88 et seq.
Example of England as to, V. 90.
Aranda, Pedro, Count, XV. 395.
American ministers on, XV. 396.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 397-400.
Ideas resembling his, XV. 401.
Arbitration, a substitute for war, I. 51; II. 416; XX. [80].
Established by Switzerland and German Confederation, II. 380.
Advocated by Cobden, II. 409.
Efforts to establish, II. 421.
Stipulated, or a congress of nations, with disarmament, III. 117.
Recommended for settlement of San Juan boundary question, VII. 216.
Suggested by England in 1870 to obviate Franco-German War, XVIII. 190.
International, XX. [273].
Architecture, changes in, I. 114.
Arctic Expeditions, XVIII. 54.
Argenson, René, Marquis d’, on equality, XIII. 198.
Career of, XV. 286-288.
His writings, XV. 288-291.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 291.
Aristocracy, defined, XIII. 208.
Aristotle, testifies to opposition to slavery, II. 15.
On coinage, XI. 271.
On government, XIII. 145.
On citizenship, XIII. 330.
His definition of equity, XVIII. 36.
Arkansas, territorial organization of, IV. 103.
Speech on recognition of, XI. 351;
reasons for opposition to same, XI. 355-360.
Sources of Congressional power over, XI. 362-372.
Arlington, Massachusetts, celebration at, on assuming its new name, XV. 181.
Arlington, Virginia, the patriot dead at, XVIII. 254.
Armies, standing, of Europe in 1845, I. 75.
Not necessary in United States, I. 86.
Power of Congress over, I. 354.
Testimony of Frederick of Prussia to effect of, II. 370 (and note); XVIII. 226.
The national, and fugitive slaves, VIII. 7.
Sir Thomas More on, XVIII. 225.
Montesquieu on, XVIII. 247.
Armories, civil superintendents of, IV. 12.
Arms, results of wearing, I. 99; VI. 179; XVIII. 226;
Judge Jay on same, I. 100.
Sale of, by United States to France in war of 1870, XX. [5].
Army, distinguished from militia, I. 355.
Of United States composed of volunteers, I. 356;
of same in Rebellion, IX. 212.
No exclusion of retired officers of, from civil service, XVIII. 51.
Art, importance of expression in, I. 278.
Battles not subjects for, I. 281.
In the National Capitol, XIV. 164.
American, XIV. 175-178.
See [Engraving].
Ashley, James M., and Reconstruction, XII. 7.
Assailants, reply to, IV. 172.
Atchison, David R., V. 160.
Speech of, quoted, V. 173.
Atheists, declared, not allowed to take oath, VIII. 220 et seq.
Auburn System of prison discipline explained, I. 171; II. 117.
Propagates vice, I. 173.
Supported by Boston Prison-Discipline Society, I. 178, II. 125.
Compared to Pennsylvania system, II. 144-146.
Augustine, St., protests against war-preparations in time of peace, I. 107.
On unjust laws, III. 362; XI. 207.
Austria, army of, before 1845, I. 75.
Navy of, before 1840, I. 76.
Relative expenditure of, for war-preparations, I. 78.
Numbers of its Parliaments, XX. [2].
Authors, in slave and free States, VII. 284.
B.
Babcock, Orville E., his management of negotiation for annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 267-270; XIX. 37, 54-57; XX. [145] et seq.
His assumption of title of aide-de-camp to the President, XVIII. 268 et seq.; XX. [145].
Supported by U. S. ships, XIX. 53 et seq.; XX. [145], [146].
Bacon, Lord, his definition of war, I. 14.
On philanthropy, I. 286; V. 34.
Ideas of, on progress, II. 265.
On settlement of Virginia, XI. 456.
His definition of equity, XVIII. 36.
Bacon, Roger, legend of, I. 212.
Baez, Buenaventura, XVIII. 267; XX. [144].
His associates, XVIII. 267; XIX. 37; XX. [144].
Sustained by U. S. ships of war, XVIII. 271, 303; XIX. 27 et seq.
His career, XIX. 31-36.
Testimony to his support by U. S. navy, XIX. 42-45, 56-64.
Bailey, Goldsmith F., Representative from Massachusetts, speech on death of, VIII. 366.
Baker, Edward D., Senator from Oregon, speech on death of, with call for emancipation, VII. 370-376.
Ballot, importance of the, V. 171; XIV. 325.
Baltimore, attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at, April 19, 1861, VII. 227.
Banks. See [Free Banking], [National Banks], and [State Banks].
Banks, Nathaniel P., letter on commemoration of his election as Speaker of the House of Representatives, V. 97.
Barbary States, white slavery in the, II. 1.
Gibbon on origin of their name, II. 6.
Compared to slave States of America, II. 7; VI. 159-161.
Military expeditions against, II. 22-33.
Treaties of, with Great Britain, II. 30,—and with United States, II. 70, 73, 74; VIII. 294 et seq.
Efforts to ransom white slaves in, II. 33-37, 57; VIII. 282, 286-296.
Efforts of slaves to escape from, II. 39.
Narratives of escapes from slavery in, II. 41-50, 55.
Records of American slaves in, II. 50-55; VIII. 285.
Wars of, with United States, II. 71-76; VIII. 296.
Abolition of white slavery in, II. 78, 80; VIII. 297; X. 73.
Testimony to condition of white slaves in, II. 91-99; VIII. 284.
Black slavery in, II. 101.
See [Algerine Slavery], [Algiers], [Tripoli], and [Tunis].
Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, opinion of, on enlistment of colored troops, X. 321 et seq.
Opinion of, declaring colored persons citizens of United States, XIII. 278, 368.
Anecdote of, concerning colored officers, XVIII. 159.
Bayard, Chevalier, conduct of, in a duel, I. 66; XVIII. 178.
Bayard, James A., argument of, to prove that a Senator is a United States officer, quoted, X. 287-289.
Belgium, the mission to, XI. 43.
Bell, John, party in support of, in 1860, VI. 357; VII. 74.
Plan of same, VI. 357-359;
same, in 1864, XI. 419.
Bellièvre, Pomponne de, engraved portrait of, XIX. 187.
Dr. Thies on same, XIX. 187, 188.
His career, XIX. 188-191.
Belligerence, rule for recognition of, X. 126 et seq.; XVII. 60, 121-124.
Requisites for concession of ocean, X. 126-133; XVII. 59 et seq., 122,—authorities declaring same, X. 129-131;
British precedents, illustrating same, X. 133-135.
No neutrality possible without recognition of, XVII. 65, 203.
Bentham, Jeremy, his plan for universal peace, II. 397.
Berkeley, Bishop, XV. 275-278.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 278;
Webster on same, XV. 278;
predictions resembling same, XV. 279-281.
Bills of Rights, their history and policy, IV. 62.
Adoption of one in Massachusetts, IV. 69-71.
Bingham, Kingsley S., Senator from Michigan, speech on death of, VII. 364;
protests against slavery in same, VII. 365.
Binney, Horace, XVIII. 315.
Bismarck, Count, XVIII. 230 et seq.
Black Code, the, must be abolished, VII. 362; XII. 310.
Blackstone, Sir William, on the English militia, I. 357.
On trial by battle, II. 349.
Influence of his commentaries in America, III. 332; XVI. 84.
On recovery of escaped villeins, III. 333.
On fugitive slaves in England, IV. 303 (see note, 304).
On unlimited authority of governments, VII. 51.
On levying war, VIII. 125.
On power of Speaker of House of Lords, XVI. 103.
On the post-office as a source of revenue, XVIII. 64.
Blaine, James G., letter to, on Presidential election of 1872, XX. [196].
Blaine Amendment to the Constitution, speeches on, XIII. 115, 282, 338.
Objections to, XIII. 120-123, 284-315, 375 et seq.
Boston Recorder on, XIII. 291-293.
John E. King on, XIII. 303.
Substitutes for, XIII. 315-323.
Opposite sides on meaning of the, XIII. 338.
Opinion of Gerrit Smith and others on, XIII. 340-342.
Blockade, commercial, should be abandoned, VIII. 78.
British complaints of, during Rebellion, X. 17-19.
Lincoln’s proclamation of, XVII. 62-64.
Instances of pacific, XVII. 63.
Blount, William, impeachment of, X. 286; XVI. 94.
Bonds, national taxation of, XVI. 269-271, 356 et seq.; XVII. 108.
Payment of, by greenbacks, XVI. 271-277, 358-362; XVII. 107.
Reasons for reducing interest on, XVII. 288 et seq.
See [Five-twenties] and [Ten-forties].
Books, increased tax on, opposed, IX. 166 et seq.
No tax on, XI. 297; XII. 204; XIV. 266-270.
Cheap, and public libraries, XIV. 263.
On the free list, XVIII. 141; XX. [61].
Boston, should demand withdrawal of troops from Mexico, I. 376.
Leadership of, in generous actions, I. 376.
School Committee of, has no power to make color-distinctions, III. 82-86.
Opposition of, to Stamp Act, III. 342-344, IV. 167 et seq.
Petition for repeal of Fugitive-Slave Bill, speech on, IV. 159-171;
origin of same, IV. 160.
Vote of, against slavery, in 1701, IV. 189; VI. 26; VII. 13; XII. 145.
Importance of, in Revolution, IV. 199; XVII. 98.
Public reception of Mr. Sumner at, in 1856, VI. 22.
The city of, and Mr. Sumner, XIII. 280.
Relief of, after great fire of 1872, XX. [258].
Its proper boundaries, XX. [279].
Boston Common, and its extension, VI. 96.
The first treasure of Boston, XX. [73].
Boston Prison-Discipline Society, supports Auburn system, I. 178; II. 125.
Injustice of, to Pennsylvania system, I. 179; II. 108, 124 et seq.
Speech before, II. 104.
Mr. Sumner’s relations to, II. 108, 112.
Letter of Dr. Wayland on, II. 109.
Reports and discussions of, II. 111 et seq.
Management of, criticised, II. 113, 124, 140 et seq.
Its report of 1843 criticised, II. 125-138;
foreign comments on same, II. 125;
same quoted, II. 126, 128, 130.
Duty of, II. 138.
Increased usefulness needed in, II. 140-143.
Letter of De Tocqueville on, II. 148 (note).
Boston Public Library, foundation of, X. 272.
Bounty Lands for soldiers out of real estate of Rebels, VIII. 363.
Bourbons, Massachusetts Whigs in 1855 compared to, V. 74.
Boutwell, George S., course of, in the Treasury, defended, XVII. 112.
On intriguing for the President by office-holders, XX. [225] et seq.
Breckenridge, John C., claims of party in support of, in 1860, VI. 359.
Effect of vote for, VI. 360.
Bright, Jesse D., of Indiana, expulsion of, from Senate, VIII. 114;
facts in case of, VIII. 123-135.
Bright, John, on English assistance to rebel States, XVII. 72.
Brooks, Preston S., his assault on Mr. Sumner, V. 257-271 (Appendix);
defence of same by the South, V. 271-280 (Appendix);
sentiment of the North on same, V. 302-328 (Appendix).
Mr. Sumner’s feelings towards, XX. [197].
Brougham, Lord, on equality, III. 55.
On slavery, IV. 315; VIII. 262.
On privilege of Parliament, VI. 94.
On untrustworthiness of slave-masters to legislate for freedmen, IX. 225; XIV. 213.
His mistake in quoting Latin verse applied to Franklin, X. 221.
On apprenticeship in British West Indies, XI. 317; XIII. 286.
His advice to a young lawyer, XVIII. 315.
His refusal of a gift, XX. [119].
Browne, John W., tribute to, as a college classmate, VI. 348.
Browne, Sir Thomas, prophecy of, concerning America, XV. 268-270.
Buchanan, James, on interpretation of the Constitution, IV. 181.
On power of Congress to abrogate treaties, V. 119.
Defends irregular proceedings in Michigan before its admission as a State, V. 224, 229, 234.
Effect of a vote for, VI. 13.
Corruption in his election and administration, VI. 308-310, 335.
Recognizes Lecompton constitution for Kansas, VI. 310, 333.
Denounced, VI. 311.
Favors Crittenden compromise, VII. 179.
Mr. Sumner’s interview with, in 1861, VII. 180 et seq.
His inactivity against Rebellion, VII. 324; X. 192.
On surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 120.
Buffalo Convention of 1848, speech at meeting to ratify its nominations, II. 291.
Described, II. 293.
Principles of, II. 294.
Candidates of, II. 295.
Burke, Edmund, on the American War, I. 346.
On glory, II. 181.
On recognition of the French Republic, X. 111 et seq., 119.
On extinction of States, X. 199.
On untrustworthiness of slave-masters in regard to freedmen, XII. 293; XIII. 56; XIV. 212.
On impeachment, XVI. 106 et seq., 144, 151, 153, 156, 158, 160, 214.
Burlingame, Anson, duty to vote for, VI. 20; VII. 73.
Congratulation on his reëlection in 1856, VI. 41.
Regret for his defeat in 1860, VII. 80.
Tribute to, XVI. 319.
On disposition of surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 122-123.
Burns, Anthony, surrender of, IV. 261; V. 189.
Burns, Robert, prediction by, concerning America, XV. 404.
Butler, Andrew P., Senator from South Carolina, attacks of, answered, IV. 175-212; V. 145-149.
Compared to Don Quixote, V. 144.
His hostility to Kansas denounced, V. 239-242.
On the fugitive clause in the Constitution, X. 371.
Butler, Benj. F., Gen., care of, for fugitive slaves, VII. 256.
Buxton, Thomas F., course of, in moving emancipation, XVIII. 149 et seq.
Bynkershoek, his definition of war, I. 15.
On confiscation of property in war, IX. 36; XVII. 13.
On seizures in neutral waters, XII. 13.
On reprisals, XVI. 301.
C.
Cabinet, the President’s, character of the, in United States, XX. [127].
Cabral, José Maria, policy of, in San Domingo, XVIII. 275.
Career of, XIX. 33, 35 et seq.
Calhoun, John C., on equality, as proclaimed in Declaration of Independence, III. 55; XIII. 234; XIX. 300.
Opposes irregular admission of Michigan, V. 228.
Influence of, VI. 305.
His opinions on slavery, VI. 306.
Opposes a single national name, XVI. 47;
and a national government, XVI. 58.
His opinion on powers of Vice-President, as President of Senate, XVI. 122-124.
California, extension of slavery into, threatened, III. 24.
Testimony to transportation of slaves to, III. 25.
Admission of, III. 124.
Safety of passengers in steam-ships for, VI. 109.
Campbell, Lewis D., letter to, VI. 11.
Canaan, curse of, not applicable to Africans, V. 17; VI. 221-223; XVII. 146.
Canada, termination of reciprocity treaty with, XII. 46.
Trade of, with United States, XII. 50-52.
Cobden on annexation of, to United States, XV. 423 et seq.; XVII. 129.
Invited by Continental Congress to join United Colonies, XVII. 128.
Future union of, with the United States predicted, XVII. 129.
Canal, ship-, at Niagara, XIV. 99.
Through the Isthmus of Darien, XIV. 124.
Canning, George, on fitting out of privateers by neutrals, X. 31.
On recognition of new governments, X. 87.
On belligerency, X. 127.
On untrustworthiness of slave-masters to legislate for slaves, XIV. 212.
Author of Monroe doctrine, XV. 415.
On Spanish America, XV. 417.
Cape Cod Association of Massachusetts, letter to, IV. 237.
Capital punishment, Rantoul’s efforts for abolition of, III. 249.
Letter against, IV. 331.
Capitol, the national, no picture at, of victory over fellow-citizens, XII. 201.
Art in the, XIV. 164.
Caroline, case of the, XII. 26; XVII. 75.
Carpenter, Matthew H., Senator from Wisconsin, reply to his criticisms on the supplementary civil-rights bill, XIX. 288-309.
On the declaration of Independence, XIX. 303.
Reply to his imputations on Mr. Sumner’s fidelity to the Constitution, XIX. 309-313.
Carpet-baggers, XVI. 353.
Cars, street, opening of, to colored persons, X. 323; XV. 222.
Caste, and prejudice of color, I. 161; XI. 228; XIX. 246.
In United States, III. 73, 80; XI. 29; XIII. 210; XVII. 37, 133, 145; XIX. 230, 297.
Defined, III. 73; XIII. 211; XVII. 140; XIX. 297.
Negroes described as a, by foreign writers, III. 75; XI. 29; XIX. 230.
Testimony to, in India, III. 76-80; XI. 29; XVII. 144 et seq.; XIX. 297 et seq.
Powers of Congress to prohibit, XVII. 34.
The successor of slavery, XVII. 37, 133.
The question of, XVII. 131.
Faith in its disappearance, XVII. 135.
In Europe and the East, XVII. 140, 141.
In India, XVII. 141-145.
Apology for, in United States, XVII. 146.
Forbidden by a common humanity, XVII. 162.
Importance of question of, XVII. 181.
Cato the Censor, on disposal of slaves, II. 17.
Cattle-plague, power of Congress to counteract the, XIV. 49.
Centralism, true, distinguished from false, XIV. 217; XVI. 60; XIX. 129.
Cérisier, Antoine Marie, XV. 386.
John Adams on, XV. 387.
His writings and predictions concerning America, XV. 387-391.
Cervantes, a slave in Algiers, II. 9, 34, 38, 39, 94.
Efforts of, against slavery, II. 9.
On slavery, II. 39.
His “Life in Algiers” quoted, II. 88-90.
Chambrun, Marquis de, defended, XX. [9-11].
Champagne, Philippe de, engraved portrait of, XIX. 192;
authorities on same, XIX. 192.
Channing, William Ellery, tribute to, as philanthropist, in Phi Beta Kappa oration, I. 284-298.
His labors for liberty compared to Milton’s, I. 292.
On the true object of life, II. 181.
On Whig and Democratic parties, II. 312.
Chaplains, military, II. 361.
Charity, in slave and free States, VI. 150.
Charles V., sends expedition against Tunis, II. 22.
Sanctions slave-trade in West Indies, II. 24.
Chatham, Lord, on the American war, I. 346 et seq.
On withdrawing British troops from Boston, I. 375.
On the Stamp Act, III. 345; IV. 169.
On authority of judicial decisions, XI. 208.
His instructions on violation of Portuguese territory, XII. 28-30.
Chesapeake, case of the, XII. 22; XVII. 74.
Cheyenne Indians, massacre of, XII. 66.
Chicago, the great fire at, and our duty, XIX. 161.
Chief-Justice, the, reasons for requiring him to preside at impeachment of the President, XVI. 89-95.
Presiding in the Senate, cannot rule or vote, XVI. 98.
Child, Sir Josiah, XV. 270.
Disraeli on his prediction concerning America, XV. 271.
On New England, XV. 272 et seq.
China, our relations with, XVI. 318.
Return of Marco Polo from, XVI. 321-323.
Results of his travels in, XVI. 323 et seq.
Convention of 1858 with, and payment of claims on, XVIII. 115-120.
Religion of, XVIII. 157.
Chinese, advantages of their immigration to United States, XVII. 183.
Naturalization of, defended, XVIII. 152-159.
Chinese Embassy, the, XVI. 318.
Chinese Indemnity Fund, XVIII. 115.
Propositions with regard to surplus of, XVIII. 120-127;
same not declined by China, XVIII. 127-129;
duty of United States as to same, XVIII. 130-133.
Chivalry, pretension of slave-masters to, refuted, XI. 449-460.
Defined by Kenelm Digby, XI. 460.
Choate, Rufus, on Whig views of slavery, II. 311.
On the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 301.
Choiseul, Claude, Duc de, career of, XV. 321-326.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 323-325.
Cholera from abroad, power of Congress to provide against, XIV. 59.
Christianity, opposed to war, I. 54, 58.
The religion of progress, II. 251;
and of equality, III. 57.
Does not sanction slavery, V. 19.
Church, the, its attitude in relation to war, I. 54, 58.
Its early testimony against war, I. 59.
Doctrine of millennium in the, II. 250.
Condemns trial by battle, II. 346.
In America, early opposed to slavery, III. 289-291; VI. 313; XII. 151-154.
Testimony of, against slavery, XI. 202; XII. 176.
Cicero, on war, I. 56 (see note).
On patriotism, I. 68 (see note).
His opinions on glory, II. 165, 170-174.
On unjust laws, III. 362; XI. 207.
On a commonwealth, X. 106 et seq.
His definition of law, X. 109.
On government, XIII. 145.
Cities, evil influence of commercial spirit in, IV. 51.
Civil Rights, protection of, XIII. 271.
Johnson’s veto of bill for, XIII. 276-279.
The same as political rights, XIV. 215.
Sufferings from denial of equality in, XIX. 222.
Sources of Congressional power to grant, XIX. 232-234, 272-284, 286.
Civil-Rights Bill, supplementary, speeches on, XIX. 203.
Necessity of, XIX. 231, 235, 266; XX. [203], [267], [305].
Immediate action on, urged, XX. [286], [304-307].
Not declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court, XX. [287], [289].
Last appeal for, XX. [301].
History of, XX. [301-304].
Jury provision of, discussed, XX. [307-310].
Civil Service, reform in the, XI. 278; XX. [8].
No exclusion of retired army officers from, XVIII. 51.
The initial point of reform in, XIX. 168, 174; XX. [161], [220].
Civil War, Livy on, I. 9.
Roman opinions of, II. 190 (see illustrations, 203-206), 427.
Uninvited mediation in, not allowable, X. 49, 85.
Claflin, William, letter to, VII. 182.
Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1870, XVIII. 170.
Claims, on France for spoliations of American commerce, XI. 70;
objections to same answered, XI. 73-79, 132-158;
origin and history of same, XI. 81-96;
compensation for same, XI. 158;
value of same, XI. 162-166.
Authorities on compensation for, XI. 167.
Of citizens in rebel States, XVII. 10.
For losses by war, instances of payment of, XVII. 19-22, 25-28.
Of loyalists after Revolution, XVII. 23;
motives of Parliament in allowing same in part, XVII. 24.
On England, XVII. 53, 124; XX. [12].
On China, convention for, and payment of, XVIII. 115-120.
Clarkson, Thos., beginning of his career, II. 200.
His account of Lafayette’s opinions of slavery, II. 210.
Classical Studies, I. 253.
Classics, the, I. 253-255.
Clay, Henry, on claims for French spoliations, XI. 130.
On one term for the President, XIX. 171; XX. [158], [221].
Clemency, to political offenders, III. 181.
And common-sense, XII. 371.
To Rebels, limitations on, XII. 405-412.
Clergy, of New England, protest of, against Nebraska Bill, IV. 140.
Their early influence for liberty, IV. 144.
Defence of their right to protest, IV. 151.
Exemption of, from conscription, IX. 303.
Coal, cheap, XIV. 271.
Tax on, oppressive to New England, XIV. 272.
Cobbett, William, sketch of, I. 190-194.
On Thos. Paine, I. 195.
Industry of, described by himself, I. 195-198.
Compared to Scott, I. 198.
On amount of sleep required, I. 202.
Cobden, Richard, advocates arbitration, II. 409.
Letter on, XII. 366.
His character and labors, XV. 422.
His prediction concerning America, XV. 423 et seq.; XVII. 129.
On American losses in Rebellion, caused by England, XVII. 77, 78, 80.
On penny postage, XVIII. 73.
Coke, Lord, on arrangement of time, I. 200.
On surrender of fugitives, X. 365.
On the laws of Parliament, XVI. 102.
Coleridge, on Christianity and slavery, V. 20.
Coles, Edward, letter to, III. 253.
Collamer, Jacob, Senator from Vermont, speech on death of, XIII. 38.
Colonies, British, of North America, elements of nationality in, XVI. 22 et seq.;
efforts for union among same, XVI. 23-27.
Tend toward independence, XVII. 119.
Of North America, postal service in, XVIII. 66-68.
Colonization for freedom, XII. 334.
Color, caste and prejudice of, I. 161; XI. 228; XIX. 246.
Prejudice of, peculiar to America, I. 161; III. 99.
Removal of disqualification of, in carrying mails, VIII. 247.
Exclusion of witnesses on account of, XI. 1.
Not a qualification for the franchise, XIII. 214, 307-309; XVI. 246-249; XVII. 40.
Distinction of, not recognized by the Constitution, XVI. 247; XVII. 42, 489; XIX. 249,—or by Declaration of Independence, XVI. 247; XVII. 43, 152, 159; XIX. 249;
same must be expressly authorized in order to exist, XIX. 250.
No distinction of, recognized by common law, as declared by Chief-Justice Holt, XIX. 250.
Prejudice of, illustrated by judicial decisions in Ohio, XIX. 252.
See [Caste].
Colorado, objections to admission of, as a State, XIII. 346-373.
Requirement of enabling Act for, XIII. 348, 358.
Constitution of, quoted, XIII. 349;
evidence of its denial of rights to colored persons, XIII. 364 et seq.
Colored Citizens, passports for, VII. 229.
Right and duty of, in organization of government, XII. 231, 298.
Hope and encouragement for, XII. 234; XIV. 222.
Advice to, XII. 298; XX. [68], [203] et seq.
Eligibility of, to Congress, XVI. 255.
Other rights and duties of, XIX. 164.
Letter to, on Presidential election of 1872, XX. [173].
Equal rights of, in normal schools, XX. [268].
Colored Persons, refusal to, of right of petition, VI. 288.
Free, are citizens of United States, VI. 291;
precedents and illustrations proving same, VI. 291-293.
Services of, in American wars, VI. 295; IX. 213 et seq.; X. 141; XIII. 287.
Petitions from, formerly presented, VI. 298.
Testimony of, in District of Columbia, VIII. 304;
in proceedings for confiscation and emancipation, VIII. 364,—and in U. S. courts, IX. 152; XI. 1, 389.
Should enlist, IX. 325.
Reënslavement of, threatened, X. 217-219.
Opening of street-cars to, X. 323; XV. 222.
Testimony of American States and European countries to rights of, before 1789, XII. 144-177.
Impartial jurors for, XIII. 10.
Equal rights of, to be protected by national courts, XIII. 16.
Madison on rights of, XIII. 181 et seq.
Their rights as freemen not violated by fathers of the Republic, XIII. 196 et seq., 328.
Opinion of Attorney-General declaring them citizens of United States, XIII. 278, 368.
Should be chosen on boards of registration in rebel States, XV. 220.
Opening of offices to, in District of Columbia, XV. 234.
Entitled to all the rights of American citizenship, XIX. 255.
Testimony of, to necessity of national legislation for equal civil rights, XIX. 262, 265-272, 279-283, 284-286.
Their rights sacrificed, XIX. 319.
Retrospect and promise for, XX. [202].
See [Civil Rights], [Colored Citizens], [Equal Rights], [Freedmen], and [Slaves].
Colored Race, justice to the, XII. 300.
Self-sacrifice for, XII. 361.
Colored Schools, closing of, in North Carolina, IX. 112.
In Washington, XIX. 1.
See [Separate Schools].
Colored Senators, predicted, XV. 220, 223.
Importance of, in settling question of equal rights, XVI. 257; XVIII. 7.
The first one, XVIII. 6.
Colored Suffrage, at adoption of the Constitution, VI. 291-293; XII. 147.
Judicial decision on, in North Carolina, VI. 292; XI. 287; XII. 147; XIII. 191.
In Montana, XI. 62.
In Washington, XI. 284.
No reconstruction without, XII. 179.
Necessity of, in rebel States, XII. 292-296, 298, 325, 327 et seq., 340; XIII. 129-136, 219-227; XIV. 210, 230; XVI. 347 et seq.
In District of Columbia, XIII. 5; XIV. 229.
Sources of Congressional power to grant, XIII. 124, 211-213, 215-219, 324-335; XIV. 215 et seq.; XV. 178-180, 230 et seq.; XVII. 43-49, 101; XVIII. 3.
Alexander Hamilton on, XIII. 183 et seq., 329; XVI. 251; XVII. 45.
Early public acts of United States on, XIII. 188-190;
and of individual States, XIII. 190-194.
Testimony to need of, in rebel States, XIII. 344;
requirement of, in same, XIV. 289.
Should be prescribed throughout U. S. by Act of Congress, XV. 176, 229; XVI. 1; XVII. 51, 101.
A constitutional amendment not proper to secure, XV. 177; XVII. 49-51.
Mr. Sumner’s personal record on, XVII. 303.
Colored Troops, employment of, IX. 262; XI. 211.
Equal pay of, X. 304.
Gov. Andrew on pay and enlistment of, X. 316 et seq.
Opinion of Attorney-General on enlistment of, X. 321 et seq.
Freedom of wives and children of, XII. 61.
Colors, regimental, no names of victories over fellow-citizens on, VIII. 361; XX. [255].
Combe, George, opinions of, on Pennsylvania system of prison discipline, II. 126-128.
Commerce, in slave and free States, VI. 148 et seq.
Commercial Relations, suspension of, an act of war, XVI. 299.
Committee on Foreign Relations, reports of, on San Juan boundary question, VII. 216;
on draught of convention with Mexico, VIII. 227;
on claims on France for spoliations of commerce, XI. 70;
and on Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 115.
President Grant’s endeavor to change the, XVIII. 289.
Common Law, I. 270.
Its relation to enlistments by minors in United States, I. 371.
On the pardoning power, III. 224.
Favors liberty, III. 282, 358 (see note); VI. 225; X. 343 et seq.
In America, III. 332.
May be employed to interpret the Constitution, III. 332; IX. 171; XIV. 7; XVI. 100.
Requires trial by jury for recovery of escaped villeins, III. 333; X. 375,—authorities proving same, III. 333-337; X. 376.
Recognizes no distinction of color, according to Chief-Justice Holt, XIX. 250.
Common Schools, equal rights in, III. 51; XIX. 3, 158, 165, 166, 241-244, 261; XX. [275].
Rights of colored children in, under Massachusetts laws, III. 66.
Must be open to all, III. 68, 95; XIX. 241, 261.
Establishment of, in Massachusetts, VII. 9; XII. 207; XIV. 337.
Early opposed in Virginia, VII. 11; XIV. 337.
Contributions of, for statue of Horace Mann, VII. 20.
Should be established in rebel States, XII. 328; XIV. 334-339; XV. 220-227.
A system of, irrespective of color, XX. [275].
Condorcet, his treatise on progress, II. 264.
On a slave-master, VI. 166.
On Franklin’s mission to Paris, X. 230.
On slavery, XII. 168.
On republican government, XIII. 199.
Confederation of the United States, formation and weakness of, X. 177-179; XVI. 29 et seq.
Confiscation of property in war, IX. 35; XVII. 13-15.
Authorities respecting, IX. 36 et seq.; XVII. 13-15.
Within national jurisdiction, IX. 38-40; XVII. 19-21, 25-27,—beyond same, IX. 40-44.
History of, IX. 53-69;
especially in France, IX. 55-58;
and in Revolutionary War, IX. 59-69.
And emancipation, should be employed against Rebels, IX. 71, 74-77, 128.
Congregate System of prison discipline.
See [Auburn System].
Congress, Mr. Sumner’s refusal to be a candidate for, I. 330.
Its power over armies, I. 354;
and over the militia, I. 354; IV. 21, 26-30.
Mr. Sumner accepts Free-Soil nomination for, II. 301.
Modes of preventing war discussed in, II. 406, 407.
Has no power to establish slavery, III. 276, 296, 299; VIII. 274,—or to legislate concerning fugitives from service, III. 276, 297, 299, 318; XII. 12.
Actions of 1st, in regard to slavery, III. 293; IV. 121.
Provisions of Convention of 1787 for powers of, III. 319-324.
Cannot interfere with slavery in States, III. 326; IV. 121; VI. 376; VII. 1; IX. 26.
Can prohibit slavery in Territories, IV. 125; VI. 233, 376; VII. 1.
Has sole power to abrogate treaties, V. 102, 112.
Can admit Kansas at once, V. 217.
Should overthrow usurpation in Kansas, V. 245.
Conduct of slave-masters in, VI. 196-211.
War-powers of, against slavery, VII. 258; IX. 45, 128; XI. 191.
Power of, over rebel States, VIII. 164-167, 245; IX. 120; X. 167; XI. 361; XII. 329; XIV. 209, 225; XV. 218; XVIII. 31,—sources of above power, VIII. 164-167, 245; X. 208-213; XI. 367, 372; XII. 330-332; XIII. 124-127, 325 et seq.; XIV. 341; XVI. 344-347.
Can make Treasury notes a legal tender, VIII. 183-192.
Can abolish slavery in District of Columbia, VIII. 258, 281;
is responsible for same, VIII. 265, 280.
Can appropriate money to ransom slaves, VIII. 281.
Testimony to intervention of, for ransom of Algerine slaves, VIII. 286-291, 293-296.
Usage of, in enrolling bills, VIII. 372.
Should confiscate property and liberate slaves of Rebels, IX. 71, 146.
Achievements of 37th, IX. 144, 205.
Protests against final adjournments of, IX. 176; XI. 405; XIV. 348; XV. 172, 240.
Chancellor Kent on executive power of, X. 174; XI. 372.
Supremacy of, over States, X. 185-190.
Exclusion of colored testimony recognized by, XI. 3.
Its powers over slavery, XI. 190-195, 209; XII. 62-65.
Must determine readmission of rebel States, XI. 296, 361, 366-372.
Summer sessions of, XI. 405 et seq.
Can ratify executive acts, XII. 71;
judicial decision proving same, XII. 71.
Judicial decisions on its power to regulate commerce between States, XII. 113-117; XIV. 69.
Story on its power to establish post-roads, XII. 117, 120.
Power and duty of, to grant equal rights to colored persons, XIII. 124-127, 211-219, 324-337; XIV. 210, 215-218; XVI. 1, 61, 252; XVII. 34; XIX. 126-130, 232-234, 266, 272-284, 286.
Authorities respecting powers of, under the Constitution, XIII. 216, 273, 278; XVIII. 29; XIX. 277.
Power of, to counteract the cattle-plague, XIV. 49;
to provide against cholera from abroad, XIV. 59;
and to make a ship-canal at Niagara, XIV. 99.
The one-man power vs., XIV. 181.
Power of, to require free schools in rebel States, XIV. 340.
Powers of the two Houses of, in absence of a quorum, XV. 185.
President Johnson’s defiance of, XVI. 171.
Power of, to require conditions for admission of States, XVI. 235, 244; XVIII. 3-5,—objections to same refuted, XVI. 236-252.
Eligibility of colored citizens to, XVI. 255.
Judicial decisions on political powers of, XVI. 346.
Its treatment of claims for losses by Revolutionary War and War of 1812, XVII. 25-28.
Powers of, to prohibit inequality, caste, and oligarchy of the skin, XVII. 34.
Admission of Virginia to representation in, XVII. 204.
Power and duty of, to protect Reconstruction, XVII. 208; XVIII. 26-32.
Not pledged by Reconstruction Acts to admit rebel States, XVII. 208-210, 224-226.
Power of, over national banks, XVII. 293-296.
Admission of Mississippi to representation in, XVIII. 1;
and of Georgia, XVIII. 23.
Congress, Continental, on object of the Revolution, III. 281; VI. 226; XIII. 174; XVI. 31.
New governments arranged by, X. 204.
Testimony of, to rights of colored persons, XII. 148; XIII. 189.
Resolutions and addresses of, quoted, XIII. 170.
Debate in, on fisheries, XV. 162 et seq.
Meeting of the, XVI. 26.
Congress of Nations, a substitute for war, I. 51; II. 414; III. 117.
Suggested by Henry IV. of France, II. 385; XVIII. 233.
Advocated by Grotius and others, II. 385,—by William Penn, II. 387,—by the Abbé Saint-Pierre, II. 388; XVIII. 233,—by Rousseau, II. 391; XVIII. 233,—by German writers, especially Kant, II. 393-397; XVIII. 233-236,—by Bentham, II. 397,—by the Peace Congress at Brussels, II. 403,—by the legislature of Massachusetts and in Congress, II. 407,—and by M. Bouvet in France and Arnold Ruge in Germany, II. 408.
Conkling, Roscoe, Senator from New York, letter of, indorsing Remington and Sons, XX. [28].
Connecticut, valley of the, IX. 249.
Conscription, Mr. Monroe on, I. 355.
Exemption of clergymen from, IX. 303.
Conservatism, true, defined, II. 278, 289; III. 249.
False, II. 278.
Consols, should not be established in United States, XVII. 287.
Constitution of the United States, does not prevent abolition of slavery, I. 310.
Amendments to, allowable, I. 311; III. 271.
Authors of, did not believe slavery would be perpetual, I. 311; II. 231; III. 16; VI. 314; XIII. 196,—their declarations against slavery, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 277-280; VI. 227, 311; X. 356.
Foundation of the party of freedom, II. 228.
Opposed to Slave Power, II. 230.
Purpose and character of, as expressed by the preamble, II. 230; III. 276; VII. 38; X. 181, 345; XI. 187; XIII. 175, 304; XVI. 39.
Disarms separate States, II. 380.
Does not authorize slavery, III. 16, 276, 296; IV. 346; VI. 314; VII. 1; XI. 186-189, 196.
Rules for interpreting, III. 276-283, 332; IX. 80, 171; XIII. 219; XIV. 7; XVI. 57, 100; XIX. 233, 272 et seq., 308, 310.
Gives no power to Congress to establish slavery, III. 296; VIII. 274.
Original compromises of, III. 304; X. 354.
Clause in, on surrender of fugitives from service, III. 303, 356; X. 341.
Must be obeyed by each public officer as he understands it, IV. 179, 269;
authorities declaring above rule, IV. 179-181, 269.
Power of the Supreme Court to interpret, IV. 270-272.
Interpretation of its clause on privileges of citizens, IV. 338-341; XIX. 234, 279.
Its clause on revenue bills a compromise between large and small States, V. 84;
interpretation of same, V. 87, 91.
On treaties, V. 101; XIX. 79.
Does not authorize slavery in Territories, V. 156; VI. 230, 338; X. 214; XI. 195.
Nowhere recognizes property in man, VI. 125, 223, 359; XI. 187.
Secures right of petition to the people, VI. 294.
The guide of United States citizens, VII. 7.
Proposed amendment to, in favor of slavery, VII. 174, 330.
Requires loyalty as a qualification for a Senator, VIII. 213; XVI. 74-76.
Sacredness of oath to support, VIII. 221.
Does not sanction slavery in District of Columbia, VIII. 265, 275.
Limitations of rights of sovereignty against criminals in, IX. 25-30.
Does not limit war-powers of Congress, IX. 45, 71, 131-138, 183-185, 216.
Opposition to its adoption, X. 182; XIII. 305; XVI. 41.
Sources of power over slavery in, XI. 190-196.
Its provisions for supremacy of national government, XVI. 39.
Does not recognize any distinction of color, XVI. 249; XVII. 42; XVIII. 159; XIX. 249.
Its allotment of the war-power, XIX. 76.
All statutes and legislation must conform to, XIX. 254.
Story on its prohibition of interference with religion, XIX. 292.
Does not forbid requirement of equal rights in churches, XIX. 293-299.
Contrasted with the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 305, 308.
Constitutional Amendment defending liberty, protects all, III. 298; VIII. 277; XI. 193-195.
Abolishing slavery, XI. 211 et seq.;
form of same considered, XI. 216-227; XIV. 235-238.
Rebel States not needed to ratify a, XII. 101, 181, 341, 359; XIII. 31, 62; XVI. 71.
Quorum of States necessary in adoption of a, XII. 357;
Bishop on meaning of above rule, XII. 359; XVI. 71.
Abolishing slavery, adoption of, XIII. 30;
enforcement of same, XIII. 113, 215-218, 273-276, 310, 333-335; XVII. 46; XIX. 232, 275-278.
Not proper to secure colored suffrage, XV. 177; XVII. 49-51.
Withdrawal of assent to a, by a State, XVI. 69.
See [Blaine Amendment], [Fifteenth Amendment], and [Fourteenth Amendment].
Consular Pupils, XI. 49.
Consuls, VIII. 325; XI. 52.
Authorities respecting, VIII. 326, 330.
Contraband of War, despatches included in, by English authorities, VIII. 64, 67,—but not by American or all Continental authorities, VIII. 64-66.
American rules in regard to, VIII. 68-71.
Should be abolished, VIII. 78.
Convention, National, of 1787, declarations on slavery in, III. 17, 277-279; VI. 227, 313; X. 356.
Meeting and early labors of, III. 306; XVI. 35.
Provides for surrender of fugitives from service, III. 308; X. 354.
Its provisions for the powers of Congress, III. 319-324.
Did not empower Congress to legislate for surrender of fugitives from service, III. 323.
Debates in, on origination of money bills, V. 84-87, 88 et seq.;
on paper money, VIII. 185;
on taxing slaves, IX. 94.
Object of, X. 179, 180; XVI. 41.
Discussion of State rights in, X. 183 et seq.; XII. 125; XIII. 305; XVI. 37 et seq.
Debates in, on guaranty of republican government, XIII. 140;
on establishment of national government, XVI. 36-38;
on suspension of the President, XVI. 91,—and on equality of States, XVI. 238-240.
Story on same, XVI. 241.
Conventions, political, obligations imposed by, XX. [170].
Conveyances, public, open to all by law, XIX. 238.
Authorities proving same, XIX. 238-240.
Conway, Martin F., letter to, VI. 40.
Coolie Trade, denunciation of the, XIV. 262.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, the novelist, III. 213.
Copyright, international, XVI. 86.
Coquerel, Athanase, XIX. 159.
Coquerel, Athanase, fils, XIX. 159.
Cotton, cultivation of, favorable to slavery, VI. 314; VII. 322.
Tax on, IX. 84.
Court, different meanings of the word, XVI. 137 et seq.
Courts, mixed, defence of, VIII. 345-347.
See [Prize Courts].
Covode, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, speech on death of, XIX. 12.
Cowley, Abraham, XV. 265.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 267.
Crete, sympathy with, XV. 246.
Crime against Kansas, the, V. 125.
Threatens war, V. 140.
Slave Power the author of, V. 142.
Its origin and extent, V. 151-184.
Apologies for, refuted, V. 184-207.
Remedies proposed for, V. 207-217.
Public opinion aroused against, V. 245.
Appendix to speech on, V. 257.
Crittenden Compromise, incidents and notes on the, VII. 169-185.
Its purport, VII. 169-171, 201 et seq., 330.
Speech on a Massachusetts petition in favor of, VII. 200.
Condemned, VII. 201, 214.
Crittenden Resolution, VII. 231; XI. 440.
Cromwell, sends expedition against Barbary States, II. 29.
Intervention of, for Continental Protestants, X. 58-61.
Cuba, duty of Spain toward, XVII. 118-120.
Duty of United States concerning, XVII. 120-124.
Belligerency of, XVII. 122, 195.
Curran, John P., on freedom of fugitive slaves in England, IV. 314.
Currency, the national banks and the, XI. 245.
Benefits of an improved, XI. 254, 258.
Circulation of, in 1860 and in 1867, XVI. 291.
Inflation of, XVI. 292.
Contraction of, XVI. 293; XVII. 268.
Remarks on the, XVII. 184.
Redistribution of, XVII. 254.
Compound-interest notes for, XVII. 257-259.
Need of simplifying, by withdrawing greenbacks and making bank-notes convertible, XVII. 260, 270-277.
Custom-house Oaths, abolition of, VI. 95.
Character of, VIII. 222.
D.
Dane, Nathan, founds professorship in Harvard Law School, III. 108.
Author of Ordinance of Freedom in Northwest Territory, III. 254.
On State rights, X. 185; XII. 125.
Darien, isthmus of, a ship-canal through the, XIV. 124.
Davenant, Charles, XV. 270.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 273.
Davis, Garrett, Senator from Kentucky, remarks on death of, XX. [261].
Davis, Henry Winter, obituary notice of, XIII. 104.
Tribute of colored persons to, XIII. 107 et seq.
Davis, Jefferson, his definition of slavery, VI. 122, 136.
Defends duelling, VI. 201.
The chief of the Rebellion, VIII 123.
On fugitive slaves, X. 391.
On the national government, XII. 259.
On beginning of the Civil War, XII. 264.
Trial of, XIII. 111.
On the doctrine of equality, XIX. 224.
Debate, limitations of, in Senate, VIII. 155.
Debt, public, of European nations before 1845, I. 72.
Of Great Britain in 1842, I. 73.
See [National Debt] and [Rebel Debt].
Decatur, Stephen, frees slaves in Algiers, II. 75; VIII. 297.
Declaration of Independence, foundation of the party of freedom, II. 228, 237.
Be true to the, III. 1.
Declares all men equal, III. 15, 64, 281; VI. 226; XII. 240; XIII. 173, 299; XVIII. 152; XIX. 308.
Declares equality in rights only, III. 65; IV. 97; XIX. 301.
And the Constitution, our two title-deeds, III. 165; XVI. 55; XVIII. 159.
Must be employed to interpret the Constitution, III. 281; XIII. 219; XVI. 57; XIX. 273, 308, 310; XX. [69].
On source of authority of government, V. 232.
The first declaration of human rights, VI. 363; VII. 50.
Its limitations on popular sovereignty, VI. 364; VII. 52; XVII. 218.
The guide of United States citizens, VII. 7.
Assaults upon, VII. 54; XIX. 300-303.
J. Q. Adams on, VII. 55-57.
Promises of the, XII. 235, 239, 297; XIII. 173.
Lincoln on, XII. 249, 251-257, 260; XVIII. 165-168; XIX. 224-226, 302.
Stephen A. Douglas on, XII. 250, 251, 252; XVIII. 164; XIX. 302.
Promises of, must be fulfilled, XII. 296; XIII. 128; XVI. 363; XVII. 220; XVIII. 161.
It made a new nation, XVI. 27.
Recognizes no distinction of color, XVI. 247; XVII. 43; XVIII. 152, 159; XIX. 249.
Degraded by limitations on equal rights, XIX. 223.
All statutes and legislation must conform to, XIX. 254.
Its importance defended, XIX. 304-309.
Bancroft on, XIX. 305, 306.
John Adams on celebration of, XIX. 306.
De Foe, on America, XV. 274 et seq.
Democracy, Mr. Sumner’s belief in, III. 268.
Democratic Party, influenced by Slave Power, II. 293; VI. 328.
Rejects Wilmot Proviso in 1848, II. 293.
Not opposed to slavery, IV. 265; V. 73.
And Republican Party, XI. 418.
In 1864, XI. 423.
Its support of slavery, XI. 424.
Platform of, in 1864, XI. 427, 478.
Proposes to acknowledge Slave Power, XI. 465.
Frauds committed by, XII. 3.
In 1868, the Rebel party, XVI. 327, 340.
Leaders of, XVI. 328.
Opposed to equal rights for freedmen, XVII. 102; XVIII. 171.
A party of repudiation, XVII. 104.
Dangers from its attaining power, XVIII. 255.
Its position in 1872, XX. [170], [250].
Its support of Greeley, XX. [184] et seq., [192], [197], [212], [242-246], [248].
Its fidelity to Republican principles in 1872, XX. [242];
testimony to same, XX. [243-245];
motives for same, XX. [246-249].
Denmark, navy of, in 1837, I. 76.
Adopts separate system in prisons, II. 135.
Treaty of, with United States illegally abrogated in 1855, V. 100.
Power of Congress to terminate same, recognized by Mr. Buchanan, V. 119.
Descartes, on progress in science, II. 257.
Diplomatic Representatives, rank of, abroad, XIV. 74.
Prohibition of uniform for, XIV. 344.
Must not accept gifts from foreign powers, XX. [70].
Disabilities, delay in removal of, XIV. 85.
Disarmament, advantages of, I. 119-121,—especially for France in 1870, XVIII. 223-229.
Disfranchisement, inconsistent with Republican government, XIII. 109.
District of Columbia, abolition of slavery in, demanded, I. 308, 337; III. 139,—but not by national Whig Party, II. 308.
Slave-trade in, abolished, III. 125.
Laws of Maryland adopted in, III. 221; VIII. 271.
Slavery and the black code in, VII. 361.
Mr. Sumner’s speech on bill for abolition of slavery in, VIII. 251.
Power of Congress to abolish slavery in, VIII. 258, 281.
Masters in, not properly entitled to compensation, VIII. 259.
Congress responsible for slavery in, VIII. 265, 280.
Slavery in, unconstitutional, VIII. 265, 274-278;
authorities maintaining same, VIII. 266.
Account of establishment of seat of government in, VIII. 267-271.
Laws of, on slavery, VIII. 272, 304.
Money appropriation advisable to ransom slaves in, VIII. 280, 299.
Testimony of colored persons in, VIII. 304.
Enforcement of emancipation in, VIII. 349.
Slaves cannot be surrendered in, IX. 79.
Colored suffrage in, XIII. 5; XIV. 229,—the whites vs. same, XIII. 98.
Opening of offices to colored persons in, XV. 234.
Exclusion of colored physicians from Medical Society of, XVII. 186; XVIII. 148.
Letter for celebration of anniversary of emancipation in, XX. [266].
Origin of reforms for colored persons in, XX. [276].
Disunion, threat of, by slave States, VII. 25, 319-321.
Absurdity of as a remedy, VII. 33.
Difficulty of accomplishing, VII. 34.
Effects of, on slave States, VII. 35-37.
And a Southern confederacy, VII. 165.
Dix, Miss D. L., her book on prison discipline, I. 163.
Labors of, I. 164.
Advocates separate system in prisons, I. 178.
Domestic Relations, our, article on, X. 167.
Dominica, diplomatic relations with the republic of, XIII. 270.
See [San Domingo].
Doubtful Clauses, authorities on interpretation of, III. 282, 358; X. 342-346.
Douglas, Stephen A., compared to Sancho Panza, V. 149.
Threats of, replied to, V. 150, 242.
His bill for admission of Kansas condemned, V. 212-215.
His attacks answered, V. 251-255.
Pretended principles of the party supporting, in 1860, VI. 362.
His insincerity in professing popular sovereignty, VI. 367-369; VII. 44, 62;
his inconsistency as to same, VI. 370-373.
His associates, VI. 373.
His heartlessness, VI. 374.
His contest with Lincoln, XII. 247,—extracts from his speeches in same, XII. 249-253; XVIII. 164; XIX. 302.
Douglass, Frederick, insults to, XIX. 165, 220; XX. [155] et seq., [181], [205-208].
And President Grant, XX. [205].
Downing, Andrew J., the landscape Gardener, IV. 1.
Downing, George T., article by, quoted, XIX. 279-283.
Draft, commutation for the, X. 262.
Burden of, should be equalized, X. 264.
Drayton and Sayres, proceedings against, for liberating slaves, III. 221-223.
Alternatives of pardon for, III. 231-233.
Dred Scott Decision, VI. 291; IX. 154; XI. 63-65; XIII. 276; XVIII. 7.
No bust for author of, XII. 138; XVI. 223.
False statements in, XII. 140;
refutation of same, XII. 141, 144-177.
Opinion of Judge Curtis on, quoted, XII. 147.
On rights of citizenship, XIII. 331; XVII. 46.
Duel, the, defined, I. 294.
Denounced, VI. 183, 184.
Franklin on, VI. 183.
Adopted by slave-masters, VI. 183, 199-202.
Between France and Germany, XVIII. 175.
Derivation of, XVIII. 177.
Dunn, Oscar J., insult to, on the railroad, XIX. 165, 221.
Character of, XIX. 221.
E.
Eagle, escutcheon of the United States, I. 95.
Described by Erasmus, I. 95.
Edmunds, George F., Senator from Vermont, answer to his criticisms on supplementary civil-rights bill, XX. [307-311].
Education, establishments of, in slave and free States, VI. 151-156.
No tax on, XI. 378; XIV. 267.
The department of, XIV. 297.
Generosity for, XIV. 317.
Indispensable in a republic, XIV. 336; XVIII. 47.
Power of Congress to prescribe, in rebel States, XIV. 340.
Reduction of appropriation for bureau of, XVIII. 47.
Elections, powers of States over, XIII. 214; XVI. 246-252; XVII. 39-42.
Of Senators, XIV. 1, 105.
Rules for, in England, XIV. 8, 106;
Cushing on same, XIV. 9.
Rules for, in United States, XIV. 9, 107;
Cushing on same, XIV. 10.
Secret voting at popular, XIV. 105.
Eloquence, defined, I. 297.
Emancipation, of slaves in West Indies by England, I. 127; V. 28-30; VI. 343.
Desirable in United States, I. 127.
Channing’s address on, I. 298; VI. 185.
Our best weapon, VII. 241, 347; IX. 76, 229; XI. 198.
Of national government from Slave Power, VII. 248.
Instances of, in war, VII. 253-255, 257.
Modes of, in Roman law, VII. 255.
Present modes of accomplishing, VII. 256, 258.
Of serfs in Russia, VII. 267; XII. 312, 314; XIII. 57-60; XIV. 57, 315.
Appendix to speech on, VII. 270.
And the President, VII. 271 (Appendix); VIII. 14; IX. 117 et seq.; XII. 282.
The third great epoch in American history, VII. 312.
Instructions of Secretary of War tending towards, VII. 348.
Military necessity of, VII. 350; IX. 206.
And Reconstruction, VIII. 163.
State suicide and, VIII. 243.
Enforcement of, in District of Columbia, VIII. 349.
Patriotic unity and, IX. 180.
Harmony with the President, and, IX. 182.
A war measure, IX. 233, 253, 273.
Celebration of, IX. 256; XIV. 41.
Immediate, and not gradual, IX. 266.
Must be universal, X. 298, 302;
petition for same, X. 300.
Universal, without compensation, XI. 173.
Pope Gregory the Great on, XI. 203.
In District of Columbia, letter for anniversary of, XX. [266].
See [Antislavery Enterprise] and [Proclamation of Emancipation].
Emblems and mottoes, encourage war, I. 93.
Emigrant Aid Company of Massachusetts, vindicated, V. 122, 194-205.
Not an Abolition Society, V. 199;
testimony to same, V. 200.
Its secret, V. 201.
Emigration, to Kansas, IV. 138; V. 121, 159, 194-205; VI. 368.
Organization in, V. 195.
Influence of slavery on, VI. 158.
England, slave-trade in, II. 18; XVII. 166.
Sends expeditions against Barbary States, II. 26-30, 77-80; VIII. 297; X. 72.
Slavery in, III. 301; VIII. 278;
same annulled, III. 302; IV. 313; VIII. 279.
Confiscation in, IX. 55.
Actions and criticisms of, unfriendly to United States during Rebellion, X. 12-41, 124; XII. 267; XVII. 58-73, 84, 124.
Liability of, for damages to United States commerce by pirate ships, X. 37-39; XVII. 89.
Her growth into a nation, XVI. 16.
Individual and national claims on, XVII. 53, 124.
Reparation due from, to United States, for aid to Rebels, XVII. 76, 125-127.
Her treatment of United States claims for reparation, XVII. 91.
Original degradation of, XVII. 164-167.
See [Great Britain].
English Language, predictions of its extension, XV. 312, 314.
Engravers of Portraits:
Dürer, XIX. 181.
A. Caracci, XIX. 182.
Goltzius, Pontius, and Rembrandt, XIX. 183.
Visscher and Van Dyck, XIX. 184.
Mellan, XIX. 185.
Morin and Masson, XIX. 186.
Nanteuil, XIX. 187.
Edelinck, XIX. 191-193.
Drevet, XIX. 193 et seq.
Ficquet, Schmidt, and Wille, XIX. 195-197.
Longhi, XIX. 197.
Raffaello Morghen, XIX. 198.
Houbraken and Bartolozzi, XIX. 199.
Strange, XIX. 200.
Sharp, XIX. 201.
Engraving, the best portraits in, XIX. 175.
Its relation to painting, XIX. 179.
Longhi on same, XIX. 179.
Great French School of, XIX. 185-194.
Episcopal Church of America, befriended by Granville Sharp, IV. 318.
Equal Rights, in the lecture-room, I. 160.
In common schools, III. 51; XIX. 3, 158, 165, 166, 241-244, 261; XX. [275].
And the Emancipation Proclamation, XII. 60.
Necessity of guaranties for, XII. 310.
Secured to freed serfs in Russia, XII. 312-314; XIII. 58-60; XIV. 57, 211.
Vs. the Presidential policy in reconstruction, XII. 368.
Scheme of Reconstruction on basis of, XIII. 21.
Of all, speech on, XIII. 115.
The great guaranty, XIII. 124.
A condition of Reconstruction, XIV. 92; XVI. 347.
Whether political or civil, by Act of Congress, XVI. 1.
Folly of reasons for denial of, XVI. 332.
Must be under a uniform law, XVIII. 2; XIX. 128, 234; XX. [69].
Further measures required to secure, XVIII. 21, 45, 317; XIX. 158-164, 166; XX. [203], [267].
No reconciliation without, XIX. 215, 259, 263.
Limitations on, a denial of the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 223.
Not a question of Society, XIX. 227.
In hotels, XIX. 236;
in public conveyances, XIX. 238;
in theatres, XIX. 240;
in other public institutions, churches, and cemeteries, XIX. 244, 292-299.
Argument against, XIX. 246.
On juries, XIX. 290.
In normal schools, XX. [268].
See [Civil Rights] and [Equality].
Equality before the law, III. 51; XI. 217.
Misunderstood by Brougham and Calhoun, III. 55.
Origin and growth of the sentiment of, III. 56.
Proclaimed in France by literature and constitutions, III. 58-63; XI. 218-221; XIII. 198-202,—declared in other European countries, III. 63; XI. 221.
Greek word for, III. 63; XI. 222.
Proclaimed by Declaration of Independence and Constitution of Massachusetts, III. 64.
Defined, III. 65; IV. 48; XVI. 331; XIX. 219.
Recognized by Massachusetts laws for common schools, III. 66;
and by courts of same, III. 69.
Violated by separate colored schools, III. 70; XIX. 241.
Equivalents no substitute for, III. 88; XIX. 3, 158, 165, 229.
American representative system founded on, IV. 38.
Of States, does not allow transportation of slaves into Territories, VI. 229.
Of men, a self-evident truth, VI. 338; XIII. 235.
La Boëtie and Maine on, XI. 224.
Political, without distinction of color, XIII. 282.
In rights, must be complete, XIV. 41; XVI. 331; XIX. 219, 316; XX. [68].
Before the law, protected by national statute, XIX. 203.
In rights, the real issue of the war, XIX. 223;
testimony to same, XIX. 224-226.
Equity, definitions of, XVIII. 36.
Erasmus, his description of an eagle, I. 95.
On his own character, I. 250.
His application of Latin proverb on Scylla and Charybdis, XII. 377-379.
On uncleanness of English houses, XVII. 167.
Portraits of, XIX. 181.
Europe, public debt of, before 1845, I. 72.
Expenses of war-preparations of, before 1850, I. 75; II. 368.
Tendency of, towards unity, II. 381-383.
Sympathies of, in our Civil War, not to be repelled, VII. 236.
Policy of, on rights of neutral ships, VIII. 63, 66.
Intervention of, in wars for freedom, X. 9.
Tends towards Republicanism, XVIII. 251.
Lafayette’s prophecy of enfranchisement of, XVIII. 252.
Everett, Edward, nomination of, for Vice-President in 1860, VI. 358.
Urges compromise in 1861, VII. 176.
Supports Lincoln in 1864, XI. 418.
The late, XII. 68.
On retaliation, XII. 86.
Exhibition, Industrial, at London in 1862, representation of United States at, VIII. 157.
Exmouth, Lord, expeditions of, against Algiers, II. 77-80; VIII. 297; X. 72.
Orders of, quoted, II. 77, 80; X. 73.
Despatch of, quoted, II. 81; VIII. 298; X. 73.
F.
Faculties, all the, should be cultivated, I. 208.
Fame, Allston’s definition of, I. 283.
Oration on, II. 153.
In antiquity, II. 162.
See [Glory].
Fanaticism, good and bad, defined, V. 146-148.
Faneuil Hall, IV. 163; VII. 70.
Farmer, the good, and the good citizen, IV. 280.
Farmers of Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, speech at dinner of, IX. 248.
Liberal sentiments of, IX. 252.
“Federal,” should not be applied to government, constitution, courts or army of United States, XVI. 8 et seq.
Fellow-citizens, German, and a true Reconstruction, VIII. 239.
No names of victories over, on regimental colors, VIII. 361; XX. [255].
No picture at the Capitol of victory over, XII. 201.
Female Suffrage, XIV. 228.
Fessenden, William Pitt, Senator from Maine, reply to, on limitation of Senate business and obligations of caucuses, XV. 205-209, 213 et seq.
Remarks on death of, XVII. 189.
“Fiat justitia, ruat cœlum,” origin of phrase, IV. 310 (and note), 311.
Field, Cyrus W., XIV. 220.
Speech on a resolution giving thanks of Congress to, XIV. 301.
Fifteenth Amendment, ratification of the, XVIII. 20.
Financial Reconstruction, through public faith and specie payments, XVI. 259; XVII. 234.
Depends on political, XVI. 264-266, 294, 355.
Means of, XVI. 278-281; XVII. 237-241, 279-281.
Propositions of Secretary of Treasury for, considered, XVII. 241-244.
Consideration of Mr. Sumner’s bill for, XVII. 245-253, 279 et seq.;
and of bill from Committee of Finance for, XVII. 255-260, 264, 266-270.
Substitute for latter explained, XVII. 260 et seq., 264-266, 273-277.
Substitute of Finance Committee for Mr. Sumner’s bill considered, XVII. 281-298.
Fish, Hamilton, Secretary of State, personal relations of Mr. Sumner with, XIX. 99, 106-124.
His interest in annexation of San Domingo, XIX. 107.
His removal of Mr. Motley, XIX. 109;
his paper on same, XIX. 109-112;
quotation from above paper, XIX. 110;
inconsistencies in same, XIX. 115-117.
Fisheries, Canadian, XII. 48.
Of Russian America, XV. 141-161.
Influence of, XV. 161-165.
Growth of, in United States, XV. 162, 165.
R. Izard on, XV. 163.
Five-Twenties (bonds), payment of, XVII. 245-247.
Flag, the national, the emblem of union for freedom, III. 238; XVI. 43,—history of same, XVI. 43-45.
Florida, memorial of, for admission into the Union, quoted, V. 220.
Florida, the, case of, XII. 9.
Fontenelle, on progress, II. 260.
Foot, Solomon, Senator from Vermont, speech on death of, XIV. 33.
Foreign Relations, prudence in our, IX. 257.
Speech on, in New York, in 1863, IX. 327.
Principles to be observed in, XVII. 117; XVIII. 253.
See [Com. on Foreign Relations].
Foreigners, in ancient and modern times, V. 77.
In United States, V. 77.
Our duty to welcome, V. 78; XVII. 183.
Services of, in United States and Europe, V. 78-80.
Indifference of Mr. Sumner to, denied, XVI. 315-317.
Rights of naturalized, in their native countries, to be determined by international law, XVI. 317.
Forney, John W., remarks at a dinner to, XVIII. 310.
Forts, no surrender of the Northern, VII. 200.
Foster, Lafayette S., Senator from Connecticut, remarks of, on testimony of colored persons, answered, IX. 157-161.
Fourteenth Amendment, withdrawal of assent to, by Ohio, XVI. 69.
Fourth of July, oration on true grandeur of nations, I. 1.
Letters for celebration of, at Boston in 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, and 1865, III. 165, 238; IV. 32, 228; XII. 297.
Fox, Charles James, on the American War, I. 343 et seq., 348.
On weakness of temporizing, VII. 332.
On war with America, XV. 407.
Fox, George, intercedes for Quaker slaves in Algiers, II. 35.
France, army of, in 1845, I. 75;
and in 1870, XVIII. 195.
Navy of, in 1837, I. 76;
and in 1870, XVIII. 195.
Fortifications and militia of, I. 77.
Relative expenditure of, for war-preparations, I. 78.
Efforts of, to free white slaves in Algiers, II. 31.
Favors separate system in prisons, II. 133-135, 146.
Equality developed and proclaimed in, by its literature and constitutions, III. 58-63; XI. 218-221; XIII. 198-202.
Abrogation of its treaties with United States in 1798, V. 104;
debate in Congress on same, quoted, V. 105.
Alliance of, with American colonies, VII. 118.
Revolution of 1789 in, VII. 131;
same brought about by few persons, VII. 336.
Testimony of government of, to rights of neutral ships, VIII. 63, 70.
Paper money in, VIII. 194, 204; XVI. 359.
Confiscation in, IX. 55-58.
Unfriendly actions of, to United States during our Civil War, X. 41-47; X. 256.
Recognition of United States by, X. 89; XI. 97.
Claims on, for spoliations of American commerce before July 31, 1801, XI. 70.
Origin and history of counter-claims of, XI. 96-113;
adjustment of same with United States, XI. 113-123.
Mints in, XI. 264.
Slavery condemned by law and literature of, XII. 162-169.
Testimony of, to republican government, XIII. 198-202.
Its growth into a nation, XVI. 17.
Instance of barbarous manners in, XVII. 168.
And Germany, the duel between, XVIII. 175.
Resources of, in 1870, XVIII. 194.
Had no right to interfere with Spain, XVIII. 198.
Foolish causes of certain wars of, XVIII. 202.
Instances of capture of sovereigns of, XVIII. 206-208.
Retribution upon, XVIII. 213.
Dismemberment of, XVIII. 219;
reasons against same, XVIII. 220-222;
authorities against same, XVIII. 221 et seq.
Advantages of disarmament of, XVIII. 223-229.
Charity to, XVIII. 319.
Obligations of United States to, XVIII. 319.
Annexation of Nice and Savoy to, XIX. 30.
Peace and the republic for, XIX. 159.
Numerical size of its Assembly, XX. [2].
Sale of arms to, by U. S. in Franco-Prussian war, XX. [5];
testimony showing need of inquiry into same, XX. [25-40].
Franco-German War, a duel, XVIII. 177.
Proper adjustment of, XVIII. 183.
Origin and pretexts of, XVIII. 183-191.
Debates in French Chamber previous to, XVIII. 184 et seq., 187-190.
Declared, XVIII. 192 et seq.
Folly of, XVIII. 196.
True reason of, XVIII. 200.
Progress and character of, XVIII. 203-206.
Should have ended at Sedan, XVIII. 216.
Three essential conditions of peace after, XVIII. 216, 217.
Publicity of, XVIII. 243.
Testimony to horrors of, XVIII. 245.
Frankfort, Penitentiary Congress at, II. 245, 402.
Franking, abolition of, XVIII. 57.
In England, XVIII. 57, 61.
In United States, XVIII. 58.
Substitute for, XVIII. 59.
Origin of, in England, XVIII. 64-66;
abolition of, in same, XVIII. 76.
Franklin, Benjamin, industry of, I. 188.
Worldly wisdom of, I. 189.
Petitions for abolition of slavery, I. 312; II. 68, 231, 294; III. 17, 293; VI. 203.
Letter of, to Mr. Strahan, quoted, I. 382.
His apologue on Algerine slavery, II. 68; VI. 203.
On war, II. 398; XX. [80],—his labors against same, II. 398.
On duels, VI. 183.
On compensation to loyalists, IX. 66.
And John Slidell at Paris, X. 221.
Origin and history of the Latin verse applied to, X. 222-225, 233-237, 242, 248-252.
Portraits of, in France, with Latin motto, X. 242-246.
Translations of Latin verse on, X. 252-255;
letter of, on same, X. 253.
On republican government, XIII. 176, 299.
His friendship with Bishop Shipley, XV. 332.
On the colonial post-office, XVIII. 67.
Frederick II., of Prussia, on invoking God in war, I. 56.
On effect of his standing army, II. 370; XVIII. 226;
testimony of Lafayette to same, XVIII. 227.
Free Banking, objections to, XVII. 259 et seq.
Free-Soil Conventions, speeches at, III. 4; IV. 3.
Address adopted by, in 1849, III. 6.
Letter to, in 1852, III. 240.
Free-Soil Party, importance of its organization, II. 299.
Principles of, II. 307; III. 26-29, 138, 153.
Appeal for, II. 316.
Explained and vindicated, III. 6.
A national party, III. 8-10.
Does not interfere with slavery in the States, III. 27, 48, 139, 141.
Necessary, III. 32.
Objections to, refuted, III. 34-41, 141.
Demands of, III. 139.
Freedmen, special committee on slavery and, X. 271.
Necessity of caring for, XI. 302-327; XVIII. 301.
Testimony to their desire for work, XI. 303-305.
Classes of, XI. 311.
Dangers of, XI. 315; XII. 321; XVII. 102,—testimony to same, XI. 344 et seq.; XII. 323; XIII. 66-96; XVI. 350 et seq.
Guaranties for, XII. 305, 325-329.
Colonization for, XII. 334.
Enfranchisement and protection of, XIII. 55.
Kidnapping of, XIII. 101.
Home-steads for, XIV. 307-309; XV. 188.
Freedmen’s Bureau, creation of the, XI. 301.
Location of, XI. 307, 315, 321-323, 341 et seq.;
authorities on same, XI. 312-314.
Despoiled by President Johnson, XVI. 169.
Freedom, the party of, II. 228, 291; IV. 3.
Whigs and Democrats must unite to defend, II. 234, 238.
Principles of party of, II. 297; IV. 8.
A last rally for, II. 320.
Our country on the side of, without belligerent intervention, III. 180.
Is national, III. 237, 242, 274; VI. 361.
National, slavery sectional: speech, III. 257.
Whig and Democratic parties opposed to, IV. 5.
Prospects of party of, IV. 9.
Necessity of union to uphold, IV. 15.
The landmark of, IV. 81.
Hope for, in United States, IV. 148.
The demands of, IV. 333.
Unity for, IX. 316.
Friends, Society of, in New England, petitions for repeal of Fugitive Slave Bill, III. 234.
See [Quakers].
Fugitive Clause in the Constitution, III. 303, 356; X. 341.
False assumptions as to origin of, III. 303-306; X. 352-354.
True origin of, III. 306-309; X. 354-360.
Neglected at first, III. 309 et seq.
Merely a compact between States, III. 356-358; X. 366-368.
Interpretation of, III. 358-361; IV. 182; VI. 229; X. 342-352; XI. 234-238.
Granville Sharp on, IV. 319 et seq.
Ambiguity of, X. 346.
Applicable to indented servants, X. 348.
Authorities denying power of Congress under, X. 368-372.
Fugitive Slave Acts, wrong and unconstitutionality of, X. 338.
Relation of, to slavery, X. 339-341.
Final repeal of all, XI. 229.
Fugitive Slave Bill, denounced, III. 127, 312; IV. 162, 342; V. 44; VII. 3; X. 394; XI. 239.
Unconstitutional, III. 128, 312 et seq.; IV. 162, 342; X. 360, 384.
Mr. Sumner’s relation to, III. 132.
Appeal against its execution, III. 134-137.
Presentation of a memorial against, III. 234.
Attempt to discuss, III. 243.
Speeches for repeal of, III. 257; IV. 333; XI. 229.
Difficulties of discussing, III. 267.
A usurpation by Congress and a breach of State rights, III. 326; IV. 163, 214, 337; X. 364-372.
Its denial of trial by Jury unconstitutional, III. 328-338; IV. 162; X. 372-380.
Compared to Stamp Act, III. 339; IV. 165.
Public sentiment of free States opposed to, III. 346; IV. 348.
Consequences of, III. 349-351; X. 385-390.
Favored by Mercantile interest, III. 351.
Substitute for, III. 356-361.
Must be disobeyed, III. 364; IV. 282; V. 46; VII. 3.
Speeches on Boston petition for repeal of, IV. 159, 172.
Authors of, IV. 213; X. 390-393.
Peaceful opposition to, IV. 228.
No pension for service in support of, IV. 230.
Struggle for repeal of, IV. 239.
Compared to Massachusetts law against witchcraft, IV. 276.
Legislation of States in regard to, defended, IV. 243-245.
No recognition of, VIII. 238-240.
Origin of, X. 363.
Webster on, X. 370.
Not necessary, X. 391.
Humboldt on, XI. 240.
Fugitive Slaves, entitled to trial by jury, III. 328; IV. 215; X. 373,—authorities proving same, according to the Constitution and common law, III. 330-338; X. 374-377.
Defended by Granville Sharp, IV. 297-313; VIII. 279; XI. 237,—opinion of same on laws for surrender of, IV. 319.
Instructions of Secretary of War in favor of, VII. 348.
Conduct of our generals towards, in the Civil War, VII. 359; VIII. 8 et seq., 351.
The national armies and, VIII. 7.
No surrender of, in Washington, IX. 78.
Objections to trial by jury for, X. 377-380.
Commissioners for trial of, X. 381-384.
Heroism of, XVII. 172.
Fugitives from service, Act of 1793 for surrender of, III. 310, 315; X. 361,—opposition to same, III. 311; X. 361-363,—Judge Story’s decision on same, III. 315 et seq.; XI. 233.
See [Fugitive Clause] and [Fugitive Slaves].
Funding Bills, speeches on, XVI. 259; XVII. 234.
Described, XVI. 281-284; XVII. 245-249.
G.
Galiani, Ferdinando, Abbé, prophecies of, concerning America, X. 234; XV. 361 et seq.
Character and works of, XV. 359-361.
Garrison, William Lloyd, reward offered by Georgia for arrest of, VI. 191 et seq.
Letter to, VI. 343.
Genoa, siege of, in 1800, I. 26-29.
Georgia, admission of, to representation in Congress, XVIII. 23;
condition of, in 1870, XVIII. 25.
Bingham amendment to Act for, XVIII. 26.
Powers of Congress over, XVIII. 27-32.
Different modes of treatment for, XVIII. 32 et seq.
Forfeits its title to recognition, XVIII. 35.
German Emigrant, the, must be against slavery, IV. 19.
German Fellow-citizens, our, and a true Reconstruction, VIII. 238.
Germany, plans of universal peace developed in, II. 392-397; XVIII. 233-236.
Pretensions of State sovereignty in, XVI. 18-20.
Protection of American citizens in, XVI. 312.
The duel between France and, XVIII. 175.
Resources of, in 1870, XVIII. 194.
Indemnity to, XVIII. 217.
Guaranty claimed by, XVIII. 219.
Proper guaranty for, XVIII. 223;
advantages of same, XVIII. 223-229.
Sufferings of, from war, XVIII. 232.
Charity to France or, XVIII. 319.
Obligations of United States to, XVIII. 320.
See [Franco-German War] and [Prussia].
Gettysburg, battle of, XII. 271.
Lincoln’s speech at, XII. 271, 272; XIX. 226.
Gibbon, Edward, autobiography of, I. 190.
On praise, II. 180.
Giddings, Joshua R., treatment of, by slave-masters in Congress, VI. 206-208.
Gifts, acceptance of, by office-holders, XX. [118], [215].
Instances of refusal of, XX. [119-122], [215] et seq.
Gladstone, William E., XX. [274].
Glory, defined, II. 162.
In antiquity, II. 163-165, 169.
Cicero’s opinions on, II. 165, 170-174.
In Middle Ages, II. 166.
Among savages, II. 167.
Sir W. Jones on, II. 175.
Influence of, II. 175, 194.
Pascal on, II. 177.
Love of, a low motive, II. 178 et seq.
Desire for, dangerous, II. 180.
Burke on, II. 181.
False, II. 182.
True, defined, II. 184, 194.
Waller on true, II. 185.
Wolfe’s idea of, II. 186.
Nature of military, II. 187, 424-428.
Examples of false and true, II. 197-200.
Lincoln on military, XII. 262.
God, not the God of armies, I. 57.
Gold, coined, is merchandise, XI. 270;
authorities stating same, XI. 271.
Necessity of inspection for, XI. 272.
Government, improvement of, XVII. 136-138.
The science of justice, XVII. 138.
Reform and purity in, XX. [5].
Personal, unrepublican, XX. [93] et seq.
See Military Government, [Republican Government], and [Self-Government].
Grant, Ulysses S., President of United States, labors to popularize annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 270; XIX. 91; XX. [148].
His usurpation in threatening Hayti and San Domingo by ships of war, XVIII. 282; XIX. 31, 78, 81, 90; XX. [88], [147], [151], [178] et seq., [217] et seq.
On rejection of treaty for annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 284; XIX. 92; XX. [148].
Threatens independence of Hayti, in annual message, XVIII. 284-288; XIX. 91.
His endeavor to change the committee on foreign relations, XVIII. 289.
Interview of, with Mr. Sumner on San Domingo treaties, XVIII. 293 et seq.
No precedent for his assumption of war-powers in Dominican treaty, XIX. 82,—his usurpation continued after rejection of same, XIX. 85; XX. [148],—testimony to same, XIX. 87 et seq.
Personal relations of Mr. Sumner with, XIX. 99, 104-106; XX. [155], [200].
His pretensions, as President, XX. [90-92], [124-153].
As a civilian, XX. [97] et seq.
E. M. Stanton’s opinion of, XX. [98-100].
Duty of exposing, XX. [100].
His nepotism, XX. [101] et seq., [128].
Takes gifts and repays with office, XX. [117], [122-124], [216].
His selection of his Cabinet, XX. [122] et seq., [125] et seq.
His inaugural address, XX. [125].
His appropriation of offices, XX. [128] et seq., [166].
His assault on a safeguard of the Treasury, XX. [129-131].
Appoints army officers as secretaries, XX. [131] et seq.;
illegality of same, XX. [133-137].
His interference in local politics, XX. [142] et seq.
The great Presidential quarreller, XX. [153-156].
Duty of Republican party as to his reëlection, XX. [156].
Favors originally one term for President, XX. [157], [222];
necessity of same shown by his example, XX. [159] et seq.
Unfit to be President, XX. [162], [254].
Apologies for, considered, XX. [162-165].
Indifferent to colored people, XX. [165], [181] et seq.
As a candidate for reëlection, XX. [165-169].
His antecedents, XX. [177-182].
His nomination for reëlection, XX. [182] et seq.
His supporters, XX. [184].
Frederick Douglass and, XX. [205].
Greeley or, XX. [209].
His reëlection secured by office-holders, XX. [223-225].
Grantism, Republicanism vs., XX. [83].
Great Britain, war of, with United States in 1812, I. 17, 31 et seq.; VIII. 50-52.
Public debt and annual taxation of, in 1842, I. 73.
Army of, in 1845, I. 75.
Navy of, I. 76.
Fortifications and militia of, I. 77.
Relative expenditure of, for war-preparations, I. 78.
Emancipation of slaves in West Indies by, I. 127; V. 28-30; VI. 343.
Treaties of, with Barbary States, II. 30,—abolishes white slavery in same, II. 78, 80; VIII. 297; X. 72.
Great institutions of liberty originated by, IV. 38; VIII. 41.
Mode of abrogation of treaty of, with United States, concerning Oregon, V. 106.
Early support of slave-trade by, V. 149; X. 71; XIII. 313.
Ground of her complaint in Trent case, VIII. 35-37.
Pretensions of, in maritime questions, VIII. 41.
Testimony to policy of, in regard to neutral rights, VIII. 42-56, 63, 64, 67; XII. 16-32, 38-41.
Prohibits paper money in America, VIII. 190.
Paper money in history of, VIII. 203.
Treaties of, with United States, to suppress slave-trade, VIII. 337-341.
Efforts of, against slave-trade, VIII. 339, 343; X. 74-77.
History of intervention of, against slavery, X. 71-84.
Relations with: the St. Albans raid, XII. 42.
Slavery condemned by law and literature of, XII. 156-162.
Attitude of justice towards, XIV. 96.
Reported designs of, against Russian America, XV. 43-48.
Action of, concerning surplus of indemnity paid by France in 1815 and 1818, XVIII. 129.
See [England].
Greeley, Horace, antecedents of, XX. [177] et seq.
His nomination to the Presidency, XX. [182] et seq., [242] et seq.
His supporters, XX. [184] et seq.
His election the triumph of Republican principles, XX. [185-187], [198] et seq.
Reasons for his nomination, XX. [191].
Or Grant? speech, XX. [209].
Reasons for voting for, XX. [213], [241], [248].
On reconciliation between North and South, XX. [227].
His fidelity to Republican principles, XX. [249-252].
Letter of, quoted, XX. [250].
Tribute to, XX. [256].
His devotion to Henry Clay, XX. [261].
Greene, Nathanael, Gen., on weakness of South Carolina in Revolutionary War, IV. 203-206.
Speech on presentation of statue of, XVII. 299.
Greener, Richard T., article by, on necessity of supplementary civil-rights bill, quoted, XIX. 271.
Grégoire, Henri, Abbé, career of, XV. 408-410.
His prophecies concerning America, XV. 410 et seq.
Grimes, James W., Senator from Iowa, reply to his criticism on bill for creation of Freedmen’s Bureau, XI. 323-339, 343-349.
Griswold, Rufus W., letter to, III. 213.
Grotius, on substitutes for war, II. 385.
His definition of war, IX. 21.
On recognition of States, X. 107.
On reprisals, XVI. 303, 305.
On alienation of territory, XVIII. 221.
Guaranties, against slavery, X. 295.
Irreversible, XI. 351.
For the national freedman and the national creditor, XII. 305, 325-329; XVII. 101-116,—modes of obtaining same, XII. 333-341; XVII. 115.
Guaranty of Republican Government to State, must be fulfilled by Congress, X. 211; XI. 370; XII. 197, 331; XIII. 62, 136, 211, 327; XV. 231; XVI. 245; XVII. 43; XVIII. 4, 28.
Upheld by Madison, X. 212; XIII. 139.
Part execution of, XIII. 14, 113, 323.
Origin and purpose of, XIII. 139-143.
Webster on, XIII. 143.
Authorities declaring duty of Congress to fulfil, XIII. 212;
arguments against same, refuted, XIII. 213-215; XVII. 44.
Guizot, on increase of toleration in old age, XX. [264].
Gurowski, Adam, Count, his work on slavery, VI. 347.
Letter to, VII. 184.
H.
Habeas Corpus, suspension of, in United States and Ireland, X. 16 et seq.
Hale, John P., Free-Soil candidate for President in 1852, IV. 10.
His remarks on testimony of colored persons in United States courts answered, IX. 154-156.
Hale, Sir Matthew, on arrangement of time, I. 201.
Halleck, Henry W., Gen., orders of, for surrender of fugitive slaves, VII. 359 et seq., VIII. 356 et seq.
His work on international law, VIII. 330.
On consuls, VIII. 330.
On privateering, IX. 287.
On seizures in neutral waters, XII. 13.
On retaliation, XII. 78.
On reprisals, XVI. 303, 305, 306.
On equality of nations, XIX. 70.
On belligerent intervention, XIX. 74 et seq.
Hamilton, Alexander, views of, on slavery, III. 287.
On republican government, XIII. 147, 182 et seq.
On right of negroes to representation, XIII. 183 et seq., 329; XVI. 251; XVII. 45.
His plan of representation, XIII. 329.
On sovereignty of the Union, XVI. 29, 33.
On State rights, XVI. 253.
On cessation of obligation of treaties, XVIII. 35.
On the treaty-making power, XIX. 79 et seq.
Hamlin, Hannibal, Republican candidate for Vice-Presidency in 1860, VI. 337.
Harper’s Ferry Investigation, speeches on imprisonment of Thaddeus Hyatt for refusing to testify in, VI. 80.
Harrison, William H., on one term for the President, XIX. 170; XX. [158], [221].
Hartley, David, XV. 347.
John Adams on, XV. 348.
His speeches and letter concerning America, XV. 349-359.
The first abolitionist in Parliament, XV. 352.
Harvard University in 1845, I. 80.
Expenditures of, I. 82.
Law School of, I. 142, 262; III. 101.
And Dr. Channing, I. 286.
Mottoes of, I. 302.
Judge Story’s benefactions to, III. 112.
See [Law School of Harvard University].
Hatch, Davis, on annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 290.
Imprisonment of, XIX. 45; XX. [147], [179],—evidence as to same, XIX. 46-48.
Hawley, Joseph R., Gen., XVIII. 172.
Hayti, and Liberia, independence of, VIII. 307.
Entitled to recognition, VIII. 311.
Described, VIII. 312-314.
Commercial relations of, with United States in 1860, VIII. 315-319.
Advantages of recognizing, VIII. 319-322, 324 et seq.
Consuls not sufficient for, VIII. 325-327, 330-332.
Recognition of, early commended, VIII. 327.
Merits of citizens of, VIII. 329.
Threatened by United States ships of war, XVIII. 277, 303; XIX. 49; XX. [151], [179].
Relations of, with Dominica, XVIII. 278-280.
President of, on annexion of Dominica, XVIII. 283.
Independence of, threatened by President Grant, XVIII. 284-288; XIX. 91; XX. [151], [178] et seq.
Testimony to threats of United States ships of war against, XIX. 48-51, 57, 64-66.
Value of its example, XIX. 49, 155.
Treatment of, by United States, a violation of international law, XIX. 71, 75; XX. [88], [147].
The equal of other nations, XIX. 72.
Presentation of medal from, XIX. 154.
Letter to President of, XX. [270].
Henry IV., of France, proposes congress of nations, II. 384; XVIII. 233.
Henry, Patrick, on slavery, II. 231; III. 288; XII. 150.
His opposition to the Constitution, X. 182; XII. 125; XIII. 305; XVI. 41.
On power of Congress over slavery, XI. 191.
Herder, on progress, II. 257.
Hill, Benjamin H., Senator from Georgia, colloquy of, with Mr. Sumner, on need of civil-rights bill, XIX. 206-212 (Introduction).
Hill, Rowland, plans of, for postal reform, XVIII. 69;
opposition to same, XVIII. 70 et seq.
Honors to, XVIII. 80.
Hinds, James, Representative from Arkansas, tribute to, XVII. 32.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Prince Leopold, XVIII. 184, 186, 197.
His relationship to the King of Prussia and Napoleon III., XVIII. 198 et seq.
Holland, navy of, in 1839, I. 77.
Frees white slaves in Algiers, II. 33.
Adopts separate system in prisons, II. 137.
Slavery not allowed in, XII. 169.
Homer, on slavery, II. 14.
Honor, “point of,” I. 60 (and note).
True, distinguished from false, I. 61.
Vattel on, I. 62 (and note).
Montesquieu on, I. 62.
Plato on, I. 64.
“Point of,” not recognized by ancient Greeks, but demanded by chivalry, I. 65.
Hooper, Samuel, XVIII. 170.
Hornet, case of the, XVII. 201 et seq. (see note).
Hotels, open to all by law, XIX. 236;
authorities proving same, XIX. 236-238.
House of Representatives, has inquisitorial powers, VI. 88.
Its proper number, XX. [1].
Howard, John, Burke on, I. 165.
Advocates separation of prisoners, I. 167.
Act of Parliament drawn up by, I. 168; II. 122.
Ambition of, II. 199.
Howard University, address at Commencement of Law School of, XVIII. 314.
Howe, Samuel G., and Lafayette in July, 1830, I. 334.
Character of, I. 334.
Opposed to slavery and the Mexican War, I. 336.
Letter to, VI. 78.
Howe, Timothy O., his attacks on Mr. Sumner, XIX. 102 et seq.
Human Nature, goodness of, I. 107.
Human Rights, sympathy with, everywhere, a letter expressing, III. 168.
No compromise of, XIII. 282, 312.
Dedication of United States to, XVI. 28, 31, 54; XIX. 226.
Any enactment for, constitutional, XVII. 38.
Hume, David, his account of refusals of English sailors to serve in unjust wars, I. 349 et seq.
On slavery, XII. 160.
On duration of the English language, XV. 313.
On America, XV. 385 et seq.
Humphreys, Col., on freeing American slaves in Barbary States, II. 59, 72; VIII. 293, 296.
Hunter, William, XIV. 82.
Hyatt, Thaddeus, imprisonment of, VI. 80; XIX. 133, 146.
I.
Idea, absorption in one, dangerous, I. 208;
objections to Free Soil Party for same, refuted, III. 34; XVI. 338.
Illinois, appeal to Republicans of, in 1856, VI. 13.
Impeachment, privileges of debate in the Senate on officers liable to, XV. 241, 249.
A political proceeding, XVI. 136-141, 228.
Character of offences liable to, XVI. 141;
authorities on same, XVI. 143-147.
Form of procedure in, untechnical, XVI. 148;
precedents and authorities proving same, XVI. 149-157.
Rules of evidence in cases of, XVI. 157-164;
authorities respecting same, XVI. 158-160.
Income Tax, XVIII. 40.
McCulloch on, XVIII. 41-43.
Sir R. Peel on, XVIII. 43.
Reason for, in England, XVIII. 44.
Independence, and those who saved the original work, XVI. 256.
Indians, included under word “person” in the Constitution, III. 298; VIII. 277; XI. 194.
Massacre of Cheyenne, XII. 66.
Industrial Exhibition at London, in 1862, VIII. 157.
Inhabitancy, question of, XVIII. 11.
Authorities respecting, XVIII. 13 et seq., 18.
Judicial decision on admissible evidence to prove, XVIII. 15 et seq.
Insane, gentleness in treatment of, I. 106.
International Law, sanctions war, I. 13, 293; II. 340; XVIII. 182.
Wheaton’s works on, II. 216, 219, 220, 222-225.
Authorities on supremacy of, II. 339.
Object of, II. 350.
Modes of establishing principles of, VIII. 31.
Should not be violated, VIII. 37; XIX. 67.
British pretensions under, VIII. 41.
Needed reforms in maritime, VIII. 75-79.
Gen. Halleck’s work on, VIII. 330.
Does not require recognition of a de facto power, X. 105;
authorities declaring same, X. 106-108.
Morality a part of, X. 109.
Montesquieu on, XII. 86.
Everett’s knowledge of, XII. 87.
Lieber’s acquaintance with, XII. 88.
Intervention, belligerent, III. 180; X. 84; XIX. 73.
Protest against foreign, IX. 307.
Character of foreign, X. 48-50, 86.
Instances of, in external affairs, X. 51-53;
and in internal affairs, X. 53-71.
Unarmed, X. 85.
By recognition, X. 87;
instances of same, X. 87-94.
Authorities respecting belligerent, XIX. 74 et seq.
Iowa, resources of, III. 196.
Improvements in, needed, III. 197.
Iowa Railroad Bill, speeches on, III. 182.
Objections to amendment to, III. 209, 212.
Ireland, sympathy with, III. 181.
And Irishmen, IV. 80.
Iron-clad Oath, the, for Senators, X. 273.
Necessity of requirement of, for legislatures of rebel States, XVII. 226-230.
Isthmus of Darien, a ship-canal through the, XIV. 124.
Italy, independence and unity of, VI. 67; XVIII. 307; XIX. 15.
Pretensions of State sovereignty in, XVI. 18.
Numerical size of its legislative bodies, XX. [3].
J.
Jackson, Andrew, on authority of Supreme Court and Constitution, III. 316; IV. 179; V. 253; XVI. 207.
Appeals to colored men to enlist, VI. 295.
Letter of, on object of Nullification, VII. 166, 320.
On recognition of independence of Texas, X. 94.
On claims on foreign powers, XI. 157.
Favors one term for the President, XIX. 169 et seq.; XX. [158], [221].
Jay, John, on slavery, II. 67; III. 287.
His desire for nationality, XVI. 34.
Jefferson, Thomas, his desire for abolition of slavery, I. 312; III. 15, 288,—suggested exclusion of same from Territories, II. 210; III. 16, 253; VII. 58.
On war, II. 399.
On evils of slavery, III. 23, 269; IV. 175; VI. 164; XII. 160.
On State rights, III. 325.
His plan for a representative system, IV. 44; XIII. 320.
On interpreting the Constitution, IV. 180.
On British impressment of American sailors, VIII. 46.
On establishment of seat of national government, VIII. 270.
On confiscation of property in war, IX. 36, 68.
On privateers, X. 136.
On subordination of military authority in United States, X. 170; XIV. 342; XVIII. 51.
On Franklin’s mission to Paris, X. 229.
On treaties, XI. 150.
Lincoln on, XII. 256.
On Republican government, XIII. 178 et seq.
On future government of Pacific coast, XV. 52; XV. 412.
His other predictions concerning America, XV. 414, 432 et seq.
On rules for appointment of Senate committees, XX. [53] et seq.
On appointment of relations to office, XX. [103], [112] et seq.
His inaugural address quoted, XX. [125].
Foresees tyranny of Executive, XX. [224].
Johnson, Andrew, VII. 231; XI. 351.
Legality of his seat in Senate, X. 195; XI. 352.
On reorganizing Tennessee, X. 202; XI. 362.
Appeal to, in 1865, concerning Reconstruction, XII. 342.
On Reconstruction, XII. 369, 408; XIV. 197 et seq., 294; XVII. 231.
“Whitewashing” by, XIII. 47; XIV. 206.
His attack on Mr. Sumner, XIII. 266-269 (Appendix).
His veto of civil-rights bill, XIII. 276-279;
and of bill for admission of Colorado, XIII. 372.
His usurpation in reconstructing rebel States, XIV. 189-192, 250-253; XV. 218; XVI. 165-167.
Bestows power on Rebels, XIV. 192-197, 203; XVI. 167 et seq.
His inconsistency, XIV. 197; XVI. 166, 345.
His accession to office, XIV. 199.
Personal relations of, with Mr. Sumner, XIV. 199-205.
Criminality of, XIV. 206-208, 348; XV. 243; XVI. 165, 203, 225.
Scandalous speeches of, XIV. 207, 254; XVI. 170, 218-220.
Protection against, XIV. 239.
Vigilance and precaution against, XIV. 348; XV. 170, 191, 240; XVI. 66.
Opinion on impeachment of, XVI. 134;
same a battle with slavery, XVI. 134.
Outline of his transgressions, XVI. 164-173, 199.
His open defiance of Congress, XVI. 171.
Impeached, XVI. 172.
Articles of his impeachment, XVI. 173 et seq.
Apologies for, refuted, XVI. 196-208.
Technicalities and quibbles in impeachment of, XVI. 208-217.
Guilty on all the articles, XVI. 217-221.
Anticipated results of acquittal of, XVI. 225.
On the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 302.
Johnson, Reverdy, Senator from Maryland, criticisms of, answered, X. 329-333; XI. 385 et seq.; XII. 119-126.
His defence of Dred Scott decision answered, XI. 63-65.
His interpretation of the fugitive clause criticised, XI. 234-238.
Johnson, Samuel, on merchants, IV. 289.
On American slave-masters, VI. 165; XII. 159.
On unlimited authority of governments, VII. 51.
Johnson-Clarendon Treaty, speech on the, XVII. 53.
Character of, XVII. 53-58.
Jones, Sir William, on arrangement of time, I. 200.
Compared to John Pickering, I. 237.
On glory, II. 175.
His substitute for militia, II. 366.
On complicity with slavery, XII. 268.
His character and career, XV. 391.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 393;
other verses resembling same, XV. 394.
Judges, crimes committed by, IV. 272 et seq.
Support of slavery by, XI. 206.
Authorities for guidance of, in proclaiming emancipation, XI. 208 et seq.
Judgments, unrighteous, should be disobeyed, IV. 274-276, 317.
Julian, George W., Free-Soil candidate for Vice-President in 1852, IV. 10.
Juries, impanelling of, and trial of Jefferson Davis, XIII. 111.
Right of colored persons to serve on, XIX. 290 et seq.
Jurist, Judge Story as the, in Phi Beta Kappa oration of 1846, I. 258-272.
Distinguished from the lawyer, judge, and legislator, I. 263-265.
Examples of the, I. 266.
Jury, trial by. See [Trial by Jury].
Justice, cost of administering, in United States, I. 84.
K.
Kansas, a liberty-loving emigration to guard, IV. 138.
Squatter sovereignty in, V. 68.
First election and legislation in, V. 69, 163 et seq., 179-182.
Freedom in, must be upheld, V. 72, 123.
Reply to assaults on emigration in, V. 121, 194-205.
The crime against: speech, V. 125.
Description of, V. 136.
Wrongs of, V. 139; VI. 120; XIII. 41,—motives for same, V. 140, 183; VI. 121.
Attempts to convert, into a slave State, V. 158, 172.
Emigration to, V. 159; VI. 368.
Forcible invasions of, V. 160; VI. 368,—testimony to same, V. 161-167.
Insecurity of property and life in, V. 168-171.
Evidence of usurpation in, V. 172-178.
Illegality of its first legislature, V. 185-187.
Plan of secret society to form a free State in, V. 193.
President’s message on, compared to George III.’s speech on Massachusetts Bay, V. 209 et seq.
People of, should not be disarmed, V. 211.
Douglas’s bill for its admission as a State condemned, V. 212-215.
Reasons for immediate admission of, V. 217; XIII. 355,—objections to same refuted by historical precedents, V. 218-232.
Proceedings in, for formation of a new State, defended, V. 232-236,—especially by American authorities, V. 233-235.
Wrongs of, compared to those of America before Revolution, V. 238 et seq.
Enemies of, in Senate, V. 239-244.
Compared to South Carolina, V. 241 et seq.
Importance of contest in, V. 247.
Relief for, V. 343, 345; VI. 18, 40, 44.
Duty to vote for, and for Burlingame, VI. 20.
A last word for, VI. 54.
Adoption of Lecompton constitution in, VI. 310, 333.
Collamer’s report on, XIII. 42.
See [Crime against Kansas], [Nebraska and Kansas Bill], and [Squatter Sovereignty].
Kant, labors of, for perpetual peace, II. 393-395; XVIII. 234 et seq.
His definition for a republic, XIII. 203.
Kent, Chancellor, adopts Bacon’s definition of war, I. 15.
Compared to Judge Story, I. 143.
On privateering, IX. 288.
On executive power of Congress, X. 174; XI. 372.
On seizures in neutral waters, XII. 13.
On retaliation, XII. 78.
On mode of electing Senators, XIV. 5.
On equality of nations, XIX. 70.
On duties of innkeepers, XIX. 237.
Kentucky, necessity of colored suffrage in, XV. 201.
Kirkwood, Samuel J., Senator from Iowa, reply to, in regard to Constitution of Iowa, XIV. 137-139.
Know-Nothing Party, denounced, V. 74-76, 79.
Kossuth, Louis, liberation of, III. 169.
Welcome to, III. 171.
His visit to England, III. 175.
Letter on banquet to, III. 180.
Ku-Klux-Klan, the, XVI. 199, 351; XVIII. 25, 301; XIX. 93 et seq., 125.
Lawless actions of United States in San Domingo compared to, XIX. 94.
Power of national government against, XIX. 126;
sources of same, XIX. 127 et seq.
L.
Labor, hours of, XX. [79].
La Bruyère, on war, II. 390.
Ladd, William, labors of, against war, II. 400.
Lafayette, on imprisonment in the Bastile, I. 170.
And Dr. S. G. Howe in July, 1830, I. 334.
His interest in prison discipline, II. 120.
Incorrectly quoted on Pennsylvania system, II. 130.
His opinions and plans concerning slavery, II. 210; VII. 124, 126, 129, 146 et seq., 149, 157; XII. 169.
The faithful one: address, VII. 101.
His ruling passion, VII. 105, 110, 125, 158.
Grave and home of, VII. 106-108.
His career, VII. 108-159.
Greatness of, VII. 159-161.
Land States, justice to the, III. 182.
The nation indebted to, III. 188, 192, 195, 204.
Annual land-tax in, III. 191.
National grants to, III. 192-195.
Should be assisted by United States in building railroads, III. 198.
Lands, national, origin and nature of their immunity from taxation, III. 184-188.
Judicial decision on, III. 185; IV. 126.
Extent and value of above immunity, III. 189-196, 204.
Lane, James H., of Kansas, remarks on title of, to his seat in the Senate, VIII. 105.
Law, of right, the same for nations as for individuals, I. 46, 291, 340, 380; X. 110; XVIII. 242.
Hooker on, I. 47.
Equality before the, III. 51; XI. 217.
No law final, III. 270.
God’s law above human, III. 361; XI. 207.
St. Augustine and Cicero on unjust laws, III. 362; XI. 207.
Cicero’s definition of, X. 109.
See [Common Law] and [International Law].
Law School of Harvard University, I. 142, 262.
Character and history of the, III. 101.
A Story professorship of commercial law in, recommended, III. 114-116.
Law School of Howard University, address at Commencement exercises of, XVIII. 314.
Lawyer, position of the American, III. 166.
Admission of a colored, to the bar of the Supreme Court, XII. 97.
Duty of the young colored, XVIII. 314.
Lawyers, defence of prerogative by, XVI. 216.
Lecompton Constitution for Kansas, adoption of, VI. 310, 333.
Lee, Robert E., Gen., denies hostility of Southerners to freed negroes, XVI. 351 et seq.
A traitor, XVIII. 254.
Leibnitz, announces law of progress, II. 255.
On Saint-Pierre’s “Project of Perpetual Peace,” II. 389; XVIII. 233.
Letters, debate in Parliament on opening of, by Government, XIX. 150-152.
Letters of Marque and Reprisal, inexpediency of, IX. 278, 313.
Must be specially issued by Congress, IX. 285.
Regulation of, in England, IX. 285.
Should not be issued indefinitely, IX. 293-295.
Power of the President over, IX. 296-298.
See [Privateers].
Liberia, independence of Hayti and, VIII. 307.
Entitled to recognition, VIII. 311.
Description of, VIII. 314.
Commercial relations of, with United States in 1860, VIII. 316, 323.
Clay on recognition of, VIII. 323.
Consequences of recognizing, VIII. 324.
Consuls not sufficient for, VIII. 325-327, 330-332.
Merits of citizens of, VIII. 329.
Liberty, jubilee of, XII. 5.
See [Freedom].
Libraries, public, XIV. 264 et seq.
Lieber, Francis, on war, I. 15.
On retaliation, XII. 80-82, 88.
As a publicist, XII. 88.
His definition of “nation,” XVI. 12;
and of a “state,” XVII. 138.
Lincoln, Abraham, Republican candidate for President in 1860, VI. 337.
Reasons for selection of, VI. 355; VII. 66; XII. 257.
Character of, VII. 79; XII. 277-289.
Opinions of, on emancipation, VII. 271 (Appendix), VIII. 14; IX. 117 et seq.; XII. 282.
His plan for reorganizing rebel States, XI. 363 et seq.; XIV. 196-294.
Letter of, on terms of peace, XI. 429, 477.
Effect of a vote for, in 1864, XI. 432.
And the Nasby letters, XII. 228; XX. [65-67].
Respect for memory of, XII. 229.
Eulogy on, XII. 235.
Compared to Washington, XII. 238.
His career, XII. 242-277.
Extracts from his speeches against Douglas, XII. 247-255, 279; XVIII. 165-167; XIX. 302.
His fidelity to the Declaration of Independence, XII. 248-257, 260; XVIII. 165-168; XIX. 224-226, 302.
His moderation, XII. 261-263, 284.
Compared to other historical characters, XII. 287-289.
On surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 121.
See [Proclamation of Emancipation].
Literature, and art, national academy of, XI. 401.
A curiosity of, XII. 371;
moral of same, XII. 405.
Livermore, George, obituary notice of, XII. 301.
Locke, John, on equality, III. 58.
On slavery, VI. 164; XII. 159.
On taxation without representation, XIII. 156, 300;
comments on same, XIII. 300.
London, industrial exhibition at, VIII. 157.
Louis, St., King of France, character of, I. 40-42.
Suppresses trial by battle, I. 41; II. 347; XVIII. 242.
Compared to Lincoln, XII. 289.
Louis Napoleon, unfriendly actions of, to United States during Rebellion, X. 41-47, 256; XVIII. 211.
Perfidy and wickedness of his career, XVIII. 208-212.
Retribution upon, XVIII. 212.
See [Franco-German War].
Louisiana, remarks on the recognition of her new State government, XII. 179.
Louisiana Convention of 1803, claims on France for spoliations not included in, XI. 141-146.
Lovejoy, Owen, Representative from Illinois, speech on death of, XI. 54.
Lowndes, William, of South Carolina, IV. 114.
Loyal Citizens, rights of, and a republican government, XIII. 35.
Luther, on occupation, I. 207.
M.
Macaulay on slavery: article, VI. 71.
Macaulay, Zachary, the abolitionist, VI. 76.
McClellan, George B., Gen., letter of, as Democratic candidate for Presidency in 1864, XI. 428, 478.
Effect of a vote for, XI. 431 et seq.
Mackintosh, Sir James, on mediation, X. 53.
On recognition of new States, X. 112.
McLane, Louis, suggests Missouri Compromise in House of Representatives, IV. 104, 116; VII. 29.
Madison, James, opposes admission of idea of slavery into the Constitution, III. 17, 278; VI. 227; X. 358; XIII. 120.
On representation, IV. 46; XIII. 320.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 48, 50.
On seizure of ambassadors and others in neutral ships, VIII. 57-59.
On necessity of guaranty of republican government for States, X. 212; XIII. 139.
On republican government, XIII. 179-182.
On power of Congress to correct inequality of suffrage, XIII. 215; XVI. 251; XVII. 45.
His desire for nationality, XVI. 35.
On suspension of the President, XVI. 91, 93.
On reasons for impeaching the President, XVI. 147.
On the pretension that offices are spoils of victory, XX. [116].
Magicienne, case of the, XIV. 96.
Mails, removal of disqualification of color in carrying the, VIII. 247.
Male suffrage, an educational test of, XIV. 228; XVI. 348 et seq.
Man, no property in, VI. 131, 218, 319; VIII. 261; XI. 173.
Equal rights of, XVII. 134; XIX. 249.
The Bible on Unity of, XVII. 147;
Humboldt on same, XVII. 156 et seq.
True unity of, XVII. 157-162; XVIII. 250,—same recognized by scientific men, XVII. 159-161.
See [Races].
Manilius, “Astronomicon” of, X. 252.
Mann, Horace, letters on statue of, VI. 78; VII. 20.
Mansfield, Lord, on popularity, I. 283; II. 180.
On the authority necessary for slavery, III. 275; VI. 223; VIII. 274; X. 343.
His decree annulling slavery in England, III. 302; IV. 310-313; VIII. 279; XI. 236; XII. 158.
His decision in the Lewis kidnapping case, IV. 303.
Character of, IV. 309.
On levying war, VIII. 125.
On reprisals, XVI. 302.
Manufactures, in slave and free States, VI. 147.
Maritime Rights. See [Trent Case] and [Neutral Rights].
Marque and Reprisal, letters of. See [Letters of Marque and Reprisal].
Marshall, Chief-Justice, compared to Judge Story, I. 143.
On authority for infringement of rights, VI. 224; X. 343.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 47.
On bills of credit, VIII. 184.
On confiscation in war, IX. 69.
On power of Congress over Territories, X. 209; XI. 368.
On claims for French spoliations, XI. 88, 128.
His decision on State taxation of national banks, XI. 249.
On power of Congress over inter-State intercourse by railway, XII. 113 et seq.
On powers of Congress under the Constitution, XIII. 216, 273, 278; XVIII. 29; XIX. 277.
On an attempt to evade neutral obligations, XX. [18].
Maryland, laws of, on slavery, III. 220; VIII. 272.
Its laws adopted in District of Columbia, III. 221; VIII. 271.
Statutes of, on pardoning power, III. 225 et seq.
Necessity of colored suffrage in, XV. 200.
Mason, James M., Senator from Virginia, attacks of, answered, IV. 175-177, 212; V. 255.
Author of Fugitive-Slave Bill, IV. 213; X. 392,—challenged to defend same, IV. 213-216.
His enmity to Kansas, V. 243 et seq.
On slavery, VI. 123.
His treasonable actions, VIII. 32.
Seizure of, on the Trent, VIII. 33.
On the fugitive clause in the Constitution, X. 371.
On trial by jury for fugitive slaves, X. 380.
Massachusetts, seal of, I. 94.
Exertions of, against slavery, I. 308; VII. 13-16, 264.
Should demand abolition of slavery, I. 309.
Arguments before Supreme Court of, I. 352; III. 51.
Laws of, on militia, I. 359 et seq., 368.
Governor of, grants petition for ransoming slaves in Barbary States, II. 52.
Aids Gen. Taylor’s nomination, II. 233.
Address previous to the State election of 1848, II. 316.
Vote of, in Presidential election, II. 316.
Resolutions of Legislature of, on substitutes for war, II. 406.
Influence of corporations in, III. 42.
Need of reform in its representative system, III. 43; IV. 35.
Constitution of, on equality, III. 64.
Allows no color-distinction in her schools, III. 66, 85;
nor her courts, III. 69.
Favors national grants to Land States, III. 207, 208.
Opposition of, to Stamp Act, III. 340; IV. 166.
History of its representative system, IV. 39-44.
Influence of towns in, IV. 50.
Origin and character of Bill of Rights of, IV. 63-71.
Account of slavery in, IV. 187-190; VII. 11-15; XI. 448; XII. 145.
Number of troops furnished by, in Revolutionary War, IV. 198; V. 206.
James Otis an example to, IV. 237.
Duties of, at the present crisis (1854), IV. 255.
Colonial law of, against witchcraft, IV. 276.
Influence of, V. 205; VI. 34-35; VII. 8, 16; XII. 315.
Her desire for freedom in Kansas, V. 206.
Should help Kansas, V. 343; VI. 44.
Appeal to young men of, VI. 7.
Unworthy conduct of some citizens of, in regard to Kansas, VI. 36.
Mr. Sumner’s letter to people of, previous to his sailing for Europe in 1858, VI. 62.
Example of, against slavery, VII. 5.
Duties of citizens of, VII. 7.
Early history of, III. 8-16.
First settlers of, VII. 8; XI. 448.
Paper money in, VIII. 187 et seq.
Favors justice to all, XVIII. 158.
Mayflower, the, and the slave-ship, VII. 8; X. 260; XI. 446.
Carlyle on, XI. 447.
Mechanics in the Civil War, justice to, XIV. 43.
Mediation, a substitute for war, I. 51.
Uninvited, not allowable in civil war, X. 49, 85.
Mackintosh on, X. 53.
Memphis and Shreveport, aid to sufferers by yellow fever at, XX. [281].
Mercantile Library Association of Boston, address before, IV. 283.
Merchant, position and duties of the, illustrated by the life of Granville Sharp, IV. 283.
Merchants, American, in Paris, letter to, VI. 56.
Unjust arrest and prosecution of two Boston, XII. 209.
Metric System of weights and measures, XIV. 148.
Invention of, XIV. 156.
Explained, XIV. 158-160.
Advantages of, XIV. 160-163.
Mexican War, injustice of, I. 307, 319, 322, 335, 377.
Caused by slavery, I. 307, 322, 335, 377.
Beginning of, I. 318.
Bill and amendment to raise supplies for, I. 319 et seq.;
arguments against same, I. 321.
Slavery and the: speech, I. 333.
Denounced by Whig Convention, I. 336.
Mr. Winthrop’s actions in regard to, I. 338.
Whigs should oppose, I. 339.
United States should abandon, I. 340.
Invalidity of enlistments in Massachusetts regiment of volunteers for the, I. 352.
A war of aggression, I. 379.
Expenses of, I. 379.
Compared to Revolutionary War, I. 382.
Mexico, wrongful declaration of war against, I. 317.
Withdrawal of American troops from, I. 374.
Help for, against foreign intervention, VIII. 227.
Debt of, to allied powers, VIII. 232.
Securities for loan to, VIII. 234.
Remarks on resolutions against French interference in, IX. 257.
French expedition to, X. 42.
Mediation between contending parties in, XV. 174.
Alaman’s prophecy concerning, XV. 426-428.
See [Mexican War].
Michigan, account of irregular admission of, into the Union, V. 222-232;
debates in Congress on same quoted, V. 223-225, 227-229.
Military Government of rebel States, IX. 119; X. 168-175; XI. 365; XIV. 326.
Subordinate to civil, in the United States, X. 170, 194; XIV. 326; XVIII. 51.
Jefferson on, X. 170; XIV. 342; XVII. 151.
Under Cromwell, X. 171 et seq.
Congressional government preferable to, for rebel States, X. 173-175, 194; XIV. 326 et seq.
Militia, of United States, not needed for defence or as police, I. 91; II. 363,—not volunteers, I. 357,—cost of, II. 367,—power of Congress over, I. 354; IV. 21, 26-30,—distinguished from army, I. 355.
Of England, I. 357; IV. 29.
C. Turner on, I. 358.
Laws of Massachusetts on, I. 359 et seq., 368.
Testimony to unpopularity of, in Massachusetts, II. 364.
Substitute for, II. 365;
Sir W. Jones’s suggestion for same, II. 366.
Powers of the State over, IV. 20, 25.
Exemptions from service in, for conscientious scruples, IV. 23.
Colored companies in, IV. 25.
Volunteer, are not national, IV. 31.
Mills, John, Free-Soil candidate for Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849, II. 318; III. 44.
Milton, on early rising, I. 204.
His labors for liberty compared to Channing’s, I. 292.
On virtue in individuals and States, I. 380.
On slavery, II. 100; XI. 204.
On war, II. 185.
On true glory, II. 199.
On settlement of America, XV. 265.
Mints, branch, and coinage, XI. 263.
In France, XI. 264.
Dumas’ report on French, XI. 265 et seq.
In United States, XI. 267-269.
Cost of, XI. 274 et seq.
Misprision of treason, definitions of, XVI. 80.
Penalty for, in United States, XVI. 81.
Mississippi, origin of repudiation in, XVI. 275; XVII. 105,—Judge Curtis on same, XVII. 105 et seq.
Admission of, to representation in Congress, XVIII. 1.
Mississippi, the, union of, with the lakes by canal, IX. 320.
Reconstruction of levees of, XIV. 358.
Missouri, protests against admission of, into Union in 1819, I. 152-154; IV. 106.
History of its admission, IV. 102-115.
Invasions of Kansas from, V. 162-167; VI. 368.
Speech on aid to emancipation in, IX. 266.
Enfranchisement in, XVI. 331.
Missouri Compromise, no repeal of the, IV. 81.
Adoption of, IV. 91, 111-115; VII. 29 et seq.; XVI. 231.
Not repealed by Slavery Acts of 1850, IV. 93.
Origin of, and debates on, in Congress, IV. 101-118.
Carried by the South, IV. 113, 116-118; V. 67, 152; VII. 29,—but repudiated by same, IV. 118; V. 67, 153; VI. 332.
Repeal of, by Nebraska Bill, V. 157; VI. 366.
Monopolies, unlawful, XII. 127;
Webster on, XII. 127, 128.
Montana, colored suffrage in, XI. 62.
Montcalm, Louis, Marquis de, reputed predictions by, concerning America, XV. 318-321.
Montesquieu, on trial by battle, I. 37; II. 349.
On honor, I. 62.
On Africans, VI. 166; XII. 168.
On international law, XII. 86.
His definition of a republic, XIII. 149, 198; XVII. 114.
On America, XV. 296.
On armies, XVIII. 247.
Moral and Political Sciences, national academy of, XI. 401.
Morrill, Lot M., Senator from Maine, reply to his criticisms on the supplementary civil-rights bill, XIX. 265-287.
Morse, Samuel F. B., letter to, VI. 64.
Morton, Oliver P., Senator from Indiana, answer to his remarks on annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 273-275.
Motley, John Lothrop, XIX. 106.
His removal from the English mission, XIX. 109.
Mr. Sumner’s influence on his nomination, XIX. 117 et seq.
His memoir on the Alabama claims, XIX. 120, 122.
Testimony of English press to, XIX. 123.
Motto, of Massachusetts, I. 94 (see note).
Of United States, XVI. 45;
history of same, XVI. 46.
N.
Naboth’s Vineyard: a speech, XVIII. 257.
Napier, Sir William, on war, I. 12, 34.
On storming of Badajoz, I. 23.
Napoleon I., horrors of his wars, I. 22-26.
On war, I. 33, 34; II. 353.
On value of time, I. 188.
Channing’s essay on, I. 295.
On inability of brute force to create anything durable, II. 376; IX. 231.
His plans for peace, II. 419.
Restrains confiscation in France, IX. 56.
Mediation of, in Switzerland, X. 63.
On claims for French spoliations, XI. 131.
On equality, XIII. 200.
His seizure of English travellers, XVI. 307;
Alison’s account of same, XVI. 307;
same condemned by Napoleon himself and Junot, XVI. 308.
Nasby Letters, quotation from, XIX. 296.
Introduction to, XX. [65].
Nation, are we a? XVI. 3.
Meaning of, XVI. 9 et seq.;
authorities on same, XVI. 11-13.
Supremacy of the, XVI. 60.
National Banks, the, and the currency, XI. 245.
Exemption of, from State taxation, XI. 246-254, 260-262;
judgment of Chief-Justice Marshall on same, XI. 249.
Purpose of, XI. 257.
Extension of, XVII. 113, 249;
remarks on introducing bill for same, XVII. 184.
Advantages of, XVII. 249.
Propositions concerning, XVII. 249-251, 261, 295-298.
Power of Congress over, XVII. 293-296.
National Debt, obligation of the, XII. 318, 326; XIII. 99; XVI. 268-277, 355.
Denounced by Rebels, XII. 324; XIII. 68 et seq.
Diminution of interest on, XVI. 279; XVII. 238, 262, 288 et seq.
Time of its payment, XVI. 280; XVII. 111, 238-241, 291 et seq.
Amount of, in 1868 and 1869, XVI. 282; XVII. 108.
Posterity should bear the burden of, XVII. 239.
Interest on, where payable, XVII. 243.
Nations, equality of, X. 48; XIX. 67, 156,—authorities stating same, XIX. 68-71.
Bound to good faith, as neutrals, XX. [14].
Neutral, cannot furnish arms to belligerents directly, XX. [15];
or indirectly, XX. [16],—authorities declaring same, XX. [18-20], [41-44] (Appendix).
Naturalization, without distinction of race or color, XV. 238; XVIII. 144;
conformity of same with Declaration of Independence, XVIII. 151 et seq., 160;
and with the Constitution, XVIII. 160.
Naval Academy, appointments to the, IX. 301.
Navies of Europe, before 1845, I. 76.
Navy, cost of vessels in United States, I. 81 et seq., 88.
Not needed except as police, I. 89; II. 374.
Names of ships in British, II. 360.
Flogging abolished in United States, III. 126.
British criticism on United States, in our Civil War, IX. 347.
Of United States, supports Baez in San Domingo, XVIII. 271, 303; XX. [148],—and menaces Hayti, XVIII. 277, 303; XIX. 49; XX. [151];
testimony to same, XIX. 27, 42, 45, 48-66, 88.
Navy Department, testimony of, to intervention of United States ships at San Domingo and Hayti, XIX. 51-66.
Nebraska, objections to admission of, as a State, XIV. 128-146.
Nebraska and Kansas Bill denounced, IV. 86, 94, 147.
Importance of question of, IV. 90.
Object of, IV. 92.
Arguments in support of, refuted, IV. 97-99; V. 153 et seq.
A breach of public faith, IV. 100;
and a departure from original policy of the country, IV. 121.
Not demanded by northern sentiment, IV. 131-146.
Mr. Sumner’s final protest against, for himself and the clergy of N. E., IV. 140.
May cause war, IV. 146.
Passage of the, IV. 260; V. 154.
A swindle, V. 155.
Despoils people of Kansas of sovereignty, V. 155; VI. 367.
Its repeal of Missouri Compromise, V. 157; VI. 366.
Squatter Sovereignty in, a trick, VI. 366.
Negotiation, substitute for war, I. 51.
Nepotism, origin and history of, XX. [103-110].
American authorities on, XX. [111-114].
Presidential apologies for, XX. [115-117].
Improper in a republic, XX. [214].
Neutral Duties, XX. [5].
Authorities declaring, XX. [15], [18-20], [41-44] (Appendix).
Testimony to observance of, by United States, XX. [22-24].
Neutral Rights, testimony to British policy in regard to, VIII. 42-56, 63, 64, 67; XII. 16-32, 38-41,—and to American policy on, VIII. 45-54, 57-62, 64 et seq., 68-71; XII. 13.
Testimony of Continental Europe to, VIII. 63, 65,—especially of France, VIII. 63-70.
French violations of, XI. 82, 110.
The Abbé Galiani’s work on, XV. 360.
See [Right of Search].
Neutral Waters, British seizures in, XII. 12, 16-32, 38-41.
Authorities respecting seizures in, XII. 13 et seq.;
policy of United States as to same, XII. 14.
New England Society at New York, letter to, X. 260.
Speech at dinner of, XX. [291].
New Jersey, railroad usurpation in, XII. 105;
testimony to same, XII. 108-111.
New Year’s Day, 1871, XVIII. 300.
New York City, letters to Republicans of, in 1860, VI. 302, 346.
Reform of abuses in its government, XX. [6].
New York Tribune, the, XX. [251] et seq.
Niagara, a ship-canal at, XIV. 99.
Noel, John W., Representative from Missouri, remarks on death of, X. 293.
Norfolk Agricultural Society, letter to, IV. 280.
Normal Schools, equal rights of colored fellow-citizens in, XX. [268].
North, the, when will it be aroused? IV. 137.
Duties of, concerning slavery, V. 38-48; VI. 317.
Must unite against Slave Power, V. 50.
Outrages on citizens of, in slave States, VI. 187-189, 191-196.
Must stand firm against all compromise, VII. 205.
North and South, hope of their union, IV. 136.
Their respective contributions to the Revolutionary War, IV. 196-211.
Desire for reconciliation between, XX. [192-194], [197], [227-229], [253] et seq.
North Carolina, colored suffrage in, VI. 292; XI. 287-289; XIII. 191.
Closing of colored schools in, IX. 112.
Laws of, on slavery, quoted, IX. 162-164.
Nullification, Jackson’s letter on object of, VII. 166, 320.
Described, XVI. 58.
O.
Oath to support the Constitution, requirements of, IV. 177-183, 269-271; VIII. 221; XIX. 312,—authorities on same, IV. 177-181, 269 et seq.
See [Custom-house Oaths] and [Iron-clad Oath].
Ocean Telegraph, the, between Europe and America, XIV. 220, 301.
Offices, protection for incumbents of, XIV. 241, 254-258.
Locality in appointment to, XVII. 94.
Presidential prerogative as to, XX. [115] et seq.
See [Tenure-of-Office Act].
One-cent Postage, XVIII. 57.
Reasons for, XVIII. 85, 98-107, 113 et seq.
One-man Power, the, vs. Congress, XIV. 181.
Ordinance of Freedom in the Northwest Territory, authorship of, III. 253.
Adoption of, VII. 58; XVI. 230.
Validity of, defended by Webster and Chase, XVI. 231-234.
Opposition to, XVI. 234.
Does not authorize unlimited equality of States, XVI. 242.
Oregon, establishment of a branch mint in, XI. 263.
Otis, James, an example to Massachusetts, IV. 237.
On slavery, XII. 150; XIII. 164.
His exertions against taxation without representation, XIII. 158-165, 295-298.
Asserts equality of all men, XIII. 295.
Overstone, Lord, on paper money, VIII. 200-202.
On need of postal reform, XVIII. 73, 99-101.
P.
Pacific Coast, advantages to, of cession of Russian America, XV. 36-39.
Jefferson and Webster on future government of, XV. 52, 412 et seq.
See [California].
Pacific Railroad, IV. 32; IX. 318.
Paley, William, on right of revolution, II. 336.
On law of nations, II. 340, 341.
His works, XV. 402.
His prediction concerning America, XV. 402.
His exertions against the slave-trade, XV. 403.
Palfrey, John G., liberation of slaves by, I. 151, 292; II. 75.
Palmerston, Lord, on armed intervention in Italy, X. 69.
Exertions of, against slavery, X. 77-83.
Paper Money, debates in National Convention on empowering Congress to issue, VIII. 185.
In American history, VIII. 187-190.
Policy of issuing, VIII. 192, 205-207; XVI. 288; XVII. 110.
Evils of, in United States, VIII. 193; XVI. 285, 289, 359,—and in France, VIII. 194; XVI. 359.
Testimony of English Parliamentary Report of 1857 on, VIII. 197-202.
In English history, VIII. 203 et seq.;
and in French, VIII. 204.
See [Treasury Notes].
Parchment, use of, in legislative proceedings, VIII. 372.
Proceedings for discontinuing use of, in Parliament, VIII. 376-379.
Pardoning Power, of the President, III. 219.
In common law, III. 224.
Under Maryland statutes, III. 225.
Under the Constitution, III. 226-230.
Story on, III. 227.
Judicial decisions on, III. 227-229.
Paris, Peace Congress at, III. 117.
Letter to American merchants in, VI. 56.
Parker, Theodore, reminiscence of, VII. 22.
On appointment of relations to office, XX. [114].
Parliament, English authorities on privileges of, VI. 93 et seq.
Quorum of, IX. 169-171.
Powers of presiding officers of, XVI. 103-120, 125-127.
Usage of, in impeachments, XVI. 149-155, 158-160.
Authorities on its powers over its prisoners, XVI. 102-105.
Judicial decisions denying applicability of its laws to colonial assemblies, XVI. 110-112.
Number of members of, XX. [2].
Cases in its history, illustrating rule for appointment of committees, XX. [49-53].
Parties, and importance of a Free-Soil organization, II. 299.
Object of, II. 304; IV. 6; VI. 308.
Changes in, necessary, II. 304; IV. 6.
Webster on, II. 304.
Instances of changes in, in France, England, and United States, II. 305; IV. 7.
Evils of, II. 306; XI. 438.
Channing and Wayland on need of new, II. 312.
Political, and our foreign-born population, V. 62.
Strife of, during war, unpatriotic, IX. 198.
Pascal, on glory, II. 177.
On progress, II. 258.
Patents, in slave and free States, VI. 157.
Denial of, to colored inventors, VIII. 6.
Patriotism, heathen, exaggerated, I. 68.
Cicero on, I. 68.
Andrew Fletcher on, I. 69, 326; XII. 64; XIII. 123.
Natural, I. 70.
Higher, defined, I. 71.
Josiah Quincy on, I. 325.
Paul, St., his epistle to Philemon not an argument for slavery, V. 21-23.
Peabody, George, speech on resolution giving thanks of Congress to, XIV. 317.
Peace, enjoyed by weak nations, I. 99.
Illustrations of, produced by gentleness, I. 102-107.
Victories of, I. 127.
Cause of, II. 330;
sneers at same, II. 331 et seq.
Individual efforts for, II. 384-400; XVIII. 233-236.
Blessings of universal, II. 417; XVIII. 249.
Napoleon’s plans for, II. 419.
Plea for, II. 420.
Auguries of, II. 422.
A victory of, XIV. 301.
Inscription in Thibet declaring, XVIII. 250 et seq.
Peace Congress, at Brussels, II. 402;
resolutions of same, II. 403.
At Paris, III. 117;
resolutions of same, III. 118.
Peace Society, American, address before, II. 323.
Object of, II. 331, 338.
Its aims not visionary, II. 333, 411.
Right of self-defence and revolution not denied by, II. 337.
Founded by W. Ladd, II. 400.
Pen, the, better than the sword, V. 58.
Penn, William, conduct of, to the Indians, I. 117.
His labors for peace, II. 387.
Pennsylvania System of prison discipline, established in Pa., I. 169; II. 121.
Present, not solitary, I. 169.
Explained, I. 170; II. 117, 122.
Best promotes reformation, I. 173.
Objections to, refuted, I. 174-176; II. 144.
Foreign opinions on, I. 176; II. 132.
Adopted extensively in Europe, I. 177; II. 133-137, 146.
Advocated by E. Livingston and Miss Dix, I. 178;
and by Suringar, I. 180.
Unjustly treated by Boston Prison-Discipline Society, I. 179; II. 108, 124 et seq.
Modes of applying, II. 123.
G. Combe on, II. 126-128.
Roscoe quoted on, II. 128.
Lafayette quoted on, II. 130.
Compared to Auburn system, II. 144-146.
Pensions, not granted for civil services in United States, IV. 233.
Peonage, prohibition of, XIV. 232.
Person, in the Constitution, includes slaves and Indians, III. 298; VIII. 277; XI. 194.
Petition, refusal of right of, to colored persons, VI. 288.
Right of, personal, VI. 289;
and secured by the Constitution to the people, VI. 294.
Interruption of right of, XIV. 86.
Pettigru, James L., of South Carolina, remarks on a resolution for purchase of his law library, XIV. 103.
Phi Beta Kappa Oration, at Harvard University in 1846, I. 241.
At Union College, II. 240.
Phillips, Stephen C., Free-Soil candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1848 and 1849, II. 317; III. 43.
Philology, comparative, value of, I. 257.
Physicians, colored, XVII. 186.
Pickering, John, biographical sketch of, I. 214.
Letters of Dr. Clarke to, quoted, I. 215.
Compared to Sir W. Jones, I. 237.
Tribute to, as scholar, in Phi Beta Kappa oration, I. 249-258.
Pierce, Franklin, President of United States, his usurpation in abrogating treaty with Denmark, V. 101.
Admits illegal actions in Kansas, V. 162.
Has power to interfere in Kansas, V. 187, 191 et seq.
Enforces surrender of Anthony Burns, V. 189 et seq.
Compared to George III., V. 209 et seq., 238.
Pilgrim Forefathers, our, IV. 74-79; XX. [291].
Pinkney, William, on slavery, III. 289; VIII. 262; XII. 155.
Suggests Missouri Compromise in Senate, IV. 110, 117.
Plato, on honor, I. 64.
On true goodness, I. 123.
On atoning for slaughter by prayer, II. 362.
Plymouth, speech at festival of Aug. 1, 1853, IV. 73.
Plymouth Rock, finger-point from, IV. 73.
Politics, our, seen from a distance VI. 60.
Polk, Trusten, of Missouri, expulsion of, from the Senate, VIII. 12.
Polygamy, in Territories, may be suppressed by Congress, IV. 129; VII. 1.
In Utah, VII. 63.
Poor, Rear-Admiral, orders of, respecting San Domingo and Hayti, XIX. 57.
Interview of, with President of Hayti, XIX. 64-66.
Popular Sovereignty, not infringed by prohibition of slavery in Territories, IV. 127.
Cannot establish slavery in same, V. 156; VI. 230, 364; VII. 41.
The pretended principle of Douglas party in 1860, VI. 362.
Proclaimed by Declaration of Independence, VI. 363; VII. 50; XVII. 217,—but limited by same, VI. 364; VII. 52; XVII. 218.
Origin and development of perversion of, VI. 365 et seq.
True, defined, VII. 53.
Disturbing influence of pretension of, VII. 62.
See [Squatter Sovereignty].
Population, amount required for admission of new States, V. 218-221.
Of slave and free States, VI. 144 et seq., 328.
Predicted increase of, in United States, VII. 47; XVI. 280; XVII. 239.
Portraits, the best, in engraving, XIX. 175.
Collections of, XIX. 177-179.
Portugal, British violation of territory of, XII. 27-32.
Testimony of, against slavery, XII. 173-175.
Post-Office, the, originally a source of revenue in England, XVIII. 62-64.
In the Colonies, XVIII. 66-68.
Need of reform in, in England, XVIII. 68;
testimony to same, XVIII. 72-75;
accomplishment of same, XVIII. 76.
Unjust burdens on United States, XVIII. 90-95.
Expense to, not caused by distance, XVIII. 95-97;
authorities proving same, XVIII. 95 et seq.
Not a taxing machine, but a beneficent agency, XVIII. 107-109.
Need not support itself, XVIII. 109-112.
Postage, cheap ocean, III. 215; XVII. 1.
Amount collected in slave and free States, VI. 149.
In Continental Europe and England, XVIII. 61.
Penny, established in England, XVIII. 76;
results of same, XVIII. 77-80, 87, 104.
Need of cheap, in United States, XVIII. 81, 112.
Various rates of United States, XVIII. 82-85.
Results of reduction of, in England and United States, XVIII. 87-90.
See [One-cent Postage].
Pownall, Thomas, XV. 371.
His writings and predictions concerning America, XV. 372-385.
Predictions opposed to his, XV. 385 et seq.
President of the United States, pardoning power of the, III. 219.
Cannot abrogate treaties, V. 101 et seq.
Had power to interfere in Kansas, V. 187, 191 et seq.
Does not possess all war-powers, IX. 138-140.
Power of, over letters of marque, IX. 296-298.
His power of instituting State governments, XI. 365; XIV. 190,—Senator Collamer on same, XIII. 43.
Protection against, XIV. 239.
A single term for and choice by direct vote of the people, XIV. 278.
Right of President of Senate pro tem. to vote on impeachment of the, XVI. 88.
His powers of removal under the Constitution, XVI. 190-196.
Cannot, by his prerogative, refuse to execute the laws, XVI. 204-208.
Authorities on his treaty-making power, XIX. 79-81.
One term for, XIX. 168; XX. [157-161], [220],—testimony in favor of same, XIX. 169-173; XX. [158], [221-223].
Obligations of, XX. [90].
His prerogative in regard to bestowing offices, XX. [115] et seq.;
and in appointing his Cabinet, XX. [127] et seq.
Influence of, should be diminished, XX. [161].
Presidential Election of 1856, our Bunker Hill, VI. 43.
Presidential Election of 1860, letters on, VI. 111, 287, 342; VII. 80.
Anticipated effects of Republican victory in, VI. 337-341, 377; VII. 78, 83 et seq.
Candidates and issues of, VI. 352.
Real question of, VII. 39.
Evening before the, VII. 70.
Evening after the, VII. 76.
Ultimatum of the South in, VII. 333.
Result of, XII. 260.
Presidential Election of 1864, issues of, XI. 419, 433.
Parties of, XI. 420.
Congratulations on, XII. 1.
Presidential Election of 1868, issues at the, XVI. 326, 332.
Presidential Election of 1872, letter to colored citizens on, XX. [173].
Antecedents of candidates in, XX. [177-182];
nominations of same, XX. [182] et seq.
Platforms in, XX. [183].
Watchword for, XX. [194].
Letter to Speaker Blaine on, XX. [196].
Speech on, XX. [209].
Presiding Officers, powers of, XVI. 99;
same must be decided by Parliamentary law, XVI. 102 et seq.
Authorities respecting powers of, in House of Lords, XVI. 104-110.
Instances of, not members of House of Lords, XVI. 108, 110-119.
Authorities respecting powers of, in House of Commons and House of Representatives, XVI. 126-129.
Press, the, in slave and free States, VI. 155.
Freedom of, restricted in slave States, VI. 184-186.
Prévost-Paradol, M., XVIII. 184.
Price, reduction of, increases consumption, XVIII. 86.
Price, Richard, on government, XIII. 203.
Labors of, XV. 366.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 367-370.
Prison Discipline, I. 166.
Separate system of, adopted by Pope Clement XI. and Howard, I. 167; II. 122;
and by Pennsylvania, I. 169; II. 121.
Horrors of solitary system of, I. 170; II. 119.
Objects of, I. 172.
Subject of, universally interesting, I. 181.
Rival systems of, II. 104.
Labors of Roscoe and Lafayette in, II. 120.
Letter of De Tocqueville on, II. 148 (note).
See [Auburn System], [Boston Prison-Discipline Society], [Pennsylvania System], and [Prisons].
Prisoners of War, treatment of, XII. 74;
Washington’s letter on same, XII. 76 et seq.
Instructions of Secretary of War on exchange of, XII. 90.
Prisons, and prison discipline, article on, I. 163.
Miss Dix’s book on, I. 163.
In 18th century, II. 118.
King of Sweden’s book on, II. 136.
Private Wars in Dark Ages, I. 35; II. 343, 345; XVIII. 180.
Forbidden by John and Louis XI. of France, II. 344,—and by Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, II. 345; XVIII. 181, 242.
Renounced by German Confederation, XVIII. 181, 242.
Privateering, proposition of Congress of Paris for abolishing, VIII. 76.
Mode of effectively abolishing, VIII. 76.
Abolition of, proposed by United States, VIII. 77.
J. Q. Adams on, VIII. 77; IX. 290.
Dangerous to United States, IX. 287.
Authorities on, IX. 287-289.
Early denounced by United States, IX. 289-291.
Privateers, substitute for, IX. 279, 292 et seq., 298 et seq., 315.
Useless against Rebellion, IX. 281, 314.
Evils of, IX. 282-284, 314.
Jefferson on, X. 136.
Prize Courts, IX. 49.
Example of their exclusive jurisdiction, IX. 50-52.
Authorities declaring necessity of, X. 129-131;
British precedent showing same, X. 135.
Prize Money, policy of, IX. 148.
Proclamation of Emancipation, speech on the, IX. 191.
Letters on, IX. 247; X. 259; XII. 60.
Lord Russell on, X. 20.
Adoption of, by Act of Congress, XI. 397.
Cannot be withdrawn, XI. 429-431, 474-476.
Lincoln’s issue of, XII. 265.
Its constitutionality defended, XII. 265, 266.
Influence of, XII. 285 et seq.
Progress, the law of human, II. 241.
Defined, II. 267.
Same long unrecognized, II. 252,—but disclosed in part by Vico, II. 254.
Universal, II. 244, 275.
Not recognized in antiquity, II. 247.
Christianity the religion of, II. 251.
Announced by Leibnitz, II. 255,—by Lessing and Herder, II. 256,—by Descartes, II. 257,—by Pascal, II. 258,—by Perrault and Fontenelle, II. 260, and by Turgot, II. 262.
Condorcet’s Work on, II. 264.
Bacon’s ideas on, II. 265.
History of Greece and Rome not inconsistent with, II. 268-270.
Relation of China to, II. 270.
Indefinite duration of mankind favors, II. 274.
Proved by statistics of life, II. 274.
Gradual, II. 278; XVII. 179.
Resisted by prejudice, II. 279.
Examples of resistance to, II. 279-285.
Certainty of, II. 286-288; XVII. 177.
Faith in, encouraging, II. 286.
Agents of, XVII. 177.
Property, man can have none in man, VI. 131, 218, 319; VIII. 261; XI. 200 et seq.
Value of, in slave and free States, VI. 146.
Confiscation of, in war, IX. 35; XVII. 13-15.
As a qualification for the franchise, XIII. 220, 297, 327.
See [Confiscation].
Provisional governments and Reconstruction, IX. 162.
See [Military Government].
Prussia, army of, in 1845, I. 75.
Relative expenditure of, for war-preparations, I. 78.
Military system of, in 1870, XVIII. 246.
Numerical size of its Parliament, XX. [2].
See [Franco-German War] and [Germany].
Publishers, letter to committee of, V. 58.
Pulci, his prediction of a new world, XV. 258.
Puritans, the, IV. 75 et seq.
Q.
Quakers, escape of, from pirates, II. 46.
Opposed to slavery, III. 289; XII. 151-153.
Lincoln on, XII. 263.
See [Friends].
Qualification, defined, XIII. 308; XVI. 248; XVII. 40.
Quincy, Josiah, on patriotism, I. 325.
Tribute to, VI. 37.
Quincy, Josiah, Jr., his report of Chatham’s speech quoted, I. 375.
Quorum, of the Senate, IX. 169; XII. 358.
In Parliament, IX. 169-171.
Fixed in United States by Constitution, IX. 171.
Authorities on rule for, IX. 172.
Of States, requisite for adoption of a constitutional amendment, XII. 357.
Powers of the two Houses of Congress in absence of a, XV. 185.
R.
Races, all alike entitled to human rights, V. 18; XVII. 134.
Number and distinctions of, XVII. 148-151.
Origin of, XVII. 152.
Arguments for a common origin of, XVII. 153-157;
authorities favoring same, XVII. 155-157.
Common destiny of all, XVII. 162 et seq., 168, 178.
Railroad, Pacific, IV. 32; IX. 318.
Air-line, from Washington to New York, IX. 121.
Usurpation in New Jersey, XII. 105.
Railways, opposed at first by Quarterly Review, II. 283.
Rantoul, Robert, Jr., tribute to, III. 246.
Raynal, Guillaume, Abbé, his famous work, XV. 326 et seq.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 329-331.
Ream, Vinnie, speech on contract with, for statue of Lincoln, XIV. 164.
Rebel Debt, repudiation of the, XII. 137, 327; XIII. 99.
Rebel Party, the, XVI. 326.
Rebel States, secession of, VII. 184; VIII. 119; X. 191.
A. H. Stephens on character of government of, VII. 315; X. 100 et seq.; XIX. 225.
Power of Congress over, VIII. 164-167, 245; IX. 120; X. 167; XI. 361; XII. 329; XIV. 209, 225; XV. 218; XVIII. 31,—sources of above power, VIII. 164-167, 245; X. 208-215; XI. 367-372; XII. 330-333; XIII. 124-127, 325 et seq.; XIV. 341; XVI. 344-347.
Military government of, IX. 119; X. 168-175; XI. 365; XIV. 326.
Concession of ocean belligerence to, by England, X. 12-15, 124; XII. 267 et seq.; XVII. 59-65; XIX. 121,—and by France, X. 41.
Not entitled to recognition by foreign powers, X. 97-124.
Constitution of, quoted, X. 100.
Other testimony to character of government of, X. 102.
Results of recognizing, X. 116-122;
apology for same, X. 122.
Not entitled to ocean belligerence, X. 125-139; XVII. 59 et seq.
Theories for extinction of, X. 196, 200 et seq.
Non-existence of governments in, X. 202; XIII. 126.
Readmission of, must be determined by Congress, XI. 296, 361, 366-372.
Lincoln’s plan for reorganizing, XI. 363 et seq.; XIV. 196, 294.
Objections to recognition of, by U. S., XI. 466-471.
Participation of, not necessary in ratifying constitutional amendments, XII. 101, 211, 341, 359; XIII. 31, 62; XVI. 71.
Guaranty of republican governments in, XII. 197.
Conditions precedent to reception of Senators from, XII. 208.
Lincoln on recognition of, XII. 269 et seq.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Actual condition of, during Reconstruction period, XII. 320-322; XIII. 55; XIV. 87; XVI. 168,—testimony to same, XII. 323 et seq.; XIII. 64-96.
Need of public schools for all in, XII. 328; XIV. 334-339; XV. 220-227.
Oath to maintain a republican form of government in, XIII. 12, 22; XIV. 330.
Senator Collamer on readmission of, XIII. 44.
Not republican in form, XIII. 204-211, 332.
Population of, in 1860, XIII. 204.
Illegality of existing governments in, in 1866, XIV. 190, 224.
Proper foundation of government in, XIV. 324.
Conditions of assistance to, XIV. 358.
Outrages on loyalists in, XVI. 168, 352; XVII. 103; XVIII. 301.
Legislation of, concerning freedmen, after Rebellion, XVI. 350 et seq.
Claims of citizens in, XVII. 10.
Necessity of requiring test oath for legislatures of, XVII. 226-230.
Robberies of, after the war, XX. [247].
See [Slave States].
Rebellion, emancipation our best weapon against the, VII. 241, 347; IX. 76, 229; XI. 198.
Its origin and main-spring, VII. 250, 305; IX. 230, 323; X. 103; XI. 444; XIII. 234.
Its audacity, VII. 250.
Its beginning, VII. 315, 325; VIII. 119-123; XI. 441-443; XII. 258.
Object of, VII. 315.
Preparations for, VII. 322-324; VIII. 119-122.
Numbers of its armed forces, VII. 338.
Necessity of crushing at once, VII. 345; IX. 207, 272.
A fact, IX. 13 et seq.
Must be comprehended and vigorously treated, IX. 210-212.
Must fail, X. 142, 168.
Rejoicing in its decline, XI. 414.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Official history of, XIV. 88.
Consequences of, XVI. 262 et seq.
See [War of the Rebellion].
Rebels, barbarities of, VIII. 301.
Are criminals and enemies, IX. 17, 141.
Sources of power against, IX. 18-24, 47 et seq., 134, 143; XVII. 16,—judicial decisions and other authorities on same, IX. 18-22; XVII. 17 et seq.
Proceedings for confiscating property of, allowable, IX. 31-33.
Must be subdued, not conciliated, IX. 210.
Disqualified from national office by Congress, X. 219; XII. 337.
Lincoln’s policy towards, XII. 284.
Should be disfranchised for a time, XII. 337-339, 408; XIII. 283; XIV. 185, 291; XV. 219, 228; XVII. 115 et seq.
Mr. Sumner’s sentiments towards, XII. 339; XIV. 313; XV. 228; XVII. 115; XIX. 258, 318; XX. [192-194], [213], [229-240].
Submission of, after the war, XIV. 187;
testimony to same, XIV. 187, 188.
Time for reconciliation with, XX. [253] et seq.
Reciprocity Treaty, termination of the Canadian, XII. 46.
Its operation, XII. 48-54.
Recognition, intervention by, X. 87;
instances of same, X. 87-94.
Armed, X. 95.
Unarmed, X. 95.
Proper time for, X. 95-97.
Of a de facto power, not required by international law, X. 105.
Authorities on refusal of, X. 106-108, 111-114, 119.
Practice of nations as to, X. 110 et seq.
Reconstruction of rebel States, resolutions on, VIII. 163; X. 295.
Letter on, VIII. 243.
Provisional governments and, IX. 162.
And adoption of Emancipation Proclamation by Act of Congress, XI. 397.
Mr. Ashley and, XII. 7.
None, without votes of the blacks, XII. 179.
Conditions of, XII. 325-329; XIII. 33, 283; XIV. 92.
Equal rights vs. the Presidential policy in, XII. 368.
Andrew Johnson on, XII. 369, 408; XIV. 197, 294; XVII. 231,—and his policy in, XII. 369; XIV. 188-197, 203, 250-253; XVI. 165-171.
Scheme of, on basis of equal rights, XIII. 21.
Time and, XIII. 428.
True principles of, XIV. 224.
At last, with colored suffrage and protection against rebel influence, XIV. 282.
Speeches on bills for, XIV. 282, 321; XV. 217.
Further guaranties in, XIV. 304; XV. 219-221.
Measures of, not a burden or penalty, XIV. 312.
Military government unsuited for, XIV. 326, 342.
Mr. Sumner’s bill for, XIV. 328-334.
Incomplete, XV. 226; XVI. 342; XVII. 307; XVIII. 302.
A political question, XVI. 346.
Power and duty of Congress to protect and regulate, XVII. 208; XVIII. 26-32.
With colored suffrage, Mr. Sumner’s personal record on, XVII. 303.
Reconstruction Acts, defended, XVI. 342-349.
Opposition to, in rebel States, XVI. 352.
Do not bind Congress to admit rebel States, XVII. 208-210, 224-226.
Redemption, Society of Fathers of, II. 36.
Redpath, James, letters to, VI. 44, 54.
Reform, true, defined, II. 289; III. 248.
And purity in government, XX. [5].
Reform League of New York, letter to, XIX. 131.
Representation, according to voters, IV. 46, 53; XII. 104; XIII. 19, 315-321.
Authorities on right of, XIII. 301; XVII. 44-46.
Jefferson and Madison on, XIII. 320.
Hamilton on, XIII. 329.
See [Blaine Amendment] and [Representative System].
Representative System, necessary improvements in, in Massachusetts, III. 43; IV. 35, 58-60.
And its proper basis, IV. 33.
Origin and nature of, IV. 36-53; XIII. 318.
Founded on equality in America, IV. 38.
Its history in Massachusetts, IV. 39;
evils of, in same, IV. 40.
Essex County documents on, quoted, IV. 40-43.
Jefferson’s plan for, IV. 44; XIII. 320.
Under the Constitution, IV. 45.
In France, IV. 45.
Vindication of Rule of Three in, IV. 47-53;
opposition to same in Massachusetts, IV. 53-56.
Amendment to, in Massachusetts, XIII. 317.
Reprisals, none, on innocent persons, XVI. 297.
Condemned, XVI. 301.
Authorities on, XVI. 301-306.
Modern rule for, XVI. 304;
reasons for same, XVI. 305.
Instance of, in modern history, XVI. 307.
See [Retaliation].
Republic, slave-holding, a mockery, I. 308; III. 3; IX. 235.
Rejected definitions of, XI. 192; XIII. 144-153.
Machiavelli on regeneration of a, XI. 213.
See [Republican Government].
Republican Conventions, speeches at, IV. 255; VI. 352; VII. 241; XII. 305; XVII. 98.
Republican Government, American definition of, XI. 193; XII. 295, 297; XIII. 196 et seq., 327; XVI. 245; XVII. 43.
Our first duty, XIII. 1.
Oath to maintain, in rebel States, XIII. 12, 22; XIV. 330.
Must be defined by Congress, XIII. 63, 137 et seq., 211, 327; XVI. 245; XVII. 43, 334, 358.
Disfranchisement inconsistent with, XIII. 109.
Principles of, asserted by fathers of the Republic, XIII. 153-198.
Webster on, XIII. 187 et seq.
Testimony of France to, XIII. 198-202.
Other definitions of, XIII. 202 et seq., 330; XV. 294.
Object of, XX. [94].
See [Guaranty of Republican Government].
Republican Party, formation of the, IV. 255.
Its duties and aims, IV. 263-265; V. 81 et seq.; VI. 312; XI. 421; XIX. 129.
Origin and necessity of, IV. 266; V. 80; VI. 303; XX. [86] et seq.
Its hopes of success, IV. 278; VI. 341.
In New York, V. 60.
Letter on the, V. 61.
National, not sectional, V. 146.
Appeal for its candidates in 1856, VI. 2.
Its declaration of principles in same year, VI. 4.
Appeal for its cause, VI. 15, 354; VII. 17.
Letters on its candidates in 1860, VI. 111, 342.
Platform of, in 1860, VI. 234 et seq.
Speech on, in New York, VI. 303.
Permanence of, VI. 336; XVIII. 172.
Parties opposed to, in 1860, VI. 356; VII. 17, 26.
The only Union party, VII. 37.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Not aggressive, but conservative, VII. 86.
Should be moderate after victory, VII. 87.
And Democratic Party in 1864, XI. 418.
Its past and future work, XI. 422; XVIII. 169.
Its platform in 1864, XI. 426, 477.
Unity and strength of, XII. 4.
Mr. Sumner’s devotion to, XX. [85].
Change for the worse in, XX. [89], [170].
Duty of, as to reëlection of Grant, XX. [156].
Republicanism vs. Grantism, XX. [83].
Repudiation, XVI. 275; XVII. 105 et seq.
Adopted by Rebel party in 1868, XVI. 329; XVII. 104.
Two forms of, XVI. 356; XVII. 107 et seq.
Is confiscation, XVII. 106.
Cost of, XVII. 108 et seq.
Impossible, XVII. 111.
Retaliation, and treatment of prisoners of war, XII. 74.
Authorities respecting, XII. 78-82, 86-89.
Recognized, but limited, by laws of war, XII. 80, 92.
See [Prisoners of War] and [Reprisals].
Revels, Hiram R., speech on admission of, as Senator from Mississippi, XVIII. 6.
Revolution, right of, II. 336;
Paley on same, II. 336;
O’Connell on same, II. 337.
Revolutionary War, opposed by English Whigs in Parliamentary debates, I. 340-349.
Compared to Mexican War, I. 382.
Contributions of Northern and Southern States to, IV. 197 et seq.;
American and foreign testimony to same, IV. 199-211.
Lafayette’s enthusiasm for, VII. 111.
List of statutes for confiscation of property in, IX. 59-64;
same defended by American diplomatists and courts, IX. 65-69.
Testimony to employment of slaves in, IX. 217-220.
Contrasted with our Civil War, X. 24, 256-258; XII. 238; XVII. 301.
Object of, XIII. 154, 172; XVI. 55.
Official history of, XIV. 88.
Rhode Island, appeal to Republicans of, in 1856, VI. 9.
Richard, Henry, M.P., letter to, XX. [273].
Right of Search, employed by Great Britain to impress American seamen, VIII. 42;
testimony to same, VIII. 42-45, 51 et seq.,—and to opposition of United States Government to same, VIII. 45-54.
Should not exist, except for suppression of slave-trade, VIII. 78;
proposed by Great Britain for same, VIII. 339, 343,—but refused by United States, VIII. 341.
Not objectionable against slave-trade, VIII. 344.
Exercise of, by privateers, IX. 282.
Should be employed only by national ships, IX. 299.
See [Neutral Rights].
Rights. See [Civil Rights], [Equal Rights], [Human Rights], [Neutral Rights], [Rights of War], and [State Rights].
Rights of War, IX. 1, 34; X. 210; XIII. 325,—especially against enemy property, IX. 35-44.
Authorities respecting, IX. 36 et seq.; XIII. 326.
Include liberation of slaves, IX. 43, 71, 131, 146.
Have no constitutional limitations, IX. 45, 71, 131-138, 183-185, 216.
To be exercised only in war, IX. 48 et seq.
Policy of exercising, against Rebels, IX. 70-72.
Not to be exercised by the President alone, IX. 138-140.
Roads, policy of, III. 182.
Roberts, Joseph, Rev., his work on caste quoted, III. 76-80; XVII. 144.
Roscoe, William, labors of, for reform of prisons, II. 120.
Incorrectly quoted on Pennsylvania system, II. 128.
Rousseau, treatise of, on peace, II. 391; XVIII. 233.
His opinions on equality, III. 60, 91; XIX. 235.
On slavery, VI. 137.
Russell, Earl, on Trent case, VIII. 35.
On the Emancipation Proclamation, X. 20.
His unfriendliness to United States during Rebellion, X. 39.
On necessity of prize courts, X. 130 et seq.
On escape of the Alabama, XVII. 66.
Russia, army of, in 1845, I. 75.
Navy of, in 1837, I. 76.
Serfdom in, restricted to original country, IV. 96.
Emancipation of serfs in, VII. 267; XII. 312-314; XIII. 57-60; XIV. 57, 315.
The Emperor of, and emancipation, XIV. 56.
Cession of Russian America to United States by, XV. 1;
reasons for same, XV. 20-23.
Friendship of, for United States, XV. 48-50.
Russian America, cession of, to United States, XV. 1.
Boundaries and configuration of, XV. 6-8.
Russia’s title to, XV. 8-17.
Discovery of, by Behring, XV. 8-14.
French claim to, XV. 17.
Spanish claim to, XV. 18-20.
Reasons for cession of, XV. 20-23.
Humboldt on, XV. 22, 47.
Origin and completion of cession of, XV. 23-30.
Documents respecting, quoted, XV. 25-29.
Treaty for cession of, XV. 30-32;
questions under same, XV. 32-35;
advantages of same, XV. 36-50.
Sources of information upon, XV. 54-64.
Blodget’s description of, XV. 65.
Government of, XV. 65-80.
Population of, XV. 81-94.
Climate of, XV. 94-105.
Vegetable products of, XV. 105-116.
Mineral products of, XV. 116-124.
Furs of, XV. 125-141.
Fisheries of, XV. 141-161.
New name for, XV. 167.
Other requirements of, XV. 168 et seq.
Necessity of legislation to carry out treaty for cession of, XV. 196-199.
S.
St. Albans Raid, the, XII. 42.
Saint-Pierre, Charles de, Abbé, labors of, for peace, II. 387-390; XVIII. 233.
Leibnitz on his “Project of Perpetual Peace,” II. 389; XVIII. 233.
D’Argenson on, XV. 287.
San Domingo, speech on proposed annexion of, to United States, XVIII. 257.
Character and object of joint resolution appointing a commission to, XVIII. 262-267.
Negotiation for annexion of, XVIII. 267-271; XIX. 37 et seq., 54-57; XX. [144-146], [217] et seq.
Belligerent intervention of United States navy in, XVIII. 271, 303; XIX. 27, 60-64, 75.
Sentiments of people of, on annexion, XVIII. 276.
Relations of, with Hayti, XVIII. 278-280.
President Grant’s message on annexion of, XVIII. 284-288.
Arguments against annexion of, XVIII. 290-292, 303; XIX. 96;
testimony against same, XVIII. 304.
Speech on resolutions concerning, XIX. 16.
Reason for interest in annexion of, XIX. 20-22.
Reannexion of, by Spain, XIX. 23;
Spanish documents on same, quoted, XIX. 24-26;
result of same, XIX. 29.
Treaty for annexion of, an infraction of its constitution, XIX. 38 et seq.
Duty of United States towards, XIX. 93, 97, 131.
San Juan Boundary Question, report of Committee on Foreign Relations on settlement of, VII. 216.
Sanborn, Frank B., speeches on case of, VI. 99.
Sandwich Islands, mail service between United States and, XIV. 110.
Relations of, with United States, XIV. 111.
Scholar, jurist, artist, and philanthropist, the, oration on, I. 241.
Defined, I. 249.
Schools. See [Colored Schools], [Common Schools], [Normal Schools], and [Separate Schools].
Schurz, Carl, Senator from Missouri, on Secretary Fish’s attack on Mr. Sumner, XIX. 110.
Schwartz, John, Representative from Pennsylvania, speech on death of, VI. 300.
Scott, Sir Walter, compared to Cobbett, I. 198.
On morning work, I. 204.
Scylla and Charybdis, origin and history of Latin verse on, XII. 371-380;
application of same, XII. 409-412.
Seamen, wages of, in case of wreck, IV. 324;
rule for determining same, IV. 325;
abolition of above rule by England, IV. 326.
Secession, pretended right of, VII. 326; IX. 323.
Proposed concessions to prevent, VII. 327-333.
Acts of, impotent against United States, VIII. 164; X. 196.
Secretary of State, assistant, office of, and Mr. Hunter, XIV. 82.
Security, the national, and the national faith, XII. 305.
Selden, John, on trial by battle (or duel), I. 38 (note), 42; XVIII. 179.
Self-defence, right of, I. 294, 378.
Restrictions on, II. 334.
Dymond, the Quaker, on, II. 335.
Self-government, local, advantages of, XVI. 59.
Senate of the United States, secrecy in its proceedings, IV. 16; XVIII. 9.
Functions of, IV. 16; XIII. 347.
Origination of appropriation bills by, a usurpation, V. 84.
Cannot abrogate treaties, V. 101, 109.
Usurpation of, in imprisoning a citizen, VI. 80; XIX. 133.
Its powers of enforcing testimony, VI. 82 et seq., 89 et seq.; XIX. 132.
Cannot enforce testimony in Harper’s Ferry investigation, VI. 84-87,—in order to aid legislation, VI. 86, 91; XIX. 141.
Attempt to kidnap a citizen under order of, VI. 99.
Has discretionary power to expel members, VIII. 116.
Limitation of debate in, VIII. 155.
Order in its business, VIII. 161.
Loyalty in the, VIII. 208; X. 273; XVI. 73.
Should examine loyalty before administering oath, VIII. 215; XVI. 76.
Sacredness of its required oath, VIII. 221.
Proper despatch of business in, IX. 110.
Constitutional quorum of, IX. 169; XII. 358.
Representation of Virginia in, XII. 134.
Limitation of its business, XV. 189.
Obligations of caucuses of, XV. 189, 207-215.
Privileges of debate in, on officers liable to impeachment, XV. 241, 249.
Right of President of, pro tem., to vote on impeachment of the President, XVI. 88;
authorities denying same, XVI. 90.
Powers of, in trying impeachments, not judicial, XVI. 137, 228.
Testimony to early want of eloquence in, XVII. 191.
Consideration of treaties in open, XVIII. 9.
Eligibility to: the question of inhabitancy, XVIII. 11.
Cannot continue imprisonment of witnesses after end of the session, XIX. 134, 153;
English and American authorities proving same, XIX. 134-140.
Does not possess the prerogatives of the House of Lords, XIX. 136.
Arguments and authorities against its power of arresting witnesses for violation of its privileges, XIX. 140-149.
Power of, to break into telegraph-offices, XIX. 149.
Parliamentary law on appointment of special committees of, XX. [45];
authorities stating same, XX. [49-54], [56-59].
Senate Chamber, the: its ventilation and size, XIV. 119.
Senator of the United States, letters written during election of a, in Massachusetts, in 1851, III. 152.
Acceptance of office of, III. 161; VI. 46,—incompatibility of same with other office, VIII. 105.
Position of a, VIII. 118, 147.
Loyalty a qualification required in a, VIII. 208; X. 276; XVI. 74 et seq.
Is a civil officer, X. 281;
authorities proving same, X. 281-289.
Cannot vote for himself, XIV. 15;
same proved by natural law, XIV. 16-19,—and by parliamentary law, XIV. 20.
Inquiry into title of a, to his seat, XIV. 126.
The first colored, XVIII. 6.
Limitations on examination of a, by Senate committees, XX. [46];
authorities stating same, XX. [47].
Senators, conditions precedent to reception of, from a rebel State, XII. 208.
Majority or plurality in election of, XIV. 1.
Mode of electing, XIV. 3 et seq.;
Chancellor Kent on same, XIV. 5.
Powers of State Legislature in electing, XIV. 6-13.
Open voting in election of, XIV. 105.
Monuments to deceased, XIV. 299.
Colored, predicted, XV. 220, 223.
Constitutional responsibility of, for their votes in cases of impeachment, XVI. 227.
Importance of colored, XVI. 257; XVIII. 7.
Seneca, his prophecy of a new world, XV. 256.
Separate Schools for colored children, argument against, III. 51.
A violation of equality, III. 70; XIX. 241.
Introduce principle of caste, III. 74.
Not equivalent to common schools, III. 86-88; XIX. 3, 158, 165, 241, 261.
Origin of, in Boston, III. 91-93.
Evils of, III. 93-96; XIX. 241-244.
Separate System of prison discipline. See [Pennsylvania System].
Serenade, address at a, Aug. 9, 1872, XX. [202].
Servants, indented, in America, X. 348-350; XIX. 14.
Service, substituted for “servitude” in the Constitution, III. 309; VI. 228; X. 358.
See [Fugitives from service].
Settlement, a final, union of good citizens for, IX. 187.
Sewall, Samuel, Judge, IV. 277; XV. 281.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 282-286.
Seward, William H., views of, on pensions for support of Fugitive-Slave Bill, IV. 230.
His bill for admission of Kansas, V. 216.
His influence on President Johnson, XIV. 198.
Letter of, on surplus of Chinese indemnity fund, XVIII. 138 (Appendix).
Sharp, Granville, life of, as illustration of a merchant’s duties, IV. 293-323.
Shaw, Robert G., Colonel, equestrian statue of, XII. 361.
Burial of, XIX. 246.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, on the American War, I. 326, 349.
On Slavery, XII. 161.
On America, XV. 406.
Sherman, John, Senator from Ohio, criticisms of, answered, IX. 99-104; X. 263-266.
Reply to his criticisms in Reconstruction debate, XIV. 292-296, 313-316.
Answer to his defence of appointment of San Domingo commission, XVIII. 262-264.
Shipley, Jonathan, Bishop of St. Asaph, XV. 332.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 334-338.
Shipping, decay of, in United States, XVI. 289.
Effect of taxation on, XVII. 243.
Ships of War, fitted out in England against United States during Rebellion, X. 27-29, 132; XVII. 65-71,—same defended in England, but condemned by United States Supreme Court, X. 29-31.
Policy of United States on fitting out, as a neutral, X. 32-35;
liability of England for same, X. 37-39; XVII. 89, 124,—authority proving above liability, X. 38.
Sidney, Algernon, author of motto on seal of Massachusetts, I. 94 (and note).
On government, XIII. 155.
Slave, origin of word, II. 13.
Webster’s Dictionary on original meaning of, II. 14.
Deed of manumission of a, in 1776, III. 13; VII. 14.
Tintoretto’s Miracle of the, III. 134 (see note).
Slave-Masters, number of, III. 36; V. 42; VI. 326; VII. 334.
Cannot carry slaves into Territories, IV. 128 et seq.; VI. 217-235.
Refuse to work, VI. 142.
Character of, VI. 162, 321 et seq.; IX. 103,—testimony to same, VI. 163-168.
Their virtues exceptional, VI. 167-323.
In their relations with slaves, VI. 168-173.
Their agents, VI. 173, 175.
Their relations with each other, society, and government, VI. 176-196,—testimony to same, VI. 180-182, 186.
Conduct of, in Congress, VI. 196-211.
Unconscious of barbarism of slavery, VI. 211-214.
Tourgueneff on, VI. 215.
Livingstone on, VI. 216.
Their success in organizing rebellion explained, VII. 335.
Tax on, IX. 93.
Testimony to untrustworthiness of, to legislate for freedmen, IX. 225; XIV. 211-213.
Their pretension to chivalry refuted, XI. 449-460.
Untrustworthiness of, proved by reason, XIV. 213.
Pretensions of, in regard to slavery, XVI. 234.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Influence of, II. 211, 232, 292; III. 20, 140; V. 42; VI. 312, 325; VII. 248.
Union among men of all parties against, II. 226; IV. 157.
Defined, II. 229.
Constitution of United States opposed to, II. 230.
Its test for office, II. 232; VI. 330.
Usurpations of, III. 20-22; V. 43, 66-71; VI. 328 et seq.
Must be overthrown, IV. 262; V. 45, 71; VI. 339.
Its madness, V. 57.
Its aims in Kansas, V. 70, 140.
Attempts to introduce slavery into free States, V. 71.
Author of crime against Kansas, V. 142.
Its influence over President Pierce, V. 189.
Denounced, VI. 331-335.
Emancipation of national government from, VII. 248.
Slave States, compared to Barbary States, II. 7; VI. 159-161,—and to free States, VI. 142-159, 328.
Their ignorance, VI. 157; XIV. 336.
Testimony to violence in, VI. 180-182.
Freedom of press restricted in, VI. 184-187.
Outrages on Northern men in, VI. 187-189, 191-196.
Threat of disunion by, VII. 25, 319-321.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
Not unanimous in desiring disunion, VII. 34; IX. 228,—effects of same upon, VII. 35-37.
Passion for slavery in, VII. 321.
Webster on admission of new, IX. 124 et seq.
Laws of, on exclusion of colored testimony, XI. 4-16;
eccentric judicial decisions in, on same, XI. 17-23.
See [Rebel States].
Slave-Trade, originally a mark of progress in Africa, II. 18.
In England, II. 18; XVII. 166.
Sanctioned in West Indies by Charles V., II. 24.
Opposition to early English efforts against, II. 285; IV. 133; V. 37; VI. 190.
Resolutions against, in Danbury, Conn., in 1774, III. 14.
Abolished in District of Columbia, III. 125.
Compromise on, in Constitution, III. 304; VII. 318.
Granville Sharp on, IV. 301.
In the North in early times, no example for us, V. 148.
Early support of, by England, V. 149; X. 71; XIII. 313.
Final suppression of the, VIII. 336.
Treaties between Great Britain and United States against, VIII. 337, 341.
Efforts of United States and Europe against, VIII. 338-341,—especially of Great Britain, VIII. 339, 343; X. 74-77.
Means for suppression of, defended, VIII. 344-347.
Abolition of, in French, Dutch, and Spanish colonies, X. 75.
Authorities on illegality of, X. 108.
Abolition of the coast-wise, XII. 380.
Paley’s exertions against, XV. 403.
See [Right of Search].
Slavery, the wrong of, I. 149.
Decision of Chief-Justice Shaw on, I. 290, 308; XII. 146.
Channing’s labors against, I. 290-293.
Influence of, universal, I. 307.
Cause of Mexican War, I. 307, 322, 335, 377.
Exertions of Massachusetts against, I. 308; VII. 13-16, 264.
Declarations of authors of Constitution against, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 277-280; VI. 227, 313; X. 356.
Should be constitutionally repealed, I. 309.
And the Mexican War, I. 333.
Whigs pledged to overthrow, I. 336.
R. C. Winthrop’s actions in regard to, I. 337.
White, in Barbary States, II. 1.
In antiquity, II. 14.
A result of war, II. 16, 19.
In modern times, II. 18.
White, in Algiers, compared by different authorities to American, II. 63-69.
The Koran on, II. 93.
Milton on, II. 100; XI. 204.
Black, in Barbary States, II. 101.
Necessity of political action against extension of, II. 207.
Condemned in East, II. 209.
Lafayette’s opinions and plans concerning, II. 210; VII. 124, 126, 129, 146, 149, 157; XII. 169.
No compromise with, II. 211, 234; IV. 266; VII. 204, 331; IX. 271.
Union among men of all parties against extension of, II. 226.
Patrick Henry on, II. 230; III. 288; XII. 150.
The only important American question, II. 237; III. 12, 142, 270; V. 35, 63.
Appeal to all parties against, II. 238; III. 143; IV. 5, 158.
Opposition to its extension, principle of Free-Soil Party, II. 307; III. 26;
but not of Whig Party, II. 307.
Discussion of, cannot be silenced, III. 12, 142, 270; IV. 132; VI. 317.
Illustrations of opposition to, at the time of the Revolution, III. 13-16.
Not authorized by the Constitution, III. 16, 276, 296; IV. 346; VI. 314; VII. 1; XI. 186-189, 196.
Evils of, III. 23; IV. 95; V. 11; VI. 126, 321; XI. 475,—Jefferson on same, III. 23; IV. 175.
Extension of, threatened, III. 24.
Is sectional, III. 237, 242, 267, 273; IV. 128; VI. 361.
Union against sectionalism of, III. 240.
Cannot exist unless specially legalized, III. 275; VI. 223; VIII. 274; X. 343; XI. 187, 236.
Did not exist under national jurisdiction in 1789, III. 285; VI. 314.
Opposed by government at that time, III. 286; IV. 122,—by the country, III. 288; IV. 122; VI. 314,—by the Church, III. 289; VI. 313; XII. 151-154,—and by colleges and literature, III. 291; VI. 313; XII. 149.
Actions of 1st Congress in regard to, III. 293; IV. 121.
Unconstitutional under national jurisdiction, III. 297, 299; V. 156; VI. 230; VIII. 265, 274-278; X. 214; XI. 195.
Influence of, on national government, III. 300; IV. 122; VI. 312, 325.
In England, III. 301; VIII. 278,—declared illegal in same, III. 302; IV. 313; VIII. 279.
Sympathy with escapes from, III. 353.
German emigrants should oppose, IV. 19.
Defined, IV. 95; VI. 129.
Prohibition of, in Territories, all-important, IV. 99; VI. 378,—legality of same, IV. 125; VI. 233; VII. 1.
Influence of, on Northern men, IV. 131.
Duke of Clarence on, IV. 134.
Agitation against, not dangerous to the Union, IV. 134.
Mr. Sumner’s final protest against, in Nebraska and Kansas, for himself and N. E. clergy, IV. 140.
History of, in Mass., IV. 187-190; VII. 11-15; XI. 448; XII. 145.
Labors of Granville Sharp against, IV. 300, 316; VIII. 279; XI. 237; XII. 161.
Brougham on, IV. 315; VIII. 262.
Brought before Congress by Southern members, IV. 346; VI. 375.
Not sanctioned by Christianity, V. 19.
Duties of the North in regard to, V. 38-48; VI. 317.
A new outrage for, V. 52.
Growth of opposition to, V. 81.
Example of Washington against, V. 95.
Macaulay on, VI. 71.
Presentation of petitions against, VI. 106.
The barbarism of, VI. 113, 346; VII. 1; XII. 290.
Defended by Southern Senators, VI. 122.
Incompatible with civilization, VI. 127.
Barbarism of, shown in its laws, VI. 129, 170, 319.
Five elements of, VI. 131-136, 319, 360; VIII. 263.
Motive of, VI. 137, 320, 360; VIII. 263.
Rousseau on, VI. 137.
Origin of law of, VI. 139-142; VIII. 263.
Practical results of, in slave States, VI. 142-161.
Its influence on emigration and value of border lands, VI. 158.
Outrages for, VI. 187-196.
Conduct of slave-masters in Congressional debates on, VI. 202-211.
Opinions of Calhoun and Adams on, VI. 306.
Favoring influences of, in United States, VI. 314; VII. 322.
Gurowski’s book on, VI. 347.
Motive for extension of, VI. 354.
Letter on unconstitutionality of, VII. 1.
Example of Massachusetts against, VII. 5.
No popular sovereignty in Territories can establish, VII. 41.
Prohibited in Territories by United States Government from the first, VII. 58.
The cause of the Civil War, VII. 250, 338; IX. 230, 323; X. 103; XI. 444.
Must be overthrown by that war, VII. 252, 351; X. 140, 296; XI. 417, 464.
Ceases legally and constitutionally on lapse of rebel States, VIII. 165; X. 215; XI. 473; XII. 266.
Founded on force, VIII. 263;
judicial decisions declaring same, VIII. 264.
History of British intervention against, X. 71-84.
Recognition of, by nations, forbidden by morality and prudence, X. 109, 110.
Guaranties against, X. 295.
Sources of power over, in the Constitution, XI. 190-196.
Mode of overthrowing, XI. 206.
Prohibition of, in foreign constitutions, XI. 226.
And the Rebellion: speech, XI. 433.
In American history, XI. 462.
Objections to recognizing in the Union, XI. 472-476.
Results of overthrowing, XI. 482.
Testimony against, by American States and European countries before 1789, XII. 144-177.
Lincoln on, XII. 282.
Precaution against revival of, XIV. 234; XVI. 350.
See [Abolition of Slavery], [Algerine Slavery], [Barbary States], [Emancipation], [Slaves], and [Slave-Trade].
Slavery and Freedmen, appointment of committee on, X. 271.
Slaves, sufferings of, when transferred from Northern to Southern slave States, I. 156.
First brought to English colonies of North America, II. 26; VII. 8; X. 261; XI. 445.
White, in Barbary States, II. 8-12, 21-101; VIII. 283-298;
petitions of American, in same, quoted, II. 59, 60; VIII. 291;
black, in same, II. 101.
Laws of Maryland on stealing and transporting, III. 220.
Proceedings against Drayton and Sayres for liberation of, III. 221-223.
Definition of, in laws of slave States, V. 12; VI. 129, 319.
Compensation for emancipation of, V. 26; VII. 268; VIII. 259, 280; XI. 199, 204.
Not dangerous to masters, if released, V. 28.
Testimony to relations of masters with, VI. 168-175.
Burning of, alive, VI. 322.
Are persons, not property, according to the Constitution, VI. 361; VII. 315, 370.
Number of, in United States, fit for military service, VII. 266.
Dread of, in ancient wars, VII. 266.
Danger of insurrection by, VII. 267.
Involuntary assistance of, to Rebellion, VII. 339;
testimony to same, VII. 339.
Ransom of, at national capital, VIII. 251.
Liberation of, included in rights of war, IX. 43, 71, 131, 146.
Information in regard to freeing, by our armies, IX. 82.
Help from, and protection of, IX. 83, 214.
Debates in Federal Convention on taxing, IX. 94.
Aid of, necessary against Rebellion, IX. 212, 227;
appeal to, for same, defended, IX. 215-227.
Testimony to employment of, in war, especially in the Revolution, IX. 217-220.
Exclusion of testimony of, especially in slave States of America, XI. 5-34;
reasons for same considered, XI. 34-41.
Judicial testimony to propriety of examining, under oath, XI. 35 et seq.
At first represented by their masters, XIII. 188, 196.
See [Algerine Slavery], [Barbary States], [Emancipation], [Freedmen], [Fugitive Slaves], [Slave-Masters], [Slave-Trade], and [Slavery].
Sleep, amount of, required, I. 202-204.
Slidell, John, VIII. 32.
Seizure of, on the Trent, VIII. 33.
Benjamin Franklin and, at Paris, X. 221.
Smith, Adam, on slave-masters, VI. 165; XII. 159.
On value of metals, XI. 271.
His prophecy concerning America, XV. 363;
same anticipated by John Adams, XV. 364.
Smith Brothers, protest and opinion on case of the, XII. 209.
Testimony of Hon. S. Hooper on case of, XII. 216;
and of witnesses for the prosecution, XII. 217-219, 220, 222.
Snelling, George H., letter to, VI. 96.
Soldiers, modern, generally unsuccessful as statesmen, XX. [95];
same stated by Buckle, XX. [96].
Somerset Case, the, III. 302; IV. 304-313; VIII. 279; XI. 236; XII. 158.
South Carolina, disobedience to law in, IV. 185.
Expulsion of Hon. Samuel Hoar from, IV. 186; VI. 193-196.
Tribute to, IV. 195.
Testimony to her weakness in Revolutionary War, IV. 198, 200-211; IX. 222.
Compared to Kansas, V. 241 et seq.
Reluctant at first to enter the Union, VII. 28, 317.
Testimony to character of early settlers of, XI. 450, 459.
Prohibition of colored suffrage in, XIII. 193.
Honor to a constant Union man of, XIV. 103.
Sovereignty, rights of, and rights of war, IX. 1; X. 296.
Constitutional limitations on rights of, against criminals, IX. 25-30.
See [Popular Sovereignty] and [Squatter Sovereignty].
Spain, testimony of, against slavery, quoted by Prescott and Mackintosh, XII. 170-173.
Her growth into a nation, XVI. 17.
Duty of, towards Cuba, XVII. 118-120.
Revolt of American colonies of, XVII. 197.
Reannexion of San Domingo by, XIX. 23-26;
result of same, XIX. 29.
Numerical size of its Cortes, XX. [3].
Sparks, Jared, letter to, VII. 89.
Specie Payments, necessity of, XVI. 284-289, 355, 361; XVII. 113, 298; XVIII. 302.
Means of arriving at, XVI. 289-294.
Ease of transition to, XVII, 252.
Hindrances to, XVII. 271.
First steps towards, XVII. 273-276.
Squatter Sovereignty, defined, V. 68; VII. 45.
Gen. Cass, the author of the artifice of, VI. 365.
In Nebraska Bill, a trick, VI. 366.
Results of, in New Mexico, VI. 372.
Stackpole, Joseph Lewis, obituary notice of, II. 151.
Stage-coaches, denounced by an old English writer, II. 282.
Stamp Act, John Adams on the, III. 130, 344.
Compared to Fugitive-Slave Bill, III. 339; IV. 165.
Opposition to, in America, III. 339-345; IV. 165-170; XIII. 165-168.
Chatham on, III. 345; IV. 169.
Stanly, Edward, closes colored schools in North Carolina, IX. 113.
Not upheld by Lincoln, IX. 116.
Illegal actions of, IX. 119.
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, suspension and removal of, by President Johnson, XVI. 172, 190-195.
Application of Tenure-of-Office Act to, XVI. 177-187.
Substitution of Adj.-Gen. Thomas for, contrary to Acts of Congress, XVI. 187-190,—and unconstitutional, XVI. 195.
Services of, XVI. 224.
His opinion of General Grant, XX. [98-100].
Stark, Benjamin, of Oregon, speeches on admission of, to Senate, VIII. 208.
State Banks, XI. 255, 257.
Circulation of, in 1862 and 1863, XI. 256.
State Department, its confession of support of Baez in San Domingo by United States navy, XIX. 42-45;
and of intervention in Hayti by same, XIX. 48-51.
State Rebellion, State suicide: Emancipation and Reconstruction, VIII. 163, 243.
State Rights, defined, III. 325; X. 182; XVI. 13, 60; XVII. 38,—XVIII. 2.
Jefferson on, III. 325.
Infringed by Fugitive-Slave Bill, III. 326; IV. 337, 341.
Pretended cause of the war, IX. 323; X. 191; XII. 263.
Proper, to be respected, X. 176; XVI. 236.
Pretension of, in American history, X. 176-179, 190-193; XVI. 14, 57 et seq.
Same denied by Washington, X. 179; XII. 126; XVI. 35,—by the Constitution, X. 181; XII. 126; XIII. 304,—by the National Convention of 1787, X. 183 et seq.; XII. 125; XIII. 305; XVI. 37 et seq.,—and by Nathan Dane, X. 185; XII. 125.
Opposed to Congressional governments of rebel States, X. 194.
Establishment of national banks hindered by, XI. 246.
Pretension of, denounced, XVI. 13, 354; XVIII. 1, 31,—examples of same in European history, XVI. 15-20.
Limitations on, XVI. 236, 354; XVII. 38, 217; XVIII. 2, 38, 46; XIX. 128.
Alexander Hamilton on, XVI. 253.
States, disarmed by the Constitution, II. 380.
National parties must interfere in elections of, III. 39-41.
Subordinate to national government, X. 182, 185-190; XIII. 304; XVI. 21.
Definition of, X. 197.
May cease to exist, X. 198.
Burke on extinction of, X. 199.
Intercourse between, by railway, XII. 105; XIV. 93.
Webster on monopolies in, XII. 127.
Early laws of, on colored suffrage, XIII. 190-194.
Pretensions of, to exclude colored citizens from the franchise, XIII. 213; XVI. 246; XVII. 40,—refutation of same, XIII. 214; XVI. 246-252; XVII. 40-49.
Validity and necessity of fundamental conditions on admission of, XVI. 230; XVII. 218; XVIII. 4,—pretensions opposed to same, XVI. 236, 246; XVIII. 2.
Equality of, according to the Constitution, XVI. 237, 243;
debates on same, in National Convention of 1787, XVI. 238-240;
Story on same, XVI. 241.
Equality of, according to Ordinance of 1787, XVI. 241, 242.
Nature of conditions to be imposed on, XVI. 244.
Powers of, limited by Declaration of Independence, XVII. 218.
See [Land States], [Rebel States], [Slave States], and [State Rights].
Statutes, revision and consolidation of the national, VIII. 1.
Declaratory, X. 331 et seq.
Decision of Supreme Court on interpretation of, XVI. 177.
Stephens, Alexander H., on character of the Confederacy, VII. 315; X. 100 et seq.; XIX. 225.
Stevens, Thaddeus, Representative from Pennsylvania, remarks on death of, XVII. 2.
Stewart, William M., Senator from Nevada, answer to his denial of Mr. Sumner’s authorship of provision for colored suffrage in rebel States, XVII. 308-330.
Stockton, John P., Senator from New Jersey, case of, XIV. 1, 15; XVI. 96.
Stone, Charles P., Gen., surrenders fugitive slaves, VIII. 8.
Arrest of, VIII. 10.
Story, Joseph, obituary notice of, I. 133.
Lord Campbell on, I. 140, 269.
Verses by, I. 145.
Amount of sleep taken by, I. 203.
Tribute to, as jurist, in Phi Beta Kappa oration, I. 258-272.
Mackintosh and Denman on, I. 269.
His labors in Harvard Law School, III. 111.
Extract from his will, III. 111.
His benefactions to Harvard University, III. 114.
On pardoning power of the Executive, III. 227.
Judgment of, on Fugitive-Slave Act of 1793, III. 315 et seq.; XI. 233.
On plans for representation, IV. 55.
On treaties, V. 102; XIX. 80 et seq.
On adoption of Missouri Compromise, VII. 30.
On policy of prohibiting States from coining money, VIII. 184.
On power of Congress to regulate commerce between States, XII. 115; XIV. 69,—and to establish post-roads, XII. 117.
On power of Congress under the Constitution, XIII. 216.
On the Chief-Justice’s presiding at trial of the President, XVI. 90.
On impeachment, XVI. 139, 146.
On debate in the National Convention of 1787 on equality of States, XVI. 241.
On meaning of “domicile,” XVIII. 13 et seq.
On allotment of war-powers, XIX. 77.
On duties of innkeepers, XIX. 237;
and of common carriers, XIX. 238.
On object of Constitutional prohibition of interference with religion, XIX. 292 et seq.
Story, William W., XIV. 177.
Strabo, his prophecy of a new world, XV. 257.
Suez Canal, opposed by Great Britain, X. 82.
Suffrage. See [Colored Suffrage], [Female Suffrage], [Male Suffrage], and [Universal Suffrage].
Sumner, Charles, refuses to lecture where colored persons are not admitted with equal rights, I. 160; XI. 228.
Refuses to be a candidate for Congress, I. 330.
Not desirous of public office, I. 332; III. 152, 153, 268.
Relations of, to Boston Prison-Discipline Society, II. 108, 112.
Letter of Dr. Wayland to, II. 109.
Letter of De Tocqueville to, II. 148 (note).
Renounces Whig Party, II. 228.
Accepts Free-Soil nomination for Congress, II. 301-303.
His relation to the Fugitive-Slave Bill, III. 132.
Beginning of his political career, III. 147.
Political aims of, III. 147, 153, 163; VI. 38.
Letters written by, during election of United States Senator in 1851, III. 152-154.
His sentiments on the Union, III. 153, 163.
His letter accepting office of United States Senator, III. 161.
His belief in democracy, III. 268.
His independence of party, III. 268; XX. [212].
Replies to verbal attacks in the Senate, IV. 175-216; V. 250-256.
Defends his fidelity to the Constitution, IV. 178-187, 269-271; V. 251-254; XIX. 309-313.
His personal testimony as to slavery, V. 64.
Brooks’s assault upon, V. 257-271 (Appendix).
Previous personalities and aggressions upon, V. 280-301 (Appendix).
His injuries and continued disability, V. 328-342 (Appendix).
Refuses to allow Massachusetts to assume expenses of his illness, V. 343.
Refuses to receive testimonial in approbation of Kansas speech, V. 344.
His longing for restoration to active duties, VI. 6, 11, 32, 66.
Sends contribution to Kansas, VI. 10.
Public reception of, at Boston, in 1856, VI. 22.
Accepts reëlection to Senate, VI. 46.
State of his health in 1858, VI. 65.
Recognizes duty of denouncing slavery, VI. 318.
His visits to Lafayette’s grave and home, VII. 100-108.
Attitude of, during attempts at compromise in 1861, VII. 176-184.
Interview of, with President Buchanan in 1861, VII. 180 et seq.
Defence of his career in the Senate, IX. 200-205; XVI. 336-339.
Reëlection of, to Senate in 1863, IX. 237 (Appendix).
His first motion for repeal of Fugitive-Slave Bill, XI. 383.
His sentiments towards Rebels, XII. 339; XIV. 313; XV. 228; XVII. 115; XIX. 258, 318; XX. [192-194], [213], [229-240].
President Johnson’s attack on, XIII. 266-269 (Appendix).
The city of Boston and, XIII. 280.
Relations of, with President Johnson, XIV. 199-205.
His bill for Reconstruction, XIV. 328-334.
Denies indifference to foreigners, XVI. 315-317.
His personal record on Reconstruction with colored suffrage, XVII. 303.
Defence of his conduct in the Committee on Foreign Relations, respecting San Domingo treaties, XVIII. 293-295;
and of his language in speech on annexion of San Domingo, XVIII. 295-298.
His response to a toast, XVIII. 310.
Reason for his interest in San Domingo question, XIX. 20-22; XX. [180], [218] et seq.
His interviews with Baez, XIX. 35.
Personal relations of, with President Grant, XIX. 99, 104-106; XX. [155], [200],—and with Secretary Fish, XIX. 99, 106-124.
His influence on Mr. Motley’s nomination, XIX. 117;
and on negotiations with England concerning Alabama claims, XIX. 120-122.
Declines the Haytian medal, XIX. 154.
Origin of his interest in engraving, XIX. 175.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
His interest in civil-service reform, XX. [8].
His relations with the Marquis de Chambrun, XX. [9] et seq.
Protests against competency of Senate committee to investigate sale of arms to France, XX. [45], [56].
His devotion to the Republican Party, XX. [85].
His reasons for voting for Greeley, XX. [188-190], [199] et seq., [211-213], [241].
His desire for reconciliation between North and South, XX. [192-194], [197], [228] et seq., [253] et seq.
His feelings towards Preston Brooks, XX. [197].
Personal misrepresentations of, XX. [218-220].
Testimony to his desire for reconciliation with the South, XX. [229-240].
Defence of his conduct as to supplementary civil-rights bill, XX. [312] et seq.
Supreme Court of the United States, decision of, on Fugitive-Slave Act of 1793, III. 315; XI. 233.
Jackson on authority of, III. 316; IV. 179; V. 253; XVI. 207.
Its power of interpreting the Constitution, IV. 270-272.
Decision of, in Dred Scott case, VI. 291; IX. 154; XI. 63-65; XIII. 276; XVIII. 7.
Admission of a colored lawyer to the bar of, XII. 97.
Remodelling of, XIV. 30.
Cannot sit in judgment on Acts of Congress, except incidentally, XVI. 200.
Sweden and Norway, navy of, in 1845, I. 76.
Adopt separate system in prisons, II. 136.
Book on prisons by Oscar, King of, II. 136.
Switzerland, preservation of peace in, II. 379.
Intervention of France in affairs of, X. 63.
T.
Talleyrand, on result of his life, II. 287.
Tappan, Lewis, letter to, IV. 19.
Tariff, the, speech of R. C. Winthrop on, I. 323, 338.
Not a party question, II. 236; III. 11.
Clay and Polk on, III. 11.
Additional ten per cent. duty in, opposed, VII. 235.
Means for the war, the true object of, XI. 376.
Taxation, annual, of Great Britain in 1842, I. 73.
Origin and nature of freedom of United States national lands from, III. 184-188.
Judicial decisions on right of, in States, III. 186; IV. 127.
Necessity of increased, XI. 409-411.
Should be simplified and diminished, XIV. 269; XVI. 267, 278; XVII. 238, 261-264, 279; XVIII. 41.
Taxation without Representation, testimony against, XIII. 155-158,—especially of fathers of American Republic, XIII. 158-172.
Not a claim for communities only, XIII. 294;
evidence proving same, XIII. 295-301.
Not a claim for women, XIII. 302;
Chief-Justice Parsons on above conclusion, XIII. 302.
Taxes, on cotton, IX. 84.
On slave-masters, IX. 93.
On knowledge, IX. 166; XI. 297; XII. 205-207; XIV. 264-270; XVIII. 142 et seq.
Sydney Smith on English, XI. 299.
On education, XI. 378.
On coal, XIV. 271.
On income, XVIII. 40.
Taylor, Zachary, Gen., election of, to the Presidency opposed, II. 233.
Nomination of, II. 233-293.
Berrien on, II. 310.
Character of his administration, III. 30-32.
Telegraph, the electric, honor to its inventor, VI. 64.
Ocean, between Europe and America, XIV. 220, 301.
Power of the Senate to break into its offices, XIX. 149.
Ten-Forties, new bonds, to be issued, XVII. 247-249.
Tennessee, rights of, in the Union, X. 195; XI. 351.
Not sufficiently reconstructed, XIV. 114.
Tenure-of-Office Act, speeches on an amendment to the, XIV. 239.
Violated by President Johnson, XVI. 172.
Object of, and questions as to, XVI. 175-177.
Its application to Secretary Stanton, XVI. 177-187.
Grant’s attempt to repeal, XX. [141].
Territories, organization of new, in 1850, III. 127.
Prohibition of slavery in, all-important, IV. 8; VI. 378,—and legal, IV. 125; VI. 233; VII. 1;
same does not infringe popular sovereignty, IV. 129.
Slave-masters cannot carry slaves into, IV. 128 et seq.; VI. 217-235.
Polygamy in, may be suppressed by Congress, IV. 129; VII. 1.
No popular sovereignty in, can establish slavery, V. 156; VI. 230, 364; VII. 41.
Slavery in, not authorized by the Constitution, V. 156; VI. 230, 338; X. 214; XI. 195.
Lincoln’s defence of prohibition of slavery in, VI. 355 et seq.; XII. 259.
Extent and predicted population of, VII. 47 et seq.
Slavery in, prohibited by United States Government from beginning, VII. 58.
Necessity of above prohibition in, VII. 59, 67;
advantages of same, VII. 60.
Bill for establishing, in rebel States, VIII. 369.
Decision of Supreme Court on power of Congress over, X. 209; XI. 368.
Territory, acquisition of, XV. 39-41, 53.
Necessity of fairness in cession of, XIX. 22 et seq.
Authorities on cession of, XIX. 39.
Texas, speech against admission of, I. 149.
Constitution of, I. 154.
Letter of Channing against annexation of, I. 291.
Boundaries of, I. 318.
Admission of, favored by R. C. Winthrop, I. 327, 337.
Annexation of, II. 308; XIX. 82.
Admission of, as a State, II. 309.
Additions to, III. 127.
Recognition of independence of, X. 94.
Benton on Calhoun’s attempt to give military support to, before ratification of treaty, XIX. 83 et seq.
Polk on protection of, XIX. 84.
Thayer, Eli, letter to, VII. 49.
Upholds popular sovereignty, VII. 45;
disturbing influence of same on his career, VII. 62-66.
Theatres, must be open to all, XIX. 240.
Thomas, Lorenzo, appointment of, by President Johnson, as Secretary of War ad interim, XVI. 187-190, 195.
Thomas, Philip F., remarks on admission of, as Senator, XVI. 73.
Facts in case of, XVI. 77-79.
Time, the employment of, I. 184.
Authorities on arrangement of, I. 200, 201.
Tintoretto, “Miracle of the Slave” by, III. 134 (see note).
Tocqueville, Alexis de, letter of, on prison discipline, II. 148 (note).
On slave laws, VI. 168.
On employment of brute force, IX. 231.
On equality, XIII. 202.
His character and writings, XV. 418.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 419-422.
On reëlection of President of U. S., XIX. 173; XX. [222].
Toussaint l’Ouverture, XVII. 172.
Treason, definition of, in the Constitution, VIII. 128;
interpretation of clause in same, forbidding forfeiture for, IX. 27-30.
Definitions of misprision of, XVI. 80.
Treasury Department, duties of, in regard to rebel States, XI. 307-311.
Treasury Notes, a legal tender, VIII. 181.
Congress can make them such, VIII. 183-192;
evils of so doing, VIII. 193-196, 206.
See [Paper Money].
Treaties, the abrogation of, V. 98.
Under the Constitution, V. 101; XIX. 79.
Judicial decisions on, V. 102 et seq.
Abrogation of, between France and United States, in 1798, V. 104;
and between Great Britain and United States in 1846, V. 106.
Termination of, by notice, V. 110, 114; XII. 69, 201.
Mode of abrogating, in Europe, V. 112.
Obligation of, V. 115; XI. 150.
List of, with provisions for termination, V. 117.
Consideration of, in open Senate, XVIII. 9.
Authorities on lawfulness of disregarding, after changes in government, XVIII. 34 et seq.
Authorities on ratification of, in United States, XVIII. 281; XIX. 79-81.
Trent Case, the, and maritime rights, VIII. 15.
Facts in, VIII. 32-34.
Vindicated by British precedent, but contrary to American principles, VIII. 34.
Ground of England’s complaint in, VIII. 35-37.
A question of law, VIII. 38.
Points of controversy in, VIII. 39.
Result of, VIII. 73-75.
Conduct of England in, X. 16.
Trial by Battle, I. 36; II. 345; VIII. 38; XVIII. 179.
Montesquieu on, I. 37; II. 349.
Once universal, I. 38.
Selden on, I. 38 (note), 42; XVIII. 179.
Condemned by Liutprand, I. 39; II. 349,—and by Pope Martin IV., I. 39.
Suppressed in France by St. Louis, I. 41; II. 347; XVIII. 242.
Restrained by Henry II. of England, I. 43; II. 347,—and by Elizabeth and Charles I., I. 43.
Not abolished in England till 1819, I. 44.
Condemned by the Church, II. 346.
Folly of, shown by instances, II. 347 et seq.; XVIII. 179.
Blackstone on, II. 349.
See [Duel].
Trial by Jury, fugitive slaves entitled to, III. 328; IV. 215; X. 373.
Authorities proving requirement of, by the Constitution and common law, for fugitive slaves, III. 330-338; X. 374-377.
Proposed by Hartley for slaves in America, XV. 350.
Tripoli, war of, with United States, II. 71-73; VIII. 296.
Treatment of slaves in, II. 97.
Troops. See [Colored Troops].
Truce of God, I. 35.
True Grandeur of Nations, oration on, I. 1.
Inconsistent with war, 1. 122.
Moral, as for individuals, I. 124.
Trumbull, Lyman, Senator from Illinois, criticisms of, answered, X. 333-336; XVII. 213-216.
Answer to his attack on Mr. Sumner’s Reconstruction record, XVII. 231-233, 304-307.
Tucker, Josiah, Dean of Gloucester, XV. 338.
Writings of, XV. 339.
His predictions concerning America, XV. 340-345.
Ideas resembling his, advanced by others, XV. 345-347.
Tunis, expedition of Charles V. against, II. 23.
Gen. Eaton on slavery in, II. 91.
Slavery abolished in, II. 102, 209.
Turgot, announces universal law of progress, II. 262.
Author of Latin verse applied to Franklin, X. 224.
His character and sympathy for America, X. 231.
His prophecies concerning America, X. 231, 232; XV. 295-301; XVII. 119.
His friendship for Franklin, X. 239.
His career, XV. 292-294.
His definition of a republic, XV. 294.
Turkey, appeal to government of, in behalf of Crete, XV. 247.
Twichell, Ginery, XVIII. 170.
U.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, III. 352; VI. 185.
Union, the, Mr. Sumner’s sentiments on, III. 153-163.
Not endangered by agitation against extension of slavery, IV. 134.
Union College, Phi Beta Kappa oration at, II. 241.
United States, war of, with Great Britain in 1812, I. 17, 31 et seq.; VIII. 50-52.
Annual expenses of, for six years before 1840, I. 78.
Cost of war-preparations in, I. 78, 79, 110; II. 367,—and of administering justice in, I. 84.
Standing army not needed in, I. 86;
nor navy, for war, I. 88.
Fortifications in, of no use, I. 89;
nor militia, I. 91.
Escutcheon of, I. 95.
Should disarm, I. 119, 129.
Should abandon Mexican War, I. 340.
Efforts of, to ransom American slaves in Barbary States, II. 57, 69-71, 73; VIII. 283-298.
Treaties of, with same, II. 70, 73, 74; VIII. 294 et seq.
Wars of, with same, II. 71-76; VIII. 296.
Government of, must be emancipated from power of slavery, III. 28; V. 42; VI. 49.
Must be neutral in European affairs, III. 179.
Public lands of, III. 184; IV. 126.
Obligations of, to Land States, III. 188, 192, 195, 198, 204.
Railroads in, III. 201.
Earliest national acts of, opposed to slavery, III. 281; VI. 226.
Its first government antislavery, III. 286, IV. 122.
Powers of national government limited, III. 296, 318, 325; IV. 214.
Military power subordinate to civil in, IV. 14; X. 170, 194; XIV. 326; XVIII. 51.
Change of policy in, as to slavery, IV. 122-124.
No proscription for religion in, V. 77.
Foreign population of, V. 77-79.
Treaty of, with Denmark, illegally abrogated in 1855, V. 100.
Mode of abrogation of its treaties with France in 1798, V. 104;
and of treaty with Great Britain in 1846, V. 106.
Extent of, VII. 46.
Predicted increase in population and resources of, VII. 47; XVI. 280; XVII. 239, 240.
Government of, prohibits slavery in Territories from beginning, VII. 58.
Visit of Lafayette to, in 1824, VII. 153-155.
Support of government of, VII. 205;
emancipation of same from power of slavery, VII. 248.
British outrages on vessels of, VIII. 42-45.
Testimony to opposition of government of, to same, VIII. 45-54,—and to its policy on neutral rights, VIII. 57-62, 64 et seq., 68-71; XII. 14.
Proposes abolition of privateering, VIII. 77.
Representation of, at industrial exhibition at London, in 1862, VIII. 157.
Paper money in history of, VIII. 187-190, 193.
Its proposals of pecuniary help to Mexico, VIII. 228.
Declines to join convention of European powers concerning Mexico, VIII. 231.
Commercial relations of, with foreign countries in 1860, VIII. 315-319.
Treaties of, with Great Britain against slave-trade, VIII. 337, 341.
Efforts of, against same, VIII. 338-341.
Refuses to allow right of search against same, VIII. 341, 343.
No names of battles with fellow-citizens on regimental colors of, VIII. 361; XX. [255].
Powers of, against Rebels, IX. 18, 47, 48, 134, 143; XVII. 16.
Possesses all rights of war, IX. 34, 44.
Must not be separated, IX. 208.
Privateering early denounced by, IX. 289-291.
Unfriendly actions of England to, during Rebellion, X. 12-41, 124; XII. 267; XVII. 58-73, 84, 124.
Policy of, on fitting out war-ships as a neutral, X. 32-35.
Unfriendly actions of France to, during Rebellion, X. 41-47, 256.
Denounced by English writers for supporting slavery, X. 83.
Recognition of, by France, X. 89; XI. 97.
Recognition of Spanish America by, X. 91.
Recognizes claims for French spoliations before July 31, 1801, XI. 83, 89, 91.
History of French claims on, XI. 96-113.
Its adjustment of mutual claims with France, XI. 113-123.
Liability of, for claims on France, XI. 124;
authorities proving same, XI. 127-132;
objections to above liability refuted, XI. 132-158.
Mints of, XI. 267-269.
Pledged to maintain freedom of slaves, XI. 430; XII. 317; XIII. 56, 288.
Must keep pledged faith, XII. 317; XVI. 268, 276, 295, 362; XVII. 110, 113-116, 237.
Declarations of, testify to equality in rights, XIII. 173-176.
Early public acts of, on colored suffrage, XIII. 188-190.
Extension of its dominion and institutions, XV. 40-43, 52-54; XV. 428-433.—John Adams on same, XV. 42, 316.
Friendship of Russia for, XV. 48-50.
Name of, XV. 431; XVI. 46-50.
Its government not federal, but national, XVI. 8, 21.
Dedication of, to human rights, XVI. 28, 31, 54; XIX. 226.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Early desire for nationality in, XVI. 30-35.
Tokens of nationality of, XVI. 42-52.
Powers essential to, as a nation, XVI. 55, 60; XIX. 128,—sources of same, XVI. 56; XIX. 128.
Credit of, in Europe in 1868 and 1870, XVI. 281; XVII. 247.
Activity of, in protecting American citizens abroad, XVI. 311 et seq.
Reparation due to, from England for aid to Rebels, XVII. 76, 125-127.
Extent of losses of, caused by England, XVII. 77-86;
English and American testimony to same, XVII. 77-83.
Rules of law applicable to damages of, XVII. 86-89.
Affairs of, at home and abroad, in 1869, XVII. 98.
Duty of, to Spain and Cuba, XVII. 120-124.
Wealth of, in 1870, XVII. 245.
Should promote education, XVIII. 49.
Expense of outlying postal routes in, XVIII. 92.
Possible loss of revenue to, from one-cent postage, XVIII. 106.
Supports Baez by ships of war at San Domingo, XVIII. 271, 303; XIX. 27;
and threatens Hayti, XVIII. 277, 303; XIX. 49;
both these actions contrary to international law, XVIII. 280; XIX. 67, 71, 75, 90; XX. [88], [147],—and acts of war, XVIII. 282; XIX. 41, 75, 84; XX. [147].
Obligations of, to France and Germany, XVIII. 319 et seq.
Its treatment of Hayti and Dominica a violation of the Constitution, XIX. 76, 90; XX. [88], [147].
Duty of, in regard to San Domingo, XIX. 93, 97, 131.
Sale of arms by, to France in war of 1870, XX. [5].
Testimony to its observance of neutral duties, XX. [22-24].
Unity, selfish efforts for, II. 375.
True, defined, II. 377.
Leagues to attain, II. 378.
Tendency of mankind towards, II. 381-384, 401.
For freedom, IX. 316.
Universal Suffrage, XIII. 220.
V.
Van Buren, Martin, nominated for President in 1848, II. 295.
Election of, advocated, II. 296.
Vattel, his definition of war, I. 15.
On law of nature, II. 339.
On the Swiss republic, II. 379.
On freeing slaves in war, IX. 43.
On the object of war, IX. 73.
On refusal of recognition to nations, X. 113 et seq.
On duty of States to satisfy private claims, XI. 127.
On reprisals on persons, XII. 79; XVI. 305.
On rights of conquerors, XIII. 326.
On destruction of property in war, XVII. 14.
On meaning of “domicile,” XVIII. 13.
On disregarding treaties, XVIII. 34.
On alienation of territory, XVIII. 222.
On equality of nations, XIX. 68.
Vermont, personal gratitude for sympathy of people of, VI. 52.
Vessels, relief of distressed, on the coast, V. 93.
Vice-President, abolition of office of, XIV. 279.
Succession of, to the Presidency, XIV. 280.
Powers of, as President of the Senate, XVI. 121;
Calhoun’s opinion on same, XVI. 122-124.
Vico, Giambattista, discovers law of progress, II. 254.
Vincent de Paul, St., enslaved in Barbary States, II. 12, 95.
Sale of, II. 87.
Good works of, II. 199.
Virginia, Declaration of Rights of, IV. 68; XIII. 192, 298.
Early social life of, VII. 11; XI. 448.
Early opposition of, to common schools, VII. 11; XIV. 337.
Paper money in, VIII. 189.
Character of first settlers of, XI. 449;
testimony to same, XI. 452-458.
Representation of, in the Senate, XII. 134.
Prohibition of colored suffrage in, XIII. 192.
Admission of, to representation in Congress, XVII. 204.
Speech of Gov. Walker of, quoted, XVII. 215.
Fraudulent election in, XVII. 231.
Virginius, case of the, XX. [284].
Voltaire, on war, II. 354.
On a slave-master, VI. 166.
His meeting with Franklin, X. 238.
Asserts equal rights of all, XI. 219 et seq.
On republican government, XIII. 199.
Volunteers, not militia, I. 357.
Laws on term of enlistment of, in United States, quoted, I. 367;
Justice Johnson on same, I. 367.
Votes, importance of, III. 145.
Authorities on disallowance of, in legislative assemblies, XIV. 21 et seq.;
striking out, from journal of same, XIV. 23-26.
W.
Wade, Benjamin F., Senator from Ohio, reply to, in debate on admission of Nebraska, XIV. 131-133, 135 et seq.
On one term for the President, XIX. 172; XX. [159], [221].
Walker, George W., letter to, XIX. 158.
Waller, Edmund, on English captives in Algiers, II. 28.
On true glory, II. 185 et seq.
Walpole, Horace, XV. 301.
His prophecies concerning America, XV. 303-306.
War, dishonorable now, I. 9; II. 189, 429.
Always popular, I. 10; II. 185.
Napier on, I. 12, 34.
Joseph de Maistre on, I. 12.
Sanctioned by international law as arbiter between nations, I. 13, 15, 293; II. 340; XVIII. 182.
Definitions of, I. 14; II. 194, 341; IX. 21.
At present a trial of right, I. 16.
Men resemble beasts in, I. 18.
Delight of historians in, I. 21.
Horrors of, I. 22-29; II. 350-352.
Ineffectual, I. 31.
Often decided by chance, I. 33.
Napoleon on, I. 33, 34; II. 353.
Organized murder and robbery, I. 48.
Belief in necessity of, unfounded, I. 50.
Substitutes for, I. 51; II. 414-416; XX. [80].
Can and should be abolished by nations, I. 51; II. 412; XVIII. 305.
Commonness of, no argument in its favor, I. 52.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Rev. A. H. Vinton and Earl of Abingdon on, I. 55.
Cicero on, I. 56 (see note).
Tacitus and Frederick of Prussia on invoking God in, I. 56.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Not required by honor, I. 62.
Demanded by exaggerated patriotism, I. 67.
Cause of public debts, I. 72.
Longfellow on, I. 83.
Encouraged by mottoes and emblems, I. 93.
Auguries for cessation of, I. 111.
Changes in, I. 113; II. 412.
Condemned by Marshal Bugeaud, I. 116;
and by Penn, I. 117.
Inconsistent with true greatness, I. 122.
Its virtues those of peace, I. 125.
Should not be extolled in literature or art, I. 281.
Channing’s efforts against, I. 293, 295; II. 400.
Not necessary except in self-defence, I. 294, 378; X. 84.
The duel of nations, I. 294; II. 353; XVIII. 177.
Milton on, II. 185.
All war fratricidal, II. 191, 428.
Satirized by Rabelais, II. 193.
Voltaire on, II. 354.
Worse than all natural ills, II. 354.
La Bruyère on, II. 390.
Franklin on, II. 398;
his labors against, II. 398.
Jefferson on, II. 399.
Worcester’s and Ladd’s efforts against, II. 399, 400.
S. Adams’s letter against, II. 404.
Substitutes for, discussed by American and foreign governments, II. 406-409.
J. Q. Adams on abolishing, II. 412.
Powers of Congress against slavery, VII. 258; IX. 45, 128; XI. 191.
Rights of, IX. 1, 34; X. 210. XIII. 325 et seq.,—especially against enemy property, IX. 35-44.
Abolition of, desired by working-men of Europe, XVIII. 236.
Unnatural, XVIII. 248.
Duke of Wellington on, XIX. 41.
Allotment of powers of, according to the Constitution, XIX. 76;
Judge Story on same, XIX. 77.
See [Civil War], [Private Wars], [Rights of War], [War Preparations], and [War System].
War of the Rebellion, speech at beginning of the, VII. 224.
Object of, VII. 231; IX. 11, 206; XI. 439 et seq., 443.
Abolitionists not authors of, VII. 342-344.
Applicability of international law to, IX. 13-24; XVII. 16,—judicial decisions and other authorities proving same, IX. 18-22; XVII. 17, 18.
Character and importance of, IX. 234-236; X. 23, 295; XI. 445, 460-462, 479 et seq.
Issues of the, IX. 322; XIX. 223, 262.
Contrasted with Revolutionary War, X. 24, 256, 258; XII. 238; XVII. 301.
The greatest victory of the, XIII. 219; XVII. 221; XVIII. 5; XIX. 226, 272, 308; XX. [289].
Cost of, XVII. 241.
See [Rebellion].
War Preparations, in time of peace, I. 74.
Expenses of, in Europe and United States, I. 75-85; II. 367-369.
Useless and harmful, I. 85, 98; II. 370.
Promote war, I. 99-101; II. 369; XVIII. 226.
Protested against by St. Augustine, I. 107.
Unchristian, I. 108; II. 359.
Should be abandoned, I. 115, 119.
Condemned by Louis Philippe, I. 116; and by Penn, I. 118.
Substitute for, II. 371.
See [Disarmament] and [War System].
War System of the commonwealth of nations, II. 323.
Condemned, II. 361, 413.
Influences opposed to, XVIII. 232, 242.
Precedents for abolition of, XVIII. 242.
Peril from, XVIII. 246 et seq.
Warren, George W., letter to, XX. [279].
Washington, George, small sum expended for an army during his administration, I. 86, 109, 110.
On abolition of slavery, I. 312; II. 230; III. 17, 49 et seq., 286; V. 96; VII. 129; VIII. 281.
Frees his slaves by will, I. 312; III. 50, 349; V. 96.
Advice of, to Braddock, I. 319.
On treaty with Algiers, II. 69; VIII. 294 et seq.
Forbids sale of his slaves, II. 237.
An abolitionist, III. 46 (see annexed opinions of W., III. 48-50).
Example of, III. 164; VI. 26.
His inauguration, III. 284.
His attempt to recover a fugitive slave, III. 347; X. 362,—letter of, in regard to same, quoted, III. 348; X. 362.
Example of, against slavery, V. 95.
Two lessons from his life, VI. 70.
Anecdote of, VI. 296.
Friendship of, for Lafayette, VII. 116, 127.
On State rights, X. 179; XII. 126; XVI. 35.
His desire for nationality, X. 180; XII. 241; XVI. 32, 35, 40.
Letter of, on treatment of prisoners of war, XII. 76 et seq.
Compared to Lincoln, XII. 238.
Origin and character of, XII. 241.
Uses “America” as the national name, XVI. 49 et seq.
On non-intervention, XIX. 74.
His refusal to appoint relations to office, XX. [111] et seq., [214].
His refusal of gifts, XX. [119-121], [215].
His inaugural address quoted, XX. [125].
Washington, D. C., no surrender of fugitive slaves in, IX. 78.
Opening of street-cars in, to colored persons, X. 323.
Colored suffrage in, XI. 284.
Necessity of equal rights in common schools of, XVIII. 21; XIX. 2.
Colored schools in, XIX. 1;
reports of trustees of same quoted, XIX. 5-10, 262.
Preservation of the park at, XX. [72].
Letter to colored citizens of, XX. [275].
Washingtons, the, memorial stones of, in England, VII. 89.
Wayland, Francis, letter of, on Boston Prison-Discipline Society, II. 109.
On parties, II. 313.
Webster, Daniel, on duty of abolishing all evil practices, I. 309.
Appeal to, to oppose slavery, I. 314 (see annexed letter, I. 316).
Appeal to, to oppose the Mexican War, I. 382.
On parties, II. 304.
On Ordinance of 1787, III. 254; XVI. 232.
On British impressment of American seamen, VIII. 53.
On admission of new slave States, IX. 124 et seq.
On necessity of proceeding constitutionally in organizing governments, X. 205 et seq.
On Fugitive-Slave Bill, X. 370.
On monopolies in States, XII. 127 et seq.
On guaranty of republican government, XIII. 143.
On principles of republican government, XIII. 187 et seq.
On future government of Pacific coast, XV. 52, 413.
On reprisals on persons, XVI. 306.
On conversation, XVIII. 109.
Webster, Edward, legality of his appointment as an officer in Massachusetts regiment of volunteers for the Mexican War, I. 362-364.
Weights and Measures, metric system of, XIV. 148.
Uniformity in, early desired by United States Government, XIV. 149-151.
Necessity of uniformity in, XIV. 151-155.
See [Metric System].
Wesley, John, on slavery, II. 63; III. 290; XII. 149.
West Indies, emancipation of slaves in, by England, I. 127; V. 28-30,—same a blessing, not a failure, VI. 343.
Brougham on apprenticeship in, XI. 317; XIII. 286.
West Point, cost of academy at, I. 87.
West Virginia, admission of, as a State, IX. 122; XI. 365.
Abolition of slavery in, IX. 122.
Whately, Richard, on weakness of slave States, IV. 210.
On concessions to intimidation, VII. 332.
On rights of slave-masters, XI. 209.
Wheaton, Henry, obituary notice of, II. 215.
English authorities on works of, II. 216, 222.
On consuls, VIII. 326.
On reprisals, XVI. 304.
On ratification of treaties, XVIII. 281.
On belligerent intervention, XIX. 74.
Whewell, William, on the object of war, I. 15.
Whig Conventions, speeches at, I. 303; II. 207.
Resolutions of, in 1846, I. 335.
On slavery and the Mexican War, I. 336.
Whig Party, antislavery duties of the, I. 303.
Defined, I. 305.
Should oppose slavery, I. 313.
And the Mexican War, I. 339.
Not party of humanity, II. 228.
Renounced by Mr. Sumner, II. 228.
Influenced by Slave Power, II. 293; VI. 328.
Rejects Wilmot Proviso in 1848, II. 293, 310.
Late origin of, II. 306.
Not opposed to extension of slavery, II. 307.
Same proved by its history, II. 308-311.
Compromise its essential element, IV. 266.
Dead in 1855, V. 73.
Favored one term for the President, XIX. 171 et seq.
Whipple, William, letter of, to Washington, on recovery of his fugitive slave, III. 348.
White, no more states with that word in their Constitutions, XIII. 346; XIV. 128;
same should be struck out of naturalization laws, XV. 238; XVIII. 145, 152, 160,—and of all other legislation, XX. [310].
White, Andrew D., Mr. Sumner’s letter to, concerning Frederick Douglass and President Grant, XX. [205-208].
Wide-Awakes, the, VII. 72.
Speeches to, after election of 1860, VII. 76, 82, 86.
Letter to, after same, VII. 80.
Wilkes, Charles, Capt., seizure of Rebel commissioners by, VIII. 33, 71-73; X. 15.
See [Trent Case].
Willey, Waitman T., Senator from West Virginia, threatens reënslavement of negroes, X. 217 et seq.
William I., King of Prussia, XVIII. 229 et seq.
Williams, George H., Senator from Oregon, reply to his objections to allowing Chinese to be naturalized, XVIII. 154-159.
Williamson, Passmore, letter to, V. 52.
Case of, V. 71.
Wilmot Proviso, rejected by Whig and Democratic parties in 1848, II. 293, 310.
Origin of, II. 309.
Clayton and Choate on, II. 311.
Advocated by Free-Soil Party, III. 26.
Character of, X. 334.
Wilson, Henry, Senator from Massachusetts, VI. 34; XVIII. 171.
Winthrop, John, on civil liberty, III. 131.
Winthrop, Robert C., letter to, I. 317.
Vote of, on Mexican War Bill, I. 317, 323;
reasons in defence of same considered, I. 323-326.
His speech on the tariff, I. 323, 338.
Admission of Texas favored by, I. 327, 337.
Appeal to, to oppose Mexican War, I. 327.
His actions in regard to slavery, I. 337;
and the Mexican War, I. 338.
Witnesses, powers of the Senate over recusant, VI. 82 et seq., 89 et seq.; XIX. 132.
Answers of, criminating themselves, VIII. 152.
Exclusion of, on account of color, XI. 2, 389,—consequences of same, XI. 24-26, 393.
Historical examples of exclusion of, XI. 27-34.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Authorities on exclusion of colored, XI. 390-393.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Worcester, Noah, labors of, against war, II. 399.
Worcester, Massachusetts, a Republican stronghold, VI. 353.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Addresses of, quoted, XVIII. 237-241.
Y.
Yellow Fever at Memphis and Shreveport, aid to sufferers by, XX. [281].

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