INDEX
Throughout the Index, the Initial T., standing alone, represents the subject of the book.
Abolition movement, the, and the murder of Lovejoy,[ 10.]
Act of March 27, 1868, purpose of, [328], [329];
passed by Congress, and vetoed, [329];
passed over veto, [330];
its application to McCardle case glaringly unjust,[ 330.]
Adams, Charles Francis, Seward's dispatches of April, 1861, and July, 1862, to, [210] ff.;
proposed for Liberal Republican nomination for President, [372], [373], [374], [381];
his attitude regarding the nomination, [377], [378];
defeated by Greeley, [383], [384];
why Blair and Brown opposed him, [385] and n.;
a stronger candidate than T., [402], [403]; [xxi], [182], [389],[ 390.]
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., The Trent Affair, etc., [349] n.; [353], [378].
Adams, John, [xxiii].
Adams, John Quincy, [xxii], [27], [103].
Adams, John Quincy, 2d, nominated for Vice-President by dissentient Democrats (1872), [394];
declines, [394].
Akerman, Amos T., succeeds Hoar as Attorney-General, [ 350].
Alabama, admission of, [xxix];
and the 13th Amendment, [229];
order for reconstruction of, [238].
Alabama Claims, T. on, [348];
Grant's great service in settling, [362].
Aldrich, Cyrus, [68].
Alien and Sedition laws, [xxiii].
Allen, G. T., [42], [43], [46] n.
Allen, Robert, [13].
Allison, John, [69].
Allison, William B., Senator, [304], [346].
Altgeld, John P., Governor, and the Pullman strike, [414].
Alton, Ill., T. removes to, [21].
American Bottom, locus of slavery in Ill., in 1783, [23].
American Historical Review, quoted, [174].
American Railway Union, [413].
Ammen, Jacob, General, [206], [208].
Amnesty, Johnson's proclamation of, [239].
Amnesty bill, debated in Senate, [359];
amended by Sumner, and rejected, [359];
reintroduced and passed, [359], [360].
Anderson, Robert, Major, proposed recall of, from Sumter, [122], [123]; [128], [155].
And see Sumter.
Andrew, John A., Governor, [287], [307] n.
Anthony, Henry B., Senator, his attitude on ousting of Sumner from Foreign Affairs Committee, [347]; [314], [364], [366], [367].
Anti Ku-Klux bill. See Ku-Klux Bill
Anti-Nebraska Democrats, in Ill. legislature, [41] ff.;
and the Senatorial election of 1854, [46] n.
Archer, William B., [69].
"Arm-in-Arm Convention." See National Union Convention.
Armstrong, postmaster at St. Louis, [81].
Arnold, I. N., Congressman, [207].
Arrests, arbitrary, T's resolution of inquiry concerning, [191] ff.;
censured by Democratic Convention, [193];
license to make, transferred to Stanton, [197];
effect of change, [197], [198];
action of Democrats on, [197];
T. took lead in stopping, in loyal states, [422], [423].
And see Habeas corpus.
Arthur, Chester A., appointed Collector of New York, [368].
Asay, E. G., [208].
Ashley, James M., Congressman, [228] n.
Atchison, David R., Senator, his advice to Missourians, [52]; [49], [54].
Atkinson, Edward, [353].
Atzerodt, conspirator, [289].
Babcock, Orville E., sent by Grant to San Domingo, [342], [362], [369].
Bacon Academy, [3].
Badger, George E., [49].
Bailey, G., quoted on Dred Scott case, [83].
Baker, Edward D., Senator, [10], [132], [427].
Baker, Henry L., [42], [43], [46].
Baldwin, J. B., and Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter, [159], [160];
his version contradicted by Botts, [160], [161];
R. L. Dabney's account of interview of, with Lincoln, [161], [162].
Bancroft, George, wrote Johnson's first message, [244], [245].
Banks, Nathaniel P., General, [36], [87], [102], [232], [233].
Barney, Hiram, Collector of New York, [147], [181], [182].
Barrett, A. B., quoted, [117].
Bates, Edward, candidate for Republican nomination in 1860, [103];
and enforcement of Confiscation Act, [177]; [104], [150].
Bayard, James A., Senator, [200], [201], [228].
Bayard, Thomas F., Senator, [366].
Beecher, Henry W., [287].
Belknap, William W., General, [362].
Belleville, Ill., T. settles at, [5], [6];
described by Dickens, [14], [15].
Belleville Advocate, the, [323].
Belmont, August, quoted, on Liberal Republican movement, [373], [374].
Benjamin, Judah P., Senator, on the Dred Scott case, [82];
his reply to Douglas, [95], [96];
contrasts Douglas and Lincoln, [96].
Benton, Thomas H., Senator, [126].
Bigelow, Israel B., quoted, [217].
Bigelow, John, his Diary quoted, [403] n.
Bingham, John A., Congressman, opposes Civil Rights bill, [271], [272], [281];
on Reconstruction Committee, [281];
proposes amendment to Constitution, [282];
amends Georgia bill, [298], [299]; [196], [304], [309], [339], [424].
Bird, Frank W., quoted, on Cincinnati nominations, [385] n.; [387].
Bishop, Mr., killed in Alton riot, [9].
Bissell, W. H., Governor, quoted, [10], [69], [70], [74], [88], [427].
Black, Jere. S., counsel for McCardle, [327].
Blaine, James G., interview of, with author, on revenue reform, [354].
Blair, Austin, Congressman, [397], [398].
Blair, F. P., General, Democratic candidate for Vice-President (1868), [333];
and the Cincinnati convention, [385] and n.; [37], [120], [382].
Blair, Gist, quoted, [220] n.
Blair, Montgomery, quoted, on Cameron's appointment, [151];
on Cameron's emancipation hobby, [172] n.;
his resignation as Postmaster General and Frémont's withdrawal, [220] and n.;
on reconstruction, [293]; [83], [112], [157], [234], [307] n.
Blatchford, Samuel J., Justice, [275].
Blodgett, Henry W., [419].
Blow, Henry T., [281].
Bonifant, U. S. Marshal, [195].
Booth, J. Wilkes, [289].
Border Ruffians. See Missourians in Kansas.
Borie, Adolph, appointed Secretary of Navy, [337];
resigns, [337].
Boston Advertiser, [300].
Botts, John Minor, his Great Rebellion quoted on Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter, [159], [160];
denies Baldwin's story, [160], [161].
Boutwell, George S., Congressman, appointed Secretary of Treasury, [336], [337];
and the Leet and Stocking scandal, [364], [365]; [281], [291], [304], [309], [339].
Bowles, Samuel, [86], [353], [387].
Bradley, Joseph P., Justice, [275], [276], [409].
Brainard, Daniel, [80].
Brayman, Mason, [13].
Breckinridge, John C., elected Vice-President (1856), [70];
nominated for President (1860), by seceding delegates, [96].
Brinkerhoff, R., [353].
Brooks, Preston S., Congressman, his assault on Sumner, [65].
"Brother Jonathan," [2] n.
Brown, Albert G., Senator, [63].
Brown, B. Gratz, elected governor of Mo. as a liberal, [352];
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination, [377], [378];
arrives at Cincinnati, [382];
withdraws in favor of Greeley, [383];
nominated for Vice-President, [384];
divers views of his course, [384], [385] and n.;
nominated by Democrats, [394]; [220], [285], [389], [402].
Brown, George T., [80].
Brown, John, his raid on Harper's Ferry, [96]-[100];
author's impression of, [97];
his own view of his mission, [97], [98];
T. on moral and legal aspects of the raid, [98], [99]; [53].
Brown, Joseph, [375].
Brown, William G., quoted, [xxxiv].
Brown, W. H., [87].
Browning, Orville H., Secretary of Interior, his views on question of territorializing states, [291]; [92], [194], [197], [285], [307].
Brownlow, W. G., reconstruction governor of Tenn., [237].
Bryan, Silas L., [375].
Bryan, William J., student in T.'s office, [407];
author's meeting with (1893), [413].
Bryant, John H., quoted, [67] and n.; [375].
Bryant, William Cullen, refuses to support Greeley, [385];
correspondence with T. thereon, [386], [387]; [139], [140], [141], [145], [287], [353], [375], [391].
Buchanan, James, elected President, [70];
appoints Walker Governor of Kansas, [71];
and the Lecompton Constitution, [73];
his message to Congress on Topeka and Lecompton constitutions, answered by T., [76], [77], and by Douglas, [77];
said to favor rejection of pro-slavery clause, [78];
recommends admission of Kansas under Lecompton Constitution, [81];
his message thereon discussed by T., [81], [82];
Chief Justice Caton on his attitude toward Lecomptonism, [84], [85];
and Justice McLean, [122], [123] and n.;
policy of his government toward secessionists, [127], [128];
takes sides for the Union under pressure, [128]; [74], [75], [113].
Buchanan Democrats in Ill., adopt name of National Democracy, [89];
Lincoln quoted concerning, [90];
their small poll, [91];
their poll in 1860 even smaller, [96].
Buckalew, Charles R., Senator, [285], [329].
Buckingham, William A., Senator, [366].
Bull Run, first battle of, described by T. in letters to Mrs. T., [165]-[167].
Bullock, Rufus P., reconstruction governor of Georgia, [297], [298], [299], [300].
Burchard, Horatio C., Congressman, [354].
Burke, Edmund, [358].
Burlingame, Anson, [86], [88].
Burnside, Ambrose E., General, orders arrest of Vallandigham, [204];
his proceedings against the Chicago Times, [206]-[209];
his order revoked by Lincoln, [208];
defeated at Fredericksburg, [211].
Butler, Benjamin F., Congressman, reports Georgia bill, [298];
author of 10th article of impeachment, [311]; [304], [309], [359], [362].
Butler, Fanny Kemble, [xxxiv].
Butler, William, quoted, [148]; [149], [151].
Cabinet, Pres. Johnson's, discussion of Tenure-of-Office bill by, [302], [303];
unanimous in advising veto, [303], [311].
Cabinet officers, and the Tenure-of-Office Act, [301], [302].
Cadwalader, George, [195].
Calhoun, John, and the Lecompton Constitution, [73]; [18], [75], [84].
Calhoun, John C., Senator, and the doctrine of Nullification, xxv and n., [xxvii]; [4].
Cameron, Simon, history of his inclusion in Lincoln's Cabinet, [142] ff.;
visits Lincoln at Springfield, [144];
Lincoln promises portfolio to, [144], [429];
urgent opposition to, from McClure, T., and others, [144], [145], [146], [147] ff.;
and Frémont, [172];
his report in favor of freeing and arming slaves suppressed by Lincoln, [172] and n.;
and the War Department frauds, [178] ff.;
and T. A. Scott, [184], [185];
Nicolay and Hay on causes of his leaving Cabinet, [185], [186];
made Minister to Russia, [186];
McClure on his dismissal, [186], [187];
censured by House in Cummings affair, [186];
his confirmation as Minister to Russia opposed by T. and others, [187], [188],
but favored by Sumner, [188];
his statement to Hamlin, [188];
vote on Confirmation of, [189];
how he repaid Sumner, [189]; [108], [343], [371].
Carlile, John S., Senator, opposes habeas corpus suspension act, [199].
Carlin, Thomas, [11].
Carpenter, Matthew H., Senator, counsel in McCardle case, [327], [329]; [300], [358];
report on Louisiana election, [405];
speech before Electoral Commission, [411].
Carpetbaggers, and the San Domingo treaty, [350]; [241].
Cass, Lewis, Senator, his Nicholson letter on squatter sovereignty, [94]; [48], [63], [125].
Castle Pinckney, [129].
Catiline, steamer, [179], [180], [181], [182].
Caton, John D., quoted, on Buchanan's attitude toward Lecomptonism, [84], [85]; [20].
Caulfield, B. G., [208].
Cavalry, fraudulent contracts for purchase of horses for, [182], [183].
Century Magazine, cited, [245] n., [307] n., [321] n.
Chandler, Zachariah, Senator, and T.'s connection with the McCardle case, [331], [332]; [150], [166], [233], [355], [363], [371].
Channing, William Ellery, [xxxii].
Charleston Convention of 1860, [107].
Chase, Salmon P., Chief Justice, quoted, [67];
and Cameron's dismissal, [186];
presides at impeachment trial, [309];
on the 11th article, [311];
his ruling on evidence of Johnson's intent to make a case for the Supreme Court, overruled by the Senate, [313];
vote for, in Cincinnati convention (1872), [383];
T's estimate of, as Secretary of Treasury, [429], [430]; [79], [102], [103], [107], [145], [147], [148], [150], [151], [170], [234], [240], [274], [289], [320], [372].
Cheever, Rev. George B., [220].
Cherokee Tract, the, [5].
Chesnut, James, [99].
Chicago, rioting at, in Pullman strike, [414];
troops ordered to, [414];
meeting at, addressed by T., [414], [415].
Chicago Advance, T.'s article in, on restriction of suffrage, [294].
Chicago Bar Association, and T.'s death, [418], [419].
Chicago Evening Journal, quoted, on T.'s speech on Chicago Times matter, [208]; [93].
Chicago Times, publication of, forbidden by Burnside, [206]-[209];
meeting of protest against the order, [207];
the order revoked by Lincoln, [208]; [415], [424], [425].
Chicago Tribune, quoted, on the duty of Senators in impeachment trial, [315], [316]; [372], [389], [390].
Cincinnati, Liberal Republican Convention at (1872), [374] ff.;
difficulties of, on tariff question, result in compromise, [381], [382];
Greeley nominated for President by, [383], [384].
Cincinnati Commercial, [372].
Citizens of U. S., definition of, in 14th Amendment, [283].
Civil Rights bill, introduced by T., [257];
T.'s proposed amendment to, debated in Senate, [265] ff.;
passes Senate, [271], and House, [272];
vetoed by Johnson, [272];
passed over veto, [272], [273];
held constitutional by Circuit Court of U. S., [274];
in Supreme Court, [275] ff.;
Bingham's objections to, [281];
relation of 14th Amendment to, [282], [283];
Civil Rights Cases, [109] U. S., [275], [276].
Civil service, demoralization of, under Grant, [341], [342].
Civil-service reform, T. on, [359], [376].
Civil War, the, could not have been averted, [xxi], [xxii].
Clark, Daniel, Senator, [262], [264].
Clay, Clement C., Senator, his farewell speech in Senate, [121]; [100].
Clay, Henry, [xxvi], [xxxi], [27], [39], [125].
Clayton, John M., [63] n.
Cleveland, Grover, orders troops to Chicago, [414]; [413].
Clifford, Nathan, Justice Sup. Court, [289], [409].
Clingman, Thomas L., Senator, [419].
Cochrane, John, General, nominated for Vice-President by anti-Lincoln Republicans (1864), [219], [220].
Cole, Cornelius, Senator, [314].
Coles, Edward, and the "Anti-convention"
Colfax, Schuyler, elected Vice-President (1872), [333];
and the Crédit-Mobilier, [402]; [80], [331], [359].
Collamer, Jacob, Senator, speech of, on Kansas affairs, [65];
attacks T.'s Confiscation bill, [173], [174]; [55], [102], [198].
Collins, James H., [30].
Colonization Society, [xxxi].
Compromise of 1860, [xxi], [34], [124], [125].
Confederate States. See States, seceding.
Confiscation bill, concerning slaves only, introduced by T., and passed by Congress, [168].
Confiscation bill (II), introduced by T. (Dec. 1861), [173], [176];
debated all the session, [173] ff.;
report of Conference committee on, adopted, [175];
Lincoln proposes to veto, [175];
passage of joint resolution interpreting, [175];
the first step toward full emancipation, [176];
trifling proceeds of confiscation under, [176];
controversy over enforcement of, [176], [177].
Congress, adopts Missouri Compromise, [xxx];
passes Kansas-Nebraska bill, [37];
Pres. Pierce's special message to, on Kansas affairs, [55];
Pres. Buchanan's first message to, [76];
Buchanan recommends admission of Kansas to, [81];
passes first Confiscation bill, [168];
debate on second Confiscation bill in, [173] ff.;
Pres. Johnson's first message to, [244], [245];
power of, to pass laws for ordinary administration of justice in states, [258]-[260], [265] ff.;
attacked by Johnson, [286];
radicals in, and the Milligan case, [289], [290];
makes general of the army virtually independent of the President, [291];
measures of reconstruction passed by, over vetoes, [291]-[295];
and impeachment of Johnson, [303] ff.;
intensity of contest in, [312];
and the McCardle case, [328]-[330];
passes Act of March 27, 1868, over veto, [330];
and the 15th Amendment, [338]-[340];
Pres. Grant's message to, on Ku-Klux-Klans, [356];
and the Amnesty bill, [359], [360];
and the Crédit-Mobilier, [402].
And see House of Representatives, Reconstruction, Committee on, and Senate.
Congress of the Confederation, and Jefferson's ordinance concerning slavery (1784), [xxviii], [xxix];
passes Ordinance of 1787, [24], [25], [29].
Congressional Globe of 1860-61, [114].
Conkling, Roscoe, Senator, [281], [331], [339], [355], [362], [363].
Connecticut, opposed to nomination of Seward, [103].
Constitution of U. S., obstacles to ratification of, xxii and n.;
its "educational work," [xxvi], [xxvii];
and the power to free slaves, [222], [223];
projects of amending, in that regard, [223];
the James F. Wilson resolution, [223];
the Henderson resolution, [223],
reported by T. in amended form, [224].
Amendment XIII, reported by T. in Senate, [224];
his speech thereon, [224]-[226];
favored by Henderson and R. Johnson, [227];
adopted by both branches, [228];
scene in House described by Julian, [228] and n.;
ratified by States, [229], [252];
Seward's interpretation of, [229];
discussed in connection with Freedmen's Bureau bill, [258], [260];
and the Civil Rights bill, [267], [269], [270];
construed by Supreme Court in U.S. v. Harris, [275], [358],
and in Civil Rights Cases, [276], [277];
T.'s connection with, [422].
Amendment XIV, construed by Supreme Court in U.S. v. Harris, [275], [358],
and in Civil Rights Cases, [276];
prepared and reported by Joint Committee on Reconstruction, [282], [283];
provisions of, [283];
passes both houses, [283];
history of framing of, [284] n.;
Southern States refuse to ratify, and why, [287];
and the power of Congress to enforce ordinary civil law in the states, [356], [357], [358].
Amendment XV, construed by Supreme Court in U.S. v. Harris, [276], [358];
passed by Congress, [339];
text of, [340];
ratified by States, [340].
"Convention party," the, attempts to amend Illinois constitution to legalize slavery, [25], [26]; defeat of, [27].
Cook, Burton C., [41], [43], [45], [46] n., [93].
Cook, Daniel P., in the "anti-convention" contest, [27], [28];
Cook County, Ill., named for, [27].
Cooper Union, Liberal Republican meeting at, [376], [377].
Copperheadism, Vallandigham the incarnation of, [203].
Corbett, Henry W., Senator, [314].
Corning, Erastus, [205].
Corwin, Thomas, Congressman, [112], [117].
Cotton-gin, results of invention of, [xxxii].
Cowan, Edgar, Senator, attacks T.'s Confiscation bill, [173];
his great speech in favor of habeas corpus suspension act, [201];
on Civil Rights bill, [269], [271], [272]; [146], [261], [262], [285], [286], [323].
Cox, Jacob D., appointed Secretary of Interior, [337], [338];
why he resigned, [349], [350]; [353], [373].
Crédit-Mobilier scandal, the, [401], [402].
Cresswell, John A. J., appointed Postmaster General, [337].
Crittenden, John J., Senator, his compromise measure, debated and rejected by Senate, [115]-[117]; [48], [60], [66].
Crittenden Compromise, debated, [115], [116];
T's speech against, [115], [123]-[138];
rejected by Senate, [117];
letters to T. from Illinoisans concerning, [117]-[119].
Cullom, Shelby M., Senator, quoted, [293];
defeats T. for governor of Ill., [412].
Cummings, Alexander, one of Cameron's agents, [143], [178];
the leading figure in War Dep't scandal, [178] ff.;
a candidate for office under Johnson, [181] n.
Curry, J. L. M., letter of, to Doolittle, as to Southern views, [255], [256].
Curtin, Andrew G., Governor, vote for in Cincinnati Convention, [383]; [106], [144], [374], [377], [378].
Curtis, Benjamin R., of counsel for Pres. Johnson, [309].
Curtis, George W., [338], [368].
Curtis Commission on Civil Service Reform, [376].
Dabney, Rev. R. L., his account of the Lincoln-Baldwin Interview, [161], [162].
"Danites." See Buchanan Democrats.
Darrow, Clarence S., quoted, on T.'s "socialistic trend," [425], [426]; [414].
Davidson, G. C., [179], [180].
Davis, David, and Cameron's appointment, [142] ff.;
bargains with delegates from Penn. and Ind., [142], [429];
his influence with Lincoln, [143] and n.;
opinion of, in Milligan case, [289];
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination at Cincinnati, [377], [378];
his candidacy objected to by editors, [380], [381];
and the Electoral Commission (1877), [409]; [178], [384].
Davis, Garrett, Senator, on Civil Rights bill, [270]; [161], [234].
Davis, Henry Winter, Congressman, opposes Lincoln's reëlection, [220].
Davis, Jefferson, and "Squatter Sovereignty," [94], [95];
his resolutions aimed at Douglas's nomination, [95];
not a hothead, [110];
his speech of Jan. 10, 1861, [110];
his last speeches in Senate, [114], [115];
his farewell speech, [121];
his Rise and Fall of the Confederate States, [123] n.; [83].
Dawes, Henry L., Congressman, on purchases of cavalry horses, [182], [183];
on corruption in government service, [184];
replies to Cameron's statement to Hamlin, [188], [189]; [304], [354].
Dayton, William L., Senator, [69], [142].
Debs, Eugene V., and the Pullman strike, [413]-[415];
Delahay, M. W., opposition to his appointment as district judge, [213], [214];
appointed, impeached, and resigns, [214]; [100], [101] and n.
Dement, Isaac T., on affairs in Kansas, [53].
Democratic National Convention at Baltimore (1860), nominates Douglas, [96];
Southern delegates secede from, [96]; 107;
(1872) adopts platform and candidate of Liberal Republicans, [394].
Democratic party, in North, split by Kansas-Nebraska bill, [37].
Democrats, condemn suspension of habeas corpus and arbitrary arrests, [194], [197];
in Senate, oppose habeas corpus suspension bill, [198], [199],
and filibuster against it, [200]-[203];
in North, protest against Vallandigham's trial and sentence, [205];
in Congress, oppose 13th Amendment, [228],
but not unanimously, [228] n.;
union of, with Liberal Republicans, suggested by M. D. Sands, [353];
sympathy of, with that movement, [372] ff., [379];
dissentient (in 1872), nominate O'Conor and Adams, [394].
Denver, John A., appointed Governor of Kansas, [73].
Develin, John E., [179].
Dexter, Wirt, [208].
Dickens, Charles, describes Belleville, Ill., in American Notes, [14], [15].
Disfranchisement, chief cause of bad conditions in South, [356].
Dixon, Archibald, Senator, and repeal of Missouri Compromise, [34]; [49].
Dixon, James, Senator, opposes inquiry as to arbitrary arrests, [192], [193];
his vote
against Impeachment, [323]; [247], [261], [264], [265], [285], [313].
Dodge, Augustus C., Senator, [35].
Dodge, Grenville M., General, [227], [334] n., [394].
Dodge, William E., [365].
Doolittle, James R., Senator, on Tenure-of-Office bill, [303];
his vote against impeachment, [323];
his resignation demanded, [323]; [150], [194], [220], [233], [247], [261], [273] n., [285], [313], [329], [419], [423].
Dougherty, John, [18], [89], [90].
Douglas, Robert M., [32] n.
Douglas, Stephen A., appointed to Ill. Supreme Court, [10];
elected U. S. Senator, [19];
his early career, [32] and n., [33];
his position in the Democratic party, [33];
his personal appearance, [33];
his talents and character, [33];
reports Nebraska bill, [33];
accepts Dixon Amendment repealing Missouri Compromise, [34];
offers amendment dividing the territory, [34];
his reasons, [35],
and why not convincing, [35], [36];
not a pro-slavery man, [36];
his reasons for repealing Missouri Compromise, [36], [37];
Lincoln's reply to his Springfield speech (1854), [39], [40] and n.;
and the senatorial election of 1854, [46] n.;
his report on affairs in Kansas, [55];
attached by T., [56];
his sophistry, [57], [58], [62];
his debate with T., [59] ff.;
declares T. not a Democrat, [60], [66];
further debate with T. on Kansas, [63] ff.;
T. a match for, in debate, [65], [66];
denounces Cabinet conspiracy regarding referendum on Lecompton Constitution, [72], [73];
his motion for that action, [74], [75];
his anti-Lecompton speech, [77], [78];
for the first time, opposes wishes of South, [77];
his lack of principle, [78];
contemplates alliance with Republicans, [78]-[80];
opposes English bill for admission of Kansas, [84];
his attitude toward slavery, [78], [86];
his aid indispensable in defeating Lecompton bill, [86];
appeals to imagination of Eastern Republicans, [86];
distrusted by Republicans of Ill., [86]-[88], [91], [92];
his instability, [88];
his campaign for reëlection in 1858, [89] ff.;
his health impaired, [89];
reaffirms doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, [94];
answered by J. Davis, [95];
his speech of May 1860, [15], [95];
answered by Benjamin, [95], [96];
nominated for President at Charleston, and by one faction at Baltimore, [96];
favors Crittenden Compromise, [116];
his views on causes of disunion, [116], [117];
his last days devoted to the Union, [152], [153];
speaks to Ill. legislature, [153];
his influence alone saves Southern Ill., [153];
his death, [153];
G. Welles's account of his attitude in 1861,
and his interview with Seward, [163], [164]; [42], [47], [49], [76], [85], [100], [104], [107], [108], [169], [427].
Douglass, Frederick, [236], [237].
Drake, Charles D., Senator, [296], [298], [352].
Dred Scott case, opinion of Supreme Court, criticized by T., [82]; [64].
Drummond, Thomas, Justice, enjoins executor of Burnside's order against Chicago Times, [206];
his order disregarded, [207]; [10], [208], [427].
Dubois, Jesse K., quoted, [79], [87], [216], [217]; [213], [375].
Duncan, Joseph, Governor, [11].
Dunning, William A., his Reconstruction, quoted, [274], [321] n.; [244].
Durell, Edward H., Justice, and the contested election in Louisiana, [404].
Durkee, Charles, Senator, [150].
Dyer, Thomas, [91].
Eaton, Major, [178].
Edmunds, George F., Senator, [339], [346], [358], [363].
Edwards, Ninian, Governor, [11], [45].
Electoral Commission (1877), composition of, [409];
its purpose, "not to do justice between man and man, but to save the Republic," [411].
Eliot, Thomas D., [172].
Ellsworth, Oliver, xxii n.
Emancipation, Seward on actual date of, [222];
doubt regarding President's power in relation to, [222], [223].
And see Slavery, Slaves.
Emancipation movement, history of, [xxviii].
Emancipation Proclamation, issued, [200];
distasteful to Democrats, [200];
force and extent of, [222];
doubt as to its legal effect, [229], [230].
Embargo, the, [xxiv].
Emerson, Dr., Dred Scott's master, [82].
Emigrant Aid Co. (Worcester), [50], [59] n.
Emigrant Aid societies, [59] n.
Emory, William H., General. 9th article of impeachment based on alleged conversation of Johnson with, [310].
England, mission to, offered to T., [347], [348],
and declined, [348];
T.'s speech on claims against, [348], [349];
and demands surrender of Mason and Slidell, [349] and n.
English, William H., Congressman, his bill for admission of Kansas, passed by Congress, [83], [84],
but rejected by people, [84].
Equal Rights Act (1875) held unconstitutional by Supreme Court, [275].
Europe, and Lincoln's death, [231].
Evarts, William M., of counsel for Pres. Johnson, [309].
Farragut, David G., Admiral, [221].
Federalist party, [xxiii].
Fenton, Reuben E., [386], [390].
Fessenden, William P., Senator, Chairman of Reconstruction Committee, [281], [282];
opposes conviction of Johnson, [313];
abused by radicals, [313];
"read out" of Republican party, [324];
called upon to resist Greenback heresy in Maine, [324];
his death and character, [324];
T's eulogy of, [324], [325]; [82], [83], [89], [102], [168], [194], [202], [287], [292], [316], [317], [335].
Field, Alexander P., [11].
Field, D. D., [147].
Field, Stephen J., Justice, [275], [289], [409].
Fillmore, Millard, candidate for Pres., in 1856, [70]; [92], [108].
Finkelnburg, Gustavus A., Congressman, [354].
Fish, Hamilton, appointed Secretary of State, [335];
letter of, to T., offering English mission, [347], [348]; [362].
Flack, Horace E., history of the 14th Amendment, [284] n.
Florida, and the 13th Amendment, [229];
order for reconstruction of, [238];
disputed returns from (1876), [408] ff.
Flournoy, Charles G., [212].
Floyd, John B., Secretary of War, resigns, [128]; [130].
Fogg, George G., [144], [146].
Foot, Solomon, Senator, [168], [261], [263].
Ford, Thomas, historian of Ill., quoted, [11];
as governor, requests T.'s resignation as Secretary of State, [12] and n., [13]; [18].
Foreign Relations, Senate Committee on, reorganization of, to punish Sumner, [343]-[347].
"Forever," meaning of, in Missouri Compromise Act, [62], [63] n.
Forney, John W., [300], [342].
Forsyth, John, Senator, [xxvii], [156].
Foster, Lafayette S., Senator, [189], [273].
Fouke, Philip B., [38].
Fowler, Joseph S., Senator, [285], [314], [316], [317].
Free-silver, T. a believer in, [413].
Free Soilers, in 1854, [40];
nucleus of the Republican party, [41].
Free State men, in minority in Kansas in 1855, [49], [51];
convention of, [55];
refuse to take part in election of constitutional convention, [71], [72];
elect majority of territorial legislature, [72].
Free trade, meaning of, in 1871, [355].
Freedmen's Bureau, powers of, [257], [258].
Freedmen's Bureau bill, introduced by T., [257];
vetoed by Johnson, [260], [261];
fails to pass Senate over veto, [261];
T.'s course on, [423].
Freeport, Ill., joint debate between Lincoln and Douglas at, [94] n., [96].
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., Senator, [314], [316], [347] n.
Frémont, John C, Republican nominee for Pres., [69];
his defeat fortunate for the country, [70];
candidate for nomination in 1860, [103];
his order emancipating slaves revoked by Lincoln, [169], [170], [171];
nominated for Pres. by Anti-Lincoln Republicans (1864), [219], [220];
withdrawn, [220];
connection between his withdrawal and Mr. Blair's retirement, [220] and n.; [141], [194].
French, Augustus C, Governor, [18].
French Revolution, effect of, on parties in U. S., [xxiii].
Fugitive Slave Law, [114].
Galloway, Samuel, quoted, [75];
letter to T. on Republican grievances against Grant, [371].
Garfield, James A., General, [412].
Garrison, William L., his crusade mistakenly interpreted at the south, [xxxiii];
supports Lincoln's reconstruction plan, [235], [236]; [388].
Gary, Mrs. F. C., letter of, to T., [278],
and his reply, [279].
Gaston, William, Judge, [270].
Geary, John W., Governor, [53], [72].
"General order" system in N. Y. custom-house, [364] ff.
Genius of Universal Emancipation, the, [xxxi].
Georgia, and Garrison, [xxxi];
order for reconstruction of, [238];
re-reconstruction of, [297]-[300];
status of negroes in, [298];
bill for reorganization of, [298], [299];
T.'s attitude on treatment of, [298], [299], [300].
German vote, the, and the Republican nomination in 1860, [103].
Germans in St. Clair county, Ill., [38].
Gettysburg, battle of, and its effect on Vallandigham's ambition, [206].
Gillespie, Joseph, [10].
Gilman, Winthrop S., [9].
Godkin, Edwin L., quoted, [381], [382];
refuses to support Greeley, [385];
deprecates Schurz's contrary decision, [392], [393];
and Greeley's defeat, [404]; [353].
Godwin, Parke, quoted, against Greeley, [393].
Goodrich, Grant, quoted, [119].
Government bonds, falling off in subscriptions to, in autumn of 1861, [170].
Government contracts, House committee on, [178] ff.;
censures T. A. Scott, [184], [185].
Gowdy, W. C., [40] n.
"Grandfather clause," the, in constitutions of southern states, [339].
Grant, Ulysses S., J. M. Palmer on his character and future, [216];
his southern tour of inspection, and report, [252], [253], [254];
Secretary of War ad interim, [305];
retires in favor of Stanton after action of Senate, [306];
his correspondence with Johnson, submitted to Reconstruction Committee, [306], [307];
his reason for retiring, [307];
Johnson on his attitude, [307] n.;
and the McCardle case, [327];
nominated for Pres., and elected, [332], [333];
his first cabinet a conglomerate, [333];
and Washburne's appointment, [334];
his agreement with J. F. Wilson, [334];
compels Washburne to resign, [334];
appoints Fish, [335];
nominates Stewart for Treasury, [335], [336],
then Boutwell, [336];
his other appointments, [337], [338];
his army-headquarters transferred to White House, [342];
the San Domingo treaty, and quarrel with Sumner, [342] ff.;
removes Motley as minister to England, [347], [348];
offers English mission to T., [347], [348];
and civil-service reform, [349], [350];
and Attorney-General Hoar, [350];
and the Liberal movement in Mo., [355];
shortcomings of his administration, the main cause of Liberal movement, [361];
his failings in civil station reviewed, [361] ff.;
nominated because of his military renown, [361], [362];
his great services on two occasions, [362];
and the Leet and Stocking case, [365] ff.;
T. not personally hostile to, [369], [370];
Republican dissatisfaction with, [370], [371],
and opposition to, [372] ff.;
Sumner's speech against, [387], [388];
his services overlooked by Sumner, [388];
compared favorably with Greeley, [392], [393];
renominated by Republicans, [393];
not personally involved in Crédit-Mobilier scandal, [401];
reëlected, [402];
and the contest in La., in 1872, [405], [406] and n.;
his second administration, [407], [408]; [212], [214], [215], [226], [227], [236] and n., [240], [308], [309], [330], [384], [408], [411], [420].
Gray, Horace, [275].
Gray, Robert A., [161].
Greeley, Horace, "puffs" Douglas, [80], [91], [92];
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination, [377];
his career and character, [378];
editorial attitude toward his candidacy, [381];
Brown withdraws in his favor, [382], [383];
nominated, [384];
effect of his nomination, [384] ff.;
Godkin and Bryant refuse to support, [385];
T.'s letter in favor of, [386], [387];
author's view of his nomination, [389], [390];
refuses Schurz's advice to decline, [391];
meeting of Liberal Republicans opposed to, [391], [392];
Schurz's attitude toward, [392], [393];
nominated by Democrats, [394];
supported by T. in the campaign, [395] ff.;
T.'s tribute to, [399];
his failings laid bare, [400];
caricature by Nast, [400];
on the stump in Ohio, etc., [400];
his tariff views, [401];
his stumping tour too late, [401];
overwhelmingly defeated, [402];
fatal effect of defeat on, [403]; and n.;
his last letter to Schurz, [403];
his death, [403];
reflections on his fate, [404]; [86], [87], [88], [141], [307] n., [369].
Green, James S., Senator, [114].
Greene, Francis V., General, quoted, [227].
Greenville Academy, [5].
Gregory, S. S., [414].
Grider, Henry, Congressman, [281].
Grier, Robert C. Justice Sup. Ct., [289].
Grimes, James W., Senator, denounces impeachment, [313];
censured by radicals, [313];
striken with paralysis, but votes against impeachment, [325];
"though pure as ice," did not escape calumny, [326];
quoted, on Republican corruption, [341];
his character, [341]; [150], [165], [166], [168], [189], [202], [281], [287], [316], [317], [338].
Grimshaw, Jackson, quoted, [213].
Grinnell, Moses H., collector of N. Y., [364];
Groesbeck, William S., of counsel for Johnson, [309]; [372].
Grosvenor, William M., [352], [353], [382], [383].
Guthrie, James, Senator, [271].
Habeas corpus, authority to suspend, given to Scott, [190];
discussion of power to suspend, [191], [194];
case of Merryman, [194]-[196];
writ of, denied Vallandigham, [205];
suspension of, authorized in Ku-Klux bill of 1871, [356], [357].
Habeas Corpus Suspension bill, passes House, [196];
reported by T. to Senate, but fails to pass, [197];
T. offers substitute for, [198],
which is opposed by Democrats, [199],
but passes Senate, [199];
in conference, combined with Stevens's indemnity bill, [199];
debated, filibustered against, and passed, [200]-[203];
characterized, [203];
violated by banishment of Vallandigham, [203] ff.;
and the Milligan case, [288], [289];
invoked by McCardle, [327].
Hahn, Michael, chosen governor of La., under reconstruction, [232], [233].
Hale, Eugene, Congressman, as a revenue reformer, [354].
Hale, John P., Senator, speech of, on Kansas affairs, [65]; [xxi], [37], [38], [102], [189], [194].
Hall's carbines, fraudulent repurchases of, [184].
Halleck, Henry W., General, G. Welles on, [226];
other opinions of, [227]; [212].
Halstead, Murat, [380], [381], [384].
Hamilton, Alexander, [xxiii].
Hamlin, Hannibal, Vice-President, [108], [109], [112], [141].
Hancock, Winfield S., General, [422].
Harding, A. C, quoted, [118].
Harlan, James, Senator, [150], [189], [320], [338], [366], [419].
Harlan, John M., Justice Sup. Ct., his dissenting opinion in Civil Rights Cases, [276], [278]; [275].
Harper's Ferry, Brown's raid on, [96]-[100].
Harris, Ira, Senator, [176], [262], [281].
Harris, N. Dwight, Negro Servitude in Illinois, [29] and n.; [30], [31];
on T., [31].
Harrison, William H., Governor, favors slavery in Northwest Territory, [24].
Hartford Convention, [xxiv], [xxv].
Harvey, J. E., divulges purpose to send supplies to Sumter, [155] ff.;
rewarded by Seward, [155], [157];
Republican senators seek his recall from Portugal, [155], [156].
Hatch, O. M., Secretary of State of Ill., [87], [213].
Hay, John, his diary, quoted, [158], [190], [227].
And see Nicolay and Hay.
Hayes, Rutherford B., President, disputed election of, [406], [407] ff.;
declared elected by Electoral Commission, [411].
Hayne, Robert Y., Senator, xxii n., [xxvi], [xxvii], [3].
Heath, Randolph, [42].
Hecker, Fred, quoted, [215]; [38].
Henderson, John B., Senator, proposes amendment to Constitution, forbidding slavery, [223];
his resolution, amended, reported by T., [224];
his speech in its favor, [227];
the only one of the "Traitors" whom the Republican party publicly forgave, [326]; [260], [314], [316], [317], [321] n.; [362].
Hendricks, Thomas A., Senator, [228], [258], [262], [271], [285], [301], [329], [402].
Henn, Bernhart, Congressman, [35].
Herndon, William H., quoted, [75], [80], [89], [90], [91], [92], [107], [119], [214], [429]; [87], [112], [143] n.; [426], [428].
Herold, conspirator, [289].
Hewitt, Abram S., Congressman, [408], [409].
Hill, Adams S., [341].
Hilton, Henry, and A. T. Stewart, [336].
Hoadley, George, [372], [382].
Hoar, E. Rockwood, appointed Attorney-General, [337], [338];
cause of his resignation, [350];
his recommendations for vacant judgeships, [350];
his nomination to Supreme Court not confirmed, and why, [350];
Grant asks his resignation, [350].
Hodge, Paymaster, [362], [363], [395].
Hoffman, John T., Governor, [379].
Hogeboom, Henry, [147].
Holden, W. H., [238].
Horner, William N., quoted, on T's character, [425].
House of Representatives, Kansas-Nebraska bill in, [37];
rejects Lecompton bill, [83],
but passes substituted English bill, [84];
passes proposed Amendment to Constitution, forbidding interference with slavery, [117];
passes Confiscation bill, [175];
Committee on Government Contracts of, [178] ff.;
censures Cameron, [187];
passes bill concerning political prisoners, [196];
passes Stevens's indemnity bill, [198];
debate on 13th Amendment in, [223], [228];
debate on Civil Rights bill in, [271], [272], [281];
passes 14th Amendment, [282], [283];
Stevens's Reconstruction bill introduced in, [284],
and passed over veto, [293], [294];
passes bill admitting Tennessee, [295];
Tenure-of-Office bill in, [301],
and passed by, over veto, [303];
votes against impeachment (Dec., 1867), [303], [304];
impeachment voted by (Feb., 1868), [309];
passes 15th Amendment, [338]-[340];
Committee of Ways and Means of, [354];
Committee of inquiry into navy frauds, characterized by T., [397], [398].
Hovey, Alvin P., Governor, [288].
Howard,Jacob M., Senator, on Civil Rights bill, [269], [270];
on Reconstruction Committee, [281];
proposes definition of "citizens" in 14th Amendment, [282], [283]; [287], [298].
Howe, Samuel G., [343].
Howe, Timothy O., Senator, his view of the impeachment, [310];
and the ousting of Sumner, [345], [346]; [316], [320], [323], [343], [366].
Humphrey, James, [180].
Hunt, Gaillard, xxii n.
Hunter, David, General, at first battle of Bull Run, [165];
his order freeing slaves in certain states, revoked by Lincoln, [172].
Hunter, R. M. T., Senator, [49], [116].
Hurd, H. B., [98].
Hurlbut, S. A., quoted, [74].
Hutchins, Waldo, [390].
Illinois, new constitution of, adopted in 1847, [20];
slavery in, when ceded to U.S., [23];
earlier occupation of, [23];
opposition to slavery in, organized by Lemen, [23], [24];
territorial legislature of, violates Ordinance of 1787, [24], [25];
provisions of constitution of, concerning slavery, [25];
pro-slavery efforts to amend constitution, [25], [26];
their failure, [27];
T. elected to Congress from 8th district of, [37], [38];
and Seward's candidacy, [103];
campaign of 1860 in, [108] ff.;
office-seekers from, in 1861, [139];
status of negroes in, [243];
in the Cincinnati convention (1872), [389], [390];
T. nominated for governor of, and defeated, [412].
Illinois legislature, and the proposed constitutional convention, [25], [26];
and the Senatorial election of 1854, [39] ff., [46] n.;
condemns proceedings against Chicago Times, 209:
reëlects T. as senator, [277].
Illinois State Bank, suspension of, [13].
Illinois Supreme Court, reconstruction of, [11];
number of judges of, [20];
T. elected judge of, [20];
T. reëlected to, and resigns, [21];
decision of, in Jarrot v. Jarrot, [29], [30].
Immigration, and attempted legalization of slavery in Ill., [26].
Impeachment, two theories of, [312];
a judicial or political process? [312].
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, first mention of, [303];
House Judiciary Committee reports in favor of, [304];
House rejects resolution providing for, [304];
evidence submitted to Committee on Reconstruction, [306],
which refuses to recommend, [308];
resolutions of, adopted by House, [309];
articles of, adopted, [309]-[311];
managers appointed, [309];
conduct of managers of, [312], [313];
material evidence excluded, [313];
divers newspapers quoted concerning, [314]-[317];
T. files opinion in, [318], [319];
vote of acquittal on 11th, 2d, and 3d articles, [320], [321];
end of the trial, [321];
T.'s vote on, [423].
Indemnity, Stevens's bill of passes House, [198];
combined with habeas corpus bill, [199];
debated, filibustered against, and passed, [200]-[203].
Independent Democrat, the, [14].
Indiana, opposed to Seward, [103];
in convention of 1860, [106], [107];
election of Oct., 1872, in, [402].
Inflation bill, Grant's veto of, [362].
Ingraham, Mary, T.'s second wife, [412].
And see Trumbull, Mary (Ingraham).
Investigation and Retrenchment, Committee on, established by Senate, [364];
solves Leet and Stocking scandal, [367]-[369];
characterized by T., [395], [396].
"Irrepressible Conflict," the, existed before it was so described, [xxxiv].
Iverson, Alfred, Senator, [213].
Jackson, Andrew, [xxv], [xxvi], [76], [103], [124].
Janney, Mr., [161].
Jarrot v. Jarrot, decision of Supreme Court in, abolished Slavery in Ill., [29], [30].
Jayne, Gershom, T.'s father-in-law, [15].
Jayne, Mrs. Gershom, T.'s letter to, on religion, [430], [431].
Jayne, Julia M., marries T., [15].
And see Trumbull, Julia (Jayne).
Jayne, William, quoted, [106], [107]; [108], [109], [111], [150], [379].
Jefferson, Thomas, and slavery, [xxviii], [23], [24];
the proposed ordinance relating thereto (1784), [xxviii], xxix and n.;
quoted, on Missouri Compromise, [xxx]; [xxiii], [xxiv].
Johnson, Andrew, popularity of, in Tenn., [214];
his early radicalism and anti-Southern feeling, [236];
gradual change in his attitude, [236];
opposes unrestricted negro suffrage, [236], [237];
adopts Lincoln's plan of reconstruction and his Cabinet, [237];
executive orders of, reorganizing governments of all seceding states, [237], [238];
issues amnesty proclamation, [239];
Phillips makes first attack on, [239], [240];
defended by N. Y. Tribune and Times, [240], [241];
his first message to Congress, written by Bancroft, [244];
the message praised by N. Y. Times and Nation, [244], [245];
his early history, [245] and n.;
in Senate of U.S., [246];
as public speaker and debater, [246];
his speech against secession, [246];
Stephens and Seward on, [246];
his speech of Aug. 29, 1866, [246];
attacked by Sumner, [246], [247];
and Terry's order concerning vagrancy law of Va., [247];
and reports of Grant and Schurz on conditions in the South, [252], [253], [254];
vetoes Freedmen's Bureau bill, [260], [261], [423];
vetoes Civil Rights bill, [272], [423];
his veto message answered by T., [272];
his course discussed, [273], [274];
his combativeness, [273] and n., [274];
majority against, in Congress, increased by elections of 1866, [277];
sustained by T. until veto of Civil Rights bill, [277];
signs bill readmitting Tenn., [285];
"National Union Convention" of supporters of, [285], [286];
his attack on Congress, and its sequel, [286];
policy of, and the Milligan case, [289];
and the Cabinet meeting of Jan. 8, 1867, [290];
Northern view of his plan of reconstruction, [293];
vetoes Reconstruction bill, [293],
and divers supplementary bills, [293], [294];
his power of removal aimed at by Tenure-of-Office bill, [301], [302];
impeachment of, now generally condemned, [303];
first mention of impeachment of, [303], [304];
House rejects impeachment resolutions, [304];
requests Stanton's resignation, [304], [305];
suspends him and appoints Grant ad interim, [305];
correspondence of, with Grant, submitted to committee, [306], [307];
his lack of tact, [306];
wishes to make up a case for Supreme Court, [307];
quoted by Truman as to his Cabinet, [307] n.;
advised to let Stanton alone, but attempts to remove him, [308];
names Thomas Secretary ad interim, [308];
his action causes change in public feeling, [309];
House votes to impeach, [309];
summary of articles, [309]-[311];
his answer, [311];
evidence of his purpose to make a case for Supreme Court not admitted, [312], [313];
vetoes Act of March 27, 1868, [329];
T.'s vote on impeachment of, [423]; [181] n., [229], [278].
Johnson, Reverdy, Senator, favors 13th Amendment, [227];
on Civil Rights bill, [270]; [247], [264], [281].
Jonas, A., quoted, [74], [79], [92].
Jones, George W., [35].
Judd, Norman B., expects seat in Lincoln's Cabinet, [148];
his character, [149];
favored by T., [149];
interview of, with Lincoln, [149], [150];
receives Prussian mission as a salve, [151], [152];
quoted, as to T.'s feeling against Lincoln, [217];
as to European admiration of Lincoln, [231];
on other subjects, [74], [80], [91]; [15], [41], [43], [45], [46] n., [69], [87], [93], [142].
Julian, George W., Congressman, describes scene in House on adoption of 13th Amendment, [228] and n.; [xxi].
Kansas, did Douglas intend it to be a slave state? [35], [36];
affairs in, in 1855, [49] ff.;
prospect of slavery in, [49];
Reeder appointed governor, [49];
invaded by Missourians, [49];
election of Whitfield, [49], [50];
second invasion of Missourians, [50] ff.;
"Border Ruffian" legislature of, enacts Slave code, [54], [55];
Shannon appointed governor, [55];
Free State convention In, [55];
Pres. Pierce's special message on affairs in, [55];
reports of Senate Committee on Territories thereon, [55] ff.;
debate on affairs in, in Senate, [55] ff.;
T.'s letter to Turner on affairs in, [71];
Walker appointed governor, [71];
Constitutional Convention at Lecompton, [72];
Cabinet Conspiracy concerning referendum on Lecompton Constitution, [72], [73];
legislature declares for submission of the whole Constitution, [73];
admission of, thereunder, recommended by Buchanan, [81];
administration bill, passed by Senate, but repealed by House, [83];
English bill, passed by Congress, but rejected by people, [83], [84];
reign of terror in, [126];
proposed suffrage amendment to Constitution of, rejected, [295].
Kansas-Nebraska bill, its original form, [33], [34];
passed by Congress, [37];
effect of passage of, on parties at the North, [37];
T. organizes opposition to, in Ill., [37], [38];
opposed by Lincoln, [39];
and the Senatorial election in Ill., in 1854, [39] ff.;
attacked by T., [56]; [125], [126], [131].
Keim, William H., [195].
Kellogg, William P., and the governorship of La., [404], [405], [406], [408]; [410], [411].
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, [xxiii].
King, Preston, Senator, [122].
King, Rufus, xxii n.
Koerner, Gustave, quoted, [103], [118], [212], [213];
interview of, with Lincoln, [149], [150];
and the Russian mission, [151], [152];
appointed Minister to Spain, [152];
T. writes to, on impeachment, [323];
his death and funeral, [418]; [29], [30], [37], [88], [379].
Ku-Klux bill, held unconstitutional by Supreme Court, [275], [358]; [424].
Ku-Klux-Klan, in Georgia, [298], [300];
Grant's special message on, [356];
Congress passes bill relating to, [356],
which is opposed by T. and Schurz, [356], [357], [358].
Labor laws enacted by seceding states during reconstruction, [242];
brought before Congress, [247];
character of, [247].
Lambert, W. H., [110] n.
Lane, Henry S., Senator, [106], [166].
Lane, James H., Senator, [53], [101] n.
Larned, E. C, T.'s letters to, on compromise, [113], [114].
Lea, M. Carey, letter of, to T., on Frémont emancipation episode, [170],
Lecompton constitution, slavery clause of, alone to be submitted to people, [72], [73];
declared valid by Buchanan, [76];
admission of Kansas under, urged by Buchanan, [81];
disappears with rejection of English bill by the people, [83].
Lee, S. Phillips, [169].
Leet and Stocking scandal, [364] ff.;
Senate orders inquiry into, [355]-[367];
Lemen, Rev. James, organizes opposition to slavery in Northwest Terr., [23], [24].
Lewis, B., quoted, [107].
Lewis, John F., [161].
Liberal Republican movement (1872) started in Mo., [351];
progress of, [351] ff.;
Schurz a leader in, [352];
revenue reform an element in, [352], [353];
how viewed by Grant and his friends, [355];
shortcomings of Grant's administration the main cause of, [361].
And see Cincinnati, Convention at.
Liberal Republicans, demand universal Amnesty with impartial suffrage, [356];
call for national Convention of, [372],
which meets at Cincinnati, [374] ff.;
leading candidates for presidency among, [377];
division among, after Greeley's nomination, [385] ff.;
meeting of dissentients, [391], [392].
And see Missouri.
Liberator, the, established by Garrison (1831), [xxxi];
attempts to suppress, [xxxii].
Lincoln, Abraham, in Ill. legislature of 1840, [10];
his marriage, [15];
and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, [37];
and the Senatorial election of 1854, [39], [43] ff.;
effect of repeal of Missouri Compromise on, [39];
his speech at Peoria in reply to Douglas, [39], [40] and n.;
defeated by T., [45], [46] n.;
letter of, to Washburne, on the result, [45], [46];
possible results of his election, [47];
urges T. to attend first Republican national convention, [69];
receives votes for Vice-President, [69];
writes T. on the ticket, [69], [70];
on Douglas's attitude on Lecompton, [74];
on Republican praise of Douglas, [87];
Palmer on candidacy of, for Senate, [88];
campaign of, for senatorship (1858), [89] ff.;
on Buchanan Democrats, [90];
on prospects for 1860, [92]; his relations with T., [93];
his debate with Douglas at Freeport, [94] n.;
commends T.'s speech on John Brown raid, [100];
on Delahay's candidacy for Senate, [100], [101] n.;
his status in 1860, [102];
a possible candidate for Republican nomination, [102] ff.;
on the various candidates, [104], [105];
his radicalism, [105];
nominated, [106];
comments of Illinoisans on his candidacy, [106], [107];
on Republican prospects, [108];
his vote in Ill., [109];
and the ratification at Springfield, [109], [110];
on South Carolina's attitude, [110], [111];
opposed to compromise on extension of slavery, [111];
proposes resolutions on slavery, etc., [112];
on rumors of Buchanan's purpose to surrender forts, [112], [113];
his Cooper Institute speech, [115];
and the office-seekers, [139];
the making of his Cabinet, [139] ff.;
offers State Department to Seward, [141];
the Cameron affair, [142] ff.;
his instructions against pre-convention contracts, [142];
Davis's influence over, [143] and n.;
promises Cameron a portfolio, [144];
anti-Cameron appeal to, by McClure and T., [144], [145];
his reply to T., [145];
tries to buy Cameron off, [145], [146];
T.'s further remonstrance to, [146], [147];
interview with Koerner, [149], [150];
and the Harvey dispatch to Gov. Pickens, [155] ff.;
makes Harvey Minister to Portugal, [155], [157], [158];
his previous consent to evacuate Sumter, to prevent secession of Va., [158] ff.;
his interviews with Baldwin and Botts, [159], [160], [161];
absurdity of Dabney's account, [162];
revokes Frémont's emancipation order, [169];
effect of his action, [169];
letters of Lea and T. on the crisis, [170]-[172];
T.'s view of his character, [171];
suppresses Cameron's pro-emancipation report, [172] and n.;
revokes Hunter's order, [172];
proposes to veto T.'s Confiscation bill, [176];
his objections removed by resolution, [175], [176];
orders Wallace to desist from confiscation, [177];
and Cameron, [185];
nominates Cameron as minister to Russia, [186];
assumes responsibility in Cummings affair, [187];
authorizes Scott to suspend habeas corpus, [190];
his action approved, [191];
transfers authority to Stanton, [197];
proclaims martial law as to certain classes, [200];
issues Emancipation Proclamation, [200];
commutes Vallandigham's sentence to banishment, [204];
replies to protest of Northern Democrats, [205];
his only evasion, [205];
revokes Burnside's order suppressing Chicago Times, [207], [208];
criticized by N. Y. Tribune, [309] n.;
and certain dispatches of Seward to Adams, [210] ff.;
requested to demand Seward's resignation, [211];
his comment, [212];
and Delahay, [214];
Palmer on his prospect of renomination, [214], [215], [216];
first evidence of personal difference between T. and, [217], [218];
T.'s opinion of his administration, [218];
feeling in Congress adverse to his reëlection, [218], [219];
denounced by Wilson, [219];
basis of opposition to, [219]; renominated, but fears defeat, [219];
requests Blair's resignation, and why, [220] and n.;
T. favors his reëlection, [220], [221];
reëlected by favor of Union victories, [221];
and Halleck, [226]; his death, [231];
European opinion of, [231];
his view of status of seceding states embodied in proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863, [232];
letter of, to Gov. Hahn of La., [233];
his address of Apr. 11, 1865, on reconstruction, [234], [235];
his plan adopted by Johnson, [237];
had his life been spared, [286];
his plan of reconstruction definitely abandoned, [291];
T.'s estimate of his character and career, [430]; [xxi], [65], [67], [240], [245], [246], [423].
Lincoln, Mary (Todd), [42], [46].
Lloyd, Henry D., [414], [417].
Lodge, H. C, Senator, Daniel Webster, xxii n., xxv n.
Logan, John A., General and Senator, [75], [277], [304], [309], [339], [344], [363], [409].
Logan, Stephen T., [43], [44], [142], [220].
Louisiana, election in, under Lincoln's reconstruction order, [232];
Hahn chosen governor, [232], [233];
constitutional convention in, [233];
U. S. Senators chosen
under new free constitution, [233];
resolutions recognizing new government of, defeated by Sumner, [233], [234];
contested election of 1872 in, [404], [405];
Senatorial investigation thereof, [405];
disputed returns from, in 1876, [408] ff.
Louisiana purchase, Federalist opposition to, [xxiii], [xxiv].
Louisville Courier-Journal, interview with T. in, [369], [370]; [372].
Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., murder of, described by T., [8]-[10];
its effect on Abolition movement, [10]; [xxxiii].
Lovejoy, Rev. Owen, Congressman, [43].
Lundy, Benjamin, [xxxi].
McCardle, William H., arrest and imprisonment of, [327];
remanded on habeas corpus, [327];
appeals, [327];
T. appears against in Supreme Court, [327], [328];
his appeal dismissed, under Act of March, 1868, [329], [330];
T.'s connection with case of, criticized, [330], [331].
McClellan, George B., General, inaction of, [169]; [171], [172], [219].
McClernand, John A., [10], [11], [427].
McClure, A. K., his Lincoln and Men of War-Time, quoted, [143];
opposes Cameron's appointment, [144]; [374].
McClurg, Joseph, [352].
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of Treasury, opinion of, on question of territorializing states, [290].
McDougall, James A., Senator, [166], [228], [285].
McDowell, Irwin, General, at first Bull Run, [165], [167].
McEnery, John, and the governorship of La., [404], [405].
McLean, John, Justice Sup. Ct., candidate for Republican nomination (1860), [103];
shakes his fist in Buchanan's face, [122], [123]; [69], [104], [105].
McLean, Mrs. John, [121].
McPike. H. G., quoted, [107], [118];
T.'s letter to, on Lincoln's reëlection, [218].
Madison, James, xxii n., [xxxi].
Magruder, Allan B., [161], [162].
Magruder, Benj. D., Chief Justice of Ill., quoted, [21], [22].
Mails, irregularity of, in early 19th century, [7].
Malaria, Trumbull family afflicted by, [19].
Managers of impeachment, overmatched by defendant's counsel, [309];
their conduct of the trial, [312], [313];
bring pressure to bear on Senators, [313].
Marble, Manton, quoted, [373].
Mason, James M., Senator, threatens dissolution of Union, [70], [71];
moves for committee of inquiry into John Brown raid, [98]; [53], [116], [134], [349] and n.
Massachusetts, slavery in, [xxvii].
Massachusetts legislature, Anti-Embargo resolutions of, [xxiv].
Mather, Rev. Richard, [2].
Matteson, Joel A., Governor, [43], [44], [46] and n., [60].
Matteson, O. B., [179].
Matthews, Stanley, Justice of Sup. Ct., [275], [372].
Maynard, Horace, Congressman, quoted, [293].
Medill, Joseph, quoted, on T.'s character and possible future, [424], [425].
Meigs, Montgomery C, Q.-M. Gen., [185].
Merryman, John, summary arrest of, [194]-[196].
Methodist Church, the, and the impeachment trial, [317].
Miles, Nelson A., General, [167].
Military commission, trial of civilians by, divided opinion of Supreme Court on, in Milligan case, [289].
Miller, Samuel F., Justice Sup. Ct., [275], [289], [409].
Milligan case, decided by majority of Supreme Court, [288], [289];
grounds of decision, [288], [289],
and its consequences, [289];
radicals angered by, [289], [290]; [327].
Minnesota, proposed suffrage amendment to constitution of, repealed, [295].
Mississippi, order for reconstruction of, [238];
fails to adopt new constitution promptly, [295];
new conditions imposed on, [296].
Missouri, admission of, [xxix], [xxx],
during the war, [351];
continued political warfare in, after the war, [351];
state constitution of 1865, [351];
division in Republican party of, results in Schurz's election as senator, [351], [352];
success of Liberal republican movement in, [352];
liberal movement in, how viewed by Grant, [355];
state convention of Liberal Republicans of, adopts platform and calls national Convention, [372];
its platform defended by T., [376];
vote of, in Cincinnati convention, [383].
Missouri Compromise, history of, [xxx];
repeal of, causes T.'s return to politics, [32];
not repealed by original Nebraska bill, [34];
Dixon amendment for repeal of, adopted by Douglas, [34];
repeal of, and Lincoln, [39];
meaning of "forever" in, [62], [63] n.;
and the Crittenden Compromise, [131].
Missouri Democrat, the, [142], [352].
Missourians, and Kansas, [35];
invade Kansas, [49];
threaten Gov. Reeder, [50], [51];
Atchison's advice to, [52];
in Kansas, [56], [57], [58], [65].
Monroe, James, President, [103].
Moran, Thomas A., Judge, on T.'s public services, [419].
Morgan, Edwin D., Governor, [178], [261], [265], [314], [321].
Morrill, Justin S., Congressman, [168], [281].
Morrill, Lot N., Senator, [263].
Morrison, J. L. D., [41].
Morton, Oliver P., Senator, [298], [307] n., [339], [346], [355], [363], [371], [376], [405], [406] and n.
Motley, J. Lothrop, minister to England, removed, [347], [348].
Moultrie, Fort, [129].
Murphy, Thomas, appointed collector of N. Y., [362], [363];
and the Leet and Stocking case, [365], [368]; [371].
Nation, the, praises Johnson's first message, [244], [245];
quoted, on T. and the Georgia bill, [299], [300];
on Republican abuse of the "Seven traitors," [316], [317];
on conference of revenue reformers, [353], [354];
on Liberal Republican movement, [355], [356];
on Leet and Stocking case, [368], [369];
on opposition to Grant, [370], [371];
on Cooper Union meeting, [376], [377];
on Schurz's attitude toward Greeley, [392];
and the defeat of Greeley, [404]; [273], [372].
National Union Convention of Johnson men, [285], [286], [323].
Nationalism, and the Constitution, [xxvi], [xxvii].
Nebraska, bill to organize territory of, reported by Douglas, [33], [34].
And see Anti-Nebraska Democrats, and Kansas-Nebraska bill.
Negro suffrage, omitted from new constitution of La., [233];
Garrison opposes imposition of, in the South, [235];
Pres. Johnson opposed to, [236], [237];
vote of Johnson's Cabinet on, as applying to provisional governments, [238];
not included in executive orders, [238], [239];
W. Phillips's views on, [239], [240],
traversed by N. Y. Tribune, [240],
in Northern States in 1866, [243];
question of, not acute in early 1866, [261];
Howard argues against, [287];
made a permanent condition of reconstruction, [292] and n.;
Northern opinion concerning, [293];
in Republican convention of 1868, [332], [333];
finally embodied in 15th Amendment, [338]-[340].
Negroes, T. appears for in attempts to regain freedom, [28] ff.;
right of, to bring actions in U. S. courts, [64];
condition of, in South, under reconstruction, [241]-[243];
status of, in Northern states, in 1866, [243];
debate on granting civil rights to, [265] ff.
Nelson, Samuel, Justice Sup. Ct, [289].
Nelson, Thomas A.R., of counsel for Johnson, [309].
Nesmith, James W., Senator, [261], [285].
New England, why opposed to Louisiana Purchase, [xxiii], [xxiv].
New England Emigrant Aid Co., attacked by Douglas, [35];
blamed by Pierce and Douglas for disorders in Kansas, [26] ff.;
New Jersey, opposed to Seward, [103];
legislature of, elects Stockton Senator, [262];
validity of his election challenged, [262]-[265].
New York, "compromisers" from, [122];
and the 15th Amendment, [340];
majority against Greeley in, [402].
New York Evening Post, quoted, on exclusion of negroes from suffrage, [239];
on the impeachment trial, [314], [315]; [91], [372], [375].
New York Free Trade League, [353].
New York Herald, quoted, on Cincinnati convention, [390]; [50], [378].
New York Republicans oppose Seward's inclusion in Lincoln's Cabinet, [139] ff.;
T.'s Interview with, [140], [141].
New York Times, quoted, on T.'s debate with Douglas, [66];
on Seward's dispatch to Adams, [211];
on Johnson's first message, [244].
New York Tribune, quoted, in T.'s debate with Douglas, [66];
praises Douglas, [87];
and the Vallandigham case, [205], [206], [209] n.;
on Lincoln's revocation of order suppressing Chicago Times, [209] n.;
defends Johnson against Phillips, [240]; [91], [92], [239], [314], [315], [372].
New York World, circulation of, in Burnside's department, forbidden by him, [206]; [373].
Newman, Professor, [235].
Nicholson letter, on squatter sovereignty, [94].
Nicolay, John G., quoted, [75].
Nicolay (John G.) and Hay (John), Abraham Lincoln, on Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter, [159];
on Cameron's leaving the Cabinet, [185], [186];
Niles, Nathaniel, [30].
North, the, took up arms to preserve the Union, [xxi], [xxii];
slavery in, [xxviii].
North Carolina, attempt at reconstruction in, [238];
qualifications of electors in, [238];
election of August, 1872, in, [399], [400].
Northern States, negro suffrage in, [243].
Northern view of reconstruction, [293].
Northwest, the, its claim to consideration, [132], [133].
Northwestern Territory, slavery in, before
provisions of Ordinance of 1787, concerning slavery in, [24];
main source of immigration to, [24].
Norton, Daniel S., Senator, his vote against impeachment, [323]; [261], [285], [313].
Nourse, George A., [68].
Noyes, William C., [140], [141].
Nullification, in South Carolina, [xxv], [xxvi];
in Mass. (1885), [xxvi].
Nye, James W., Senator, [360].
O'Conor, Charles, nominated for Pres. by dissentient Democrats (1872), but declines, [394].
Ogden, William B., [207].
Oglesby, Richard J., General, succeeds T. in Senate, [407]; [277].
Ohio, in convention of 1860, [107];
proposed suffrage amendment to constitution of, rejected, [295];
and the 15th Amendment, [340];
and the call for a Liberal Republican convention, [372];
election of Oct., 1872, in, [402].
"Old Public Functionary" (Buchanan), [122].
Opdycke, George, [147], [178].
Ord, Edward O. C., General, orders arrest of McCardle, [327].
Ordinance of 1787, provisions of, concerning slavery, [24];
violated by territorial legislature of Ill., [24], [25];
attempts to repeal 6th article of, [25];
kept slavery out of Ill., [28].;
and the 13th Amendment, [224].
Osgood, Uri (Illinois senate), [41], [42], [43].
Otis, Harrison G., Mayor of Boston, and the Liberator, [xxxii].
Owen, Robert Dale, principal author of 14th Amendment, [282].
Palmer, John M., General, on Republican alliance with Douglas, [87], [88];
on Lincoln's prospect of renomination, [214], [215], [216];
on Grant's character and future, [216];
on Liberal Republican movement, [377]; [21], [41], [43], [45], [46] n., [93], [109], [277], [373], [419].
Parker, Rev. Theodore, [78].
Parks, Sam C., quoted, [46] n., [75], [119].
Particularism, and the Constitution, [xxvi].
Patterson, James W., Senator, [343], [362], [363], [364], [367], [371].
Payne, conspirator, [289].
Pearce, James A., Senator, [194].
Peck, Ebenezer, quoted, [74], [80], [119], [147], [148]; [13], [87], [150], [427], [431].
Peck, Rev. John M., [27], [28].
Peirpoint, Francis M., recognized as Governor of Va., under reconstruction, [237]; [161].
Pendleton, George H., Congressman, and the "Greenback" movement, [324].
Pennsylvania, opposed to Seward, [103];
in convention of 1860, [106], [107];
in Liberal Republican movement, [374];
election of Oct. 1872, in, [402].
People's party, issues T's speech at Chicago as campaign document, [415];
T. draws resolutions for meeting of, [415]-[417].
Philadelphia, National Union Convention at, [285], [286].
Phillips, D. L., quoted, [75], [89]; [213].
Phillips, Wendell, opposes reëlection of Lincoln, [220];
savagely attacks Johnson, [239], [240];
reproved by N. Y. Tribune, [240],
and Times, [240], [241]; [388].
Piatt, Donn, Memories of Men who saved the Union, quoted, [222].
Pickens, Francis W., Governor, [121], [155], [156], [157], [158].
And see Harvey.
Pierce, Edward L., Life of Sumner, quoted, [292] n., [347] n.; [66].
Pierce, Franklin, President, makes Reeder Governor of Kansas, [49];
removes Reeder and appoints Shannon, [55];
his special message on Kansas affairs, [55]; [xxi], [37], [52], [54], [65], [73], [83], [246].
Poland, Luke D., Senator, [262], [304].
Pomeroy, Samuel C., Senator, [202], [203].
Poore, Ben: Perley, [342].
"Popular sovereignty," [39].
Porter, Horace, General, [366].
Postage in early 19th century, [7], [20].
Pottawatomie massacre, the, [97].
Powell, Lazarus W., Senator, opposes habeas corpus suspension bill, [198], [199], [200], [201], [202]; [116].
Protection, meaning of, in 1871, [354].
Pullman Co., strike of employees of, [413]-[415].
Randall, Alexander W., Postmaster General, [285].
Randall, J. G., [174] and n.
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, and article [6] of Ordinance of 1787, [25]; [xxxi].
Raum, Green B., quoted, [67] and n.
Rawlins, John A., General, appointed Secretary of War, [337]; [330].
Ray, C. H., quoted, [74], [75], [87], [148], [243], [261]; [79], [80], [151].
Ray, P. Ormon, Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, [37] n.
Raymond, Henry J., Congressman, [272].
Read, John M., [108].
Reconstruction, Lincoln's plan of, set forth in proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863, [232];
the La. attempt at, [233], [234];
Lincoln's address on, Apr. 11, 1865, [235];
his plan endorsed by Garrison, [235], [236],
and adopted by Johnson, [237];
in Va., [237];
in Ark., [238];
in No. Carolina, and other seceding states, [238];
Shaffer and Ray on conditions in those States under, [242], [243];
the Nation on Johnson's plan of, [244], [245];
Lincoln's plan of, definitely abandoned, [291];
supplementary measure of, passed by Congress, vetoed, and passed over veto, [294];
drastic provisions of, [294];
further measures of, passed over vetoes, [295];
a failure, [341];
change in T.'s course on, [423], [424].
Reconstruction, House Committee on, inquires into suspension of Stanton, [306];
refuses to recommend impeachment, [308].
Reconstruction, Joint Committee on, members of, [281];
amendment to Constitution proposed to, by Bingham and Stevens, [282];
reports 14th Amendment, [283], [284].
Reconstruction bill (Stevens's) establishing military government in South, [291], [292];
amended by provision for negro suffrage, [292];
passed by Congress, vetoed, and passed over veto, [293], [294].
Reeder, Andrew H., appointed Governor of Kansas, [49];
confirms elections of Whitfield as Delegate to Congress, [49], [50];
and the Missourian invaders, [50], [51], [53], [54];
removed by Pierce, [55]; [56], [59], [63], [108], [150].
Religion, T.'s views on, [430], [431].
Republican National Convention (1856), [69];
(1860), nominates Lincoln, [105], [106];
(1868) on negro suffrage, [332], [333];
its negro-suffrage plank too brazen to be long maintained, [338];
(1872), nominates Grant and Wilson, [393];
platform of, [394].
Republican party, first national convention of, [69], [70];
rumored alliance of Douglas with, [78]-[80];
still inchoate in 1860, [102];
candidate for presidential nomination of, in 1860, [102] ff.;
T.'s views concerning, [103], [104];
T.'s view of duty of, in 1861, [113], [114];
T.'s position in, in campaign of 1866, [273];
control of, shifted to radical wing by veto of Civil Rights bill, [277];
power of that wing of, increased by refusal of South to ratify 14th Amendment, [287];
lead of, in Congress, assumed by Sumner and Stevens, [291];
definitely abandons Lincoln's plan of reconstruction, [291];
generally adopts Sumner's view of impeachment, [312];
treatment of "traitor" Senators by, [322]-[326];
Henderson alone forgiven, [326];
corruption in, in 1870, [341] ff.;
division in, in Mo., [351] ff.;
both sections of, in Mo., adopt "Anti-tariff" resolution, [352];
defeated in Congressional elections of 1874, [408];
T.'s separation from, [420].
Republicans of the first period, [xxiii].
Republicans, Eastern, favor Douglas's re-election to Senate, [86];
and the Lincoln-Douglas campaign, [91], [92];
in Ill., distrust Douglas, [86],
and prefer Lincoln for Senator, [86];
those opposed to Lincoln, nominate Frémont and Cochrane (1864), [219], [220].
Retrenchment, Joint Committee on, report of, [362], [363];
and the Leet and Stocking case, [364] ff.
Revenue reform, an element in Liberal Republican movement, [352], [353];
conference of advocates of, [353], [354];
in the Cincinnati convention, [381], [382].
Reynolds, John, Governor, and the pro-slavery attempt to amend the constitution of Ill., [26];
quoted, [28]; [6] n., [11], [38].
Rhode Island, opposed to Seward, [103].
Rhodes, James F., History of the U. S., quoted on "anti-impeachment" Senators, [322];
on La. returning board, [408];
cited, [406] n.
Richardson, William A., Senator, [10], [197], [201], [427].
Riddle, A. G., Recollections of War-Time, quoted, [228] n.; [219].
Robbins, Henry S., T.'s partner, [407];
quoted, on T.'s character, [425].
Robertson, Thomas J., [359].
Robeson, George M., appointed Secretary of the Navy, [337];
action in the Secor case, [396], [397], [398].
Ross, Edmund G., Senator, immortalized by his vote against impeachment, [322];
his later years, and death in poverty, [322]; [299], [314], [317].
Russia, Cameron appointed Minister to, [186], [187]-[189].
San Domingo treaty, opposed by Sumner, [342], [343];
Wade commission, [343],
and its report, [386];
attempt to secure ratification of, [360].
Sands, Mahlon D., convokes conference of revenue reformers, [353].
Saulsbury, Willard, Senator, [201], [228], [249], [250], [267], [268], [272].
Scates, Walter B., Judge, quoted, [213]; [21], [375].
Schenck, Robert C., Congressman, [165], [166], [167].
Schurz, Carl, Senator, report of, in his Southern tour, [253]-[255];
his report has great influence, [254];
his later doubts as to his conclusions, [254] n.;
succeeds Henderson in Senate, [351], [352];
a leader in Liberal Republican movement, [352];
opposes Ku-Klux-Klan bill, [356], [358];
his speech a masterpiece, [358];
on Leet and Stocking case, [365], [366];
chairman of Cincinnati Convention, [383];
his view of nomination, [384], [385];
how connected with course of Blair and Brown, [385] and n.; his attitude toward Greeley's candidacy, [391], [392];
urges him to decline, [391];
Godkin and Godwin remonstrate with, [392], [393];
in the campaign, [399];
Greeley's farewell letter to, [403]; [107], [189], [343], [344], [353], [359], [363], [369], [371], [373], [377], [378], [389], [402].
Scott, Dred, not consciously a party to suit brought in his name, [82], [83].
And see Dred Scott case.
Scott, Thomas A., censured by House Committee, [184], [185]; [172] n., [186].
Scott, Winfield, General, has authority from Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus, [190]; [121], [122], [128], [171].
Scripps, John L., [87].
Secession movement, history of, [125] ff.
Secors, the, and the Navy Dep't, [397], [398].
Senate of U. S., debates Kansas-Nebraska bill, [34],
and passes it, [37]; T. takes his seat in, [48];
debates on affairs in Kansas in, [55] ff., [63], [64], [65], [76] ff., [81], [82], [83];
passes Lecompton bill, [83],
and substituted English bill, [84];
debate on popular sovereignty in, [94];
debate on Davis's anti-Douglas resolutions in, [95], [96],
and on John Brown raid, [98]-[100];
J. Davis's last speeches in, [110], [114], [115];
debates Crittenden Compromise, [115]-[117],
and rejects it, [117];
passes proposed amendment to constitution forbidding interference with slavery, [117];
Douglas's death announced to, by T., [152], [153];
struggle in, over confirmation of Cameron as Minister to Russia, [187]-[189];
debate in, on arbitrary arrests, [190] ff.;
passes bill concerning political prisoners, [197];
debates habeas corpus suspension bill, [198] ff.;
Democratic filibuster thereon, [200]-[203];
debates 13th Amendment, [223] ff.;
debates Louisiana bill, [233], [234];
Sumner's attack on Johnson in, [246], [247];
debate on Wilson bill in, [247]-[250];
calls for Schurz's report on Southern affairs, [253];
debates Freedmen's Bureau bill, [258]-[260],
but fails to pass it over veto, [261];
Stockton election contest in, [261]-[265];
debates Civil Rights bill, [265]-[270],
and passes it over veto, [272];
passes 14th Amendment, [283];
passes bill admitting Texas, [284];
amendment looking to negro suffrage offered in, [287];
adopts Sumner's negro-suffrage amendment to Reconstruction bill, [292],
and passes bill over veto, [293], [294];
pass bills readmitting divers States, [296], [297];
debates Georgia bill, [298], [299];
debates Tenure-of-Office bill, [301], [302],
and passes it over veto, [303];
non-concurs in removal of Stanton, [305], [306];
trial of Johnson impeachment in, [309]-[314], [318]-[320];
acquits him on three counts, [320], [321];
debate on T.'s connection with McCardle case, [331], [332];
debates and passes 15th Amendment, [338]-[340];
debate in, on ousting Sumner from Foreign Affairs Committee, [343] ff.;
debates Ku-Klux-Klan bill, [356]-[358],
and Amnesty bill, [359], [360],
and Hodge resolution, [362]-[364];
orders inquiry into Leet and Stocking scandal, [365], [366];
discusses make-up of committee, [366], [367];
T.'s speech on Mo. convention of 1872, [376];
Sumner's anti-Grant speech in, [387], [388];
orders investigation of La. election, [405];
T.'s last speech in, [405].
Seward, William H., speech of, on Kansas affairs, [64];
the "logical candidate" in 1860, [102];
opposition to nomination of, [102], [103];
too radical for some states, [103];
T. and Lincoln on candidacy of, [103], [104], [105];
his inclusion in Cabinet opposed, [139] ff.;
State Dep't. offered to, [141];
and Cameron's appointment, [143];
and the Harvey despatch to Gov. Pickens, [155] ff.;
and Harvey's appointment to Portugal, [155], [157];
his assurance to Confederate envoys as to evacuation of Sumter, [156];
his purpose, to defeat relief of Sumter, [157];
had induced Lincoln to agree to evacuation to prevent secession of Va., [158];
sends Magruder to Va. convention, [161];
and Douglas, in April, 1861, [163], [164];
his aims patriotic but futile, [164];
assumes power to order arbitrary arrests, [190] ff.;
his dispatches of Apr. 1861, and July, 1862, to Adams, [210] ff.;
his attitude toward Lincoln's war policy, [210];
unjustly blamed for non-success of Union arms, [210], [211], [212];
committee of Republican Senators urge Lincoln to demand his resignation, [211];
Lincoln's comment thereon, [212];
on real date of emancipation, [222];
his construction of 13th Amendment confirmed by Supreme Court, [229];
on Johnson as a speaker, [246];
opinion of, on matter of territorializing States, [290];
prepares Johnson's veto message of Tenure-of-Office bill, [303]; [48], [79], [82], [84], [86], [88], [106], [107], [108], [112], [116], [118], [119], [145], [146], [147], [150], [151], [170], [172], [181] n., [182], [197], [238], [307], [430].
Seymour, Horatio, elected Governor of N. Y., [197];
Democratic nominee for Pres. (1868), [333]; [355].
Shaffer, J. W., quoted, on conditions in seceding states, [242], [243].
Shannon, Wilson, succeeds Reeder as Governor of Kansas Terr., [55].
Sheahan, James W., [79].
Sheridan, P. H., General, [221].
Sherman, John, Senator, on Tenure-of-Office bill, [301], [302], [303];
his view of impeachment, [309], [310];
and evidence of Johnson's intent, [313];
on Sumner and the Foreign Affairs Committee, [344], [345];
on Caucus secrets, [345], [346]; [102], [248], [249], [292], [316], [320], [363], [371], [409].
Sherman, William T., General, quoted, on conditions in La. (1859), [xxxv], [165], [166], [221], [257], [308].
Shields, James, Senator, [39], [43].
Shiloh, battle of, [334].
Simpson, Matthew, Methodist bishop, and the impeachment trial, [317], [320].
Slave trade, extension of, deemed a vital necessity in the South, [xxxiv].
Slavery, how involved in the War, [xxi], [xxii];
history of, in the U. S., xxvii ff.;
change in Southern view of, [xxxii], [xxxiii];
in Ill., early history of, [23] ff.;
provisions of Ordinance of 1787 concerning, violated by legislature, [25];
prohibited by State Constitution, [25];
attempts to perpetuate in Ill., [28]-[30];
and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, [34] ff.;
in Lecompton Constitution, [72], [76];
Douglas's attitude toward, [78], [86];
in territories, doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, [94] and n., [95];
resolutions concerning, proposed by Lincoln, [112];
proposed Amendment to Constitution forbidding interference with, passes both Houses, [117];
T.'s review of question of, [124] ff.;
T.'s view of effect of 13th Amendment on, [249], [250], [251], [258], [259], [260].
And see Constitution (Amendment XIII), and Squatter Sovereignty.
Slaves, premature attempts to emancipate, by Frémont, [169], [170],
Cameron, [172],
Hunter, [172];
T.'s confiscation bill, [173] ff.,
the first step toward full emancipation, [176].
Slidell, John, [80], [349], and n.
Smith, Caleb, Secretary of the Interior, [142], [148], [149], [151], [429].
South, the, and the right of Secession, [xxx];
and the Missouri Compromise, [xxx];
condition of, in second quarter of 19th century, [xxxii], [xxxiii];
changing view of slavery in, [xxxii],
and of the slave trade, [xxxiv].
South Carolina, and Nullification, [xxv], [xxvi];
attitude of, in 1861, [110];
forts in, Lincoln's attitude concerning, [112], [113];
and the 13th Amendment, [229];
disputed returns from (1876), [408].
Southern States. See States seceding.
Spaulding, Rufus P., Congressman, moves for inquiry into suspension of Stanton, [306]; [304].
Spencer, Charles S., threatens T. for his attitude on impeachment, [315].
Spoils system, T. on iniquities of, [349].
Springfield (Ill.) Journal, [142].
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, [372].
Squatter Sovereign, the, quoted, [51].
Squatter Sovereignty, doctrine of, reaffirmed by Douglas, [94];
denied by Jefferson Davis, [94].
Stallo, J. G., [373].
Stanbery, Henry, Attorney-General, opinion of, on question of territorializing states, [290], [291];
of counsel for Johnson, [309]; [327].
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, and arbitrary arrests, [197];
general jail delivery by, [198];
opinion of, on question of territorializing states, [290], [291];
and the Cabinet section of Tenure-of-Office bill, [302];
advises veto, and assists Seward in preparing veto message, [303];
declines to resign as Secretary of War, [305];
suspended, [305];
denies power of Pres. to suspend him, [305];
surrenders office to Grant, [305];
resumes office, after Senate's action, [306];
his embarrassing position, [308];
Johnson attempts to remove, [308];
refuses to turn over office to Thomas, [308];
change in popular feeling concerning, [308], [309];
attempted removal of, basis of first [8] articles of impeachment, [309], [310];
claims to be protected by Tenure-of-Office Act, [310];
evidence of his advice to Johnson as to that act, excluded, [313];
articles based on removal of, not voted on, [320];
relinquishes office, [321];
his conduct condemned, [321]; [177], [186], [189], [237], [318], [319], [330], [430].
Stanton, F. P., acting Governor of Kansas, removed by Buchanan, [73].
State Register, the, [13], [14].
State sovereignty, [xxii], [xxv].
States, admitted in pairs, [xxix].
States, seceding, opposing views as to status of, [231], [232];
Sumner and Stevens against Lincoln, [231], [232];
reconstruction of, mapped out before 39th Congress met, [237], [238];
witches' caldron in, under reconstruction, [241];
labor problem in, [241], [242];
new labor laws of, [242],
and their effect in the North, [242];
Shaffer quoted on conditions in, [242], [243];
reports of Grant and Schurz on conditions in, [252]-[254];
Committee on Reconstruction on status of, [284];
Stevens reports bill to restore political rights of, [284], [285];
except Tenn., refuse to ratify 14th Amendment, [287];
cause and consequence of their refusal, [287];
Stevens's bill to make military authority supreme in, [291], [292];
constitutions adopted by, in 1868, [295], [296].
Stephens, Alex. H., on Johnson's speech against secession, [246].
Stetson, Francis L., letter of, to author, [40] n.
Stevens, Simon, [184].
Stevens, Thaddeus, his bill of indemnity for arbitrary arrests, [198];
his views of status of seceding states, [231];
on Reconstruction Committee, [271];
proposes amendments to Constitution, [282];
reports bill to restore political rights of states, [284];
his bill making military authority supreme in the South, [291], [292];
author of 11th article of impeachment, [311]; [184], [260], [278], [287], [304], [306], [308], [309].
Stewart, Alex. T., nominated by Grant as Secretary of Treasury, [335],
ineligible, [336];
on the "general order" system, [365].
Stewart, William M., Senator, [261], [262], [264], [265], [298], [339], [366].
Stockton, John P., elected Senator from N. J., [261], [262];
his election contested, [262]-[265];
unseated for partisan reasons, [265].
Storey, Wilbur F., and the Chicago Times, [206]-[208].
Stoughton, E. W., [411].
Stringfellow, J. H., quoted, [54].
Strong, Moses M., [208].
Stuart, John T., [32].
Sturtevant, J. M., quoted, [118].
Suffrage, in seceding states, restriction of, [294].
Summers, George W., [158], [159], [161], [162].
Sumner, Charles, his speech on Kansas affairs, [64];
Brooks's assault on, [65];
quoted, in T.'s debate with Douglas, [66];
his view of status of seceding states, [231];
opposes recognition of new state government of La., [233],
and defeats it, [234];
attacks Johnson, [246], [247];
and the 14th Amendment, [283];
secures adoption of negro suffrage as permanent element of reconstruction, [292] and n.;
Northern views concerning, [293];
dispute with T. on Va. bill, [297];
T. opposes ousting of, from Foreign affairs Committee, [297], [344], [420];
his theory of impeachment, [312];
and Stanton, [321];
and the San Domingo treaty, [342];
charged with bad faith by Grant, [342], [343];
deposed as Chairman of Foreign affairs committee, [343]-[347];
Sherman's advice to, [345];
interview of author with, [347];
on attitude of Anthony, [347];
Motley's removal a blow at, [347];
moves his Equal Rights bill as amendment to Amnesty bill, [360];
and Grant's administration, [361];
his speech against Grant, [387], [388];
his attitude toward Greeley's nomination, [388];
chastised by Garrison, [388]; [79], [102], [211], [228] n., [236], [260], [264], [278], [285], [287], [291], [298], [313], [363], [366], [367], [370], [371], [378], [385] n., [423], [424].
Sumter, Fort, J. Davis's views concerning, [110];
Buchanan's reported purpose to surrender, [112], [113];
effect on Douglas of attack on, [115];
Harvey divulges plans to send supplies to, 155 ff.;
Seward determined to prevent relief of, [156], [157];
Lincoln's earlier promise to evacuate, [158] ff.;
attack on, aroused forces that finally destroyed slavery, [164];
attack on, and emancipation, [222]; [128], [129].
Sunderland, Rev. Byron, [121].
Supreme Court of U. S., and the second clause of 13th Amendment, [229];
construes 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, in U. S. v. Harris, [275], [276], [358];
holds Ku-Klux Act unconstitutional, [275];
holds Equal Rights Act (1875) unconstitutional, [275], [276];
and the Civil Rights Act, [277];
divided decision of, in Milligan Case, [288], [289];
proposed legislation concerning, [328];
its jurisdiction as affected by Act of Mch. 27, 1868, [329], [330];
dismisses McCardle's appeal, [330];
and the Debs case, [414].
Surratt, Mary E., [289].
Swayne, Noah H., Justice Sup. Ct., [274], [289], [409].
Swett, Leonard, quoted, [428], [429]; [69], [144].
Talcott, Wait, quoted, [118].
Tallmadge, James, Congressman, and the admission of Missouri, [xxix], [xxx].
Tallmadge, N. P., [48].
Taney, Roger A., Chief Justice Sup. Ct., on the power to suspend habeas corpus, [195], [196].
Tarr, Campbell, [161].
Taylor, John, of Caroline, [xxii], n.
Ten Eyck, John C., Senator, [262].
Tennessee, loyal state government in, recognized by Johnson, [237];
bill for readmission of, [285].
Tenure-of-Office bill, purpose of, [301];
not at first intended to apply to cabinet officers, [301];
passes Congress, [301];
cabinet advises veto of, [301];
vetoed, and passed over veto, [303];
and the Stanton case, [306], [309];
unconstitutionality of, alleged by Johnson's counsel, [311], [313].
Territorializing states, opinions of Johnson's advisers on question of, [290], [291].
Terry, Alfred H., General, and the legislature of Va., [247].
Texas, opposition in Mass. & admission of, [xxvi];
order for reconstruction of, [238];
fails to adopt new constitution promptly, [295];
new conditions imposed on, [296].
Thayer,Eli, [50].
Thomas, Jesse B., Senator, Author of Missouri Compromise, [xxx].
Thomas, Lorenzo, appointed Secretary of War ad interim, [308];
Stanton refuses to give way to, [308];
his appointment the basis of certain articles of impeachment, [309], [310], [320], [321]; [318], [319].
Thomas, Morris St. P., quoted, [21] n., [421].
Thomas, William B., [374].
Thompson, Jacob, Secretary of Interior, and the Lecompton Constitution, [73].
Thompson, John B., quoted, [36].
Thurman, Allen G., Senator, [367].
Tilden, Samuel J., and the Election of 1876, [406], [407] ff.;
T. of counsel for, in La. case, [409], [410];
Electoral Commission decides adversely to, [411];
legally elected, [411].
Tillson, John, quoted, [107].
Tipton, Thomas W., Senator, [300], [343], [344], [345], [346], [363], [371].
Tompkins, D. D., [179].
Toombs, Robert, Senator, [58], [83], [121].
Topeka Constitution, condemned by Buchanan and upheld by T., [76], [77].
Toucey, Isaac, [130].
Traveling in U. S., in 1847, [20].
Treat, Samuel H., Justice, [13], [20].
Truman, Benj. C, quoted, [245] n.; [307] n.
Trumbull, Julia (Jayne), T.'s first wife, letters of, to Walter T., [121]-[123];
T.'s letters to, on Harvey dispatch, [155], [157], [158],
and on first battle of Bull Run, [165]-[167];
her personality, [169];
her death, [326].
Trumbull, Lyman, birth (1813) and ancestry, [1]-[3];
education, [3];
school-teaching in Georgia, [4], [5];
reads law there, [5];
goes to Illinois (1837), and settles at Belleville, [5], [6];
practices law, [7] ff.;
describes murder of Lovejoy, [8]-[10];
his early attitude toward slavery, [10];
in State legislature, [10];
his qualities as a debater, [10];
appointed Secretary of State, [11];
his resignation requested by Gov. Carlin, and why? [12] and n., [13];
his resignation splits the Democratic party, [13], [14];
resumes practice, [14];
marries Julia M. Jayne, [15];
describes river floods, and murder of Joseph Smith, [16];
family affairs, [16], [17], [19], [20];
candidate for Democratic nomination for governor, [18];
defeated by Ford's influence, [18];
nominated for Congress, and defeated (1846), [18], [19];
his professional earnings, [20];
elected Judge of Ill. Supreme Court (1848), [20];
removed to Alton, [21];
reëlected judge (1852), but resigns (1853), [21];
Chief Justice Magruder on his judicial opinions, [21], [22].
Engaged as counsel for negroes, claiming their freedom, [28];
case of Sarah Borders, [28], [29];
in Jarrot v. Jarrot, wins a victory which practically puts an end to slavery in Ill., [29];
N. D. Harris quoted on his efforts, [30], [31];
his return to politics due to repeal of Missouri Compromise, [32];
takes stump in opposition to Kansas-Nebraska bill, [37], [38];
Anti-Nebraska candidate for Congress in 8th district, [38],
and elected, [38];
in Senatorial election of 1854, receives votes of Anti-Nebraska Democrats on early ballots, [43], [44];
elected by votes of Lincoln men, to defeat Gov. Matteson, [44], [45], [46] n.;
regarded as a traitor by regular Democrats, [45];
Lincoln's attitude toward his election, [45], [46].
Takes his seat in Senate, [48];
protest against his election overruled, [48], [49];
letter from J. C. Underwood to, on Kansas affairs, [52], [53];
and from I. T. Dement, [53];
his speech on report of Committee on Territories endorsing Pres. Pierce's view of Kansas affairs, [56] ff.;
exposes Douglas's sophisms, [57], [58];
a welcome reinforcement to Republicans in Senate, [57];
Douglas declares him not a Democrat, [59];
his answer to Douglas's tirade against him, [60], [61];
his construction of "forever" in the Missouri Compromise, [62], [63];
further debate with Douglas on Kansas, [63], [64];
effect of these debates on his reputation, [65];
his intellect and personality compared with Lincoln's, [65];
divers views of his first appearance in debate, quoted, [66], [67];
letter from G. B. Raum to, [67];
campaigns in Minnesota, [68];
attends Republican National Convention of 1856, [69];
colloquy with Mason, on destruction of the Union, [70];
letter of, to J. B. Turner, on conditions in 1857, [71];
divers reports to, on effect of Douglas's Anti-Lecompton stand, [74], [75];
demolishes Buchanan's message on Kansas affairs, [76], [77];
letters to, on possible alliance of Douglas with Republicans, [79], [80];
Democratic overtures to, [80], [81];
speaks on Buchanan's claim that slavery lawfully exists in Kansas, [81], [82];
letters to, from Lincoln and others, voicing Republican distrust of Douglas in Ill., [87], [88],
and, generally, on the campaign of 1858, [90]-[92];
his cordial relations with Lincoln, [93];
takes part in debate on resolution for committee of inquiry into John Brown's raid, [98]-[100];
his notable speech, [98], [99],
and Lincoln's praise thereof, [100];
letter from Lincoln on Delahay matter, [100], [101].
His view of candidates for Republican nomination in 1860, [103];
writes to Lincoln thereon, [103], [104];
thinks Seward cannot be elected, [104],
and believes McLean alone can beat him, [104];
Lincoln his first choice, [104];
Lincoln, in reply, avows his own ambition, and discusses other candidates, [104], [105];
divers letters to, on Lincoln's nomination, [106]-[107];
post-nomination letters of Lincoln to, [108];
speaks for Lincoln at ratification meeting, [109], [110];
confidential letters of Lincoln to, against compromise, [111], [112],
and on Buchanan's reputed purpose to surrender So. Carolina forts, [112];
his own views on compromise set forth in letter to E. C. Larned, [113], [114];
his speech on Crittenden Compromise (March [2], 1861), [115], [116], and n., [123]-[138];
urged by constituents to stand firm, [117]-[119];
writes Gov. Yates, advising military preparations, [120];
declines to listen to "Compromisers" from N. Y., [122];
his troubles with office-seekers, [139];
in N. Y. meets remonstrants against Seward's inclusion in Cabinet, and reports to Lincoln, [139], [140];
Lincoln's reply, [141];
Greeley's advice to, [141];
advises Lincoln not to appoint Cameron, [145], [146], [147];
is urged to use his influence to that end, [147], [148];
favors Judd for seat in Cabinet, [148], [149], [150];
reëlected senator (Jan. 1861), [152];
announces death of Douglas, [152];
his eulogy of Douglas, [153], [154];
the Harvey dispatch to Gov. Pickens, commented on in letter to Mrs. T., [155],156.
Witnesses first battle of Bull Run, and describes it in letter to Mrs. T., [165]-[167];
his reconstructed telegram, [168];
his first Confiscation Act passed by Congress, [168];
his physical aspect, etc., in 1861, [168];
his family, [169];
letter of M. C. Lea to, on financial affairs, [170],
and his reply, [171];
brings in his second Confiscation Act, [173];
his report thereon, [173];
history of the bill in Congress, [173]-[176];
speaks on War Dep't. frauds, [184];
leads opposition to confirmation of Cameron's nomination as minister to Russia, [187];
votes against confirmation, [189];
introduces resolution of inquiry concerning arbitrary arrests in loyal states, [191], [192];
his colloquy with Dixon of Conn., [192], [193];
his resolution shelved, [194];
reports from Judiciary Committee House bill on same subject, [197];
offers substitute for that bill, which is opposed by Democrats, but finally passed, [198], [199];
offers substitute for Stevens's bill to indemnify Pres. for arbitrary arrests, [199];
reports from conference his substitute combined with his habeas corpus bill, [200];
his report concurred in, after Democratic filibuster, [201], [202];
his speech at meeting of protest against the order forbidding the publication of Chicago Times, [207], [208], [209];
letter of Judge White to, regarding certain dispatches of Seward to Adams, [210], [211],
one of committee to urge Lincoln to get rid of Seward, [211];
divers letters to, relating to the war, [212], [213], [215], [216], [217];
and Delahay's appointment to a judgeship, [213]-[214];
letters of J. M. Palmer to, concerning the election of 1864, [214], [216];
first evidence of personal difference between Lincoln and, [217], [218];
deems the government inefficient in putting down the rebellion, [218];
falsely accused of refusing to speak in favor of Lincoln's reëlection, [220].
Reports to the Senate as a substitute for Henderson's proposed Constitutional Amendment what later became the 13th Amendment, [224];
his speech thereon, [225]-[226];
his authorship thereof, his title to immortality, [230];
and the new Senators from La., [233];
reports resolution recognizing Hahn government of La., [233];
breaks temporarily with Sumner, [234];
letter of Shaffer to, on conditions in South, [242], [243],
and of Ray, on Reconstruction, [243];
his speech on postponement of Wilson bill invalidating certain acts, etc., of seceding states, [248]-[251];
colloquy with Saulsbury, [250];
introduces Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills, [257];
speaks, in debate on the former, on construction of second clause of 13th Amendment, [258]-[260];
colloquy with Henderson, [260];
letter from Ray, on negro suffrage, [261];
favors Stockton in N. J. election contest, [261] ff.;
in debating his Amendment to Civil Rights bills, speaks again on power of Congress to pass laws for ordinary administration of justice in States, [265]-[267];
answered by Saulsbury, [267]-[268];
quotes Gaston as to citizenship of free negroes, [270];
his great speech in reply to Johnson's message vetoing Civil Rights bill, [272];
the Nation, quoted, on his speech, [273];
his leading position in the campaign of 1866, [273];
opposed to Ku-Klux bill of 1871, [275], [356], [357], [358];
reëlected Senator (1866), [277];
sustains Johnson until veto of Civil Rights bill, [277], [278];
letter of Mrs. F. C. Gary to, [278],
and his reply, [279];
not active in drawing 14th Amendment, [284] n.;
his influence as against radical measures lessened by refusal of Southern states to ratify 14th Amendment, [287];
on Stevens's Reconstruction bill, votes against Sumner's amendment making negro suffrage a permanent condition of reconstruction, [292],
but supports bill with that amendment, [292];
at fault in so doing, [292];
votes to pass bill over veto, [294];
votes to pass supplementary registration of voters bill over veto, [294];
writing in Chicago Advance, denies power of Congress to regulate suffrage in states, [294], [295];
reports bill for readmission of Va., but opposes amendments applying new conditions, [296];
has a lively dispute with Sumner, [296], [297],
but supports him strongly in the later movement to oust him from chairmanship of Com. on Foreign Relations, [297], [344], [420];
supports Bingham proviso to the Georgia bill, [298],
and makes a powerful speech thereon, [299];
the Nation's high praise of the speech and its author, [299], [300];
votes for Tenure-of-Office bill, as amended, [302];
abused for his stand against conviction of Johnson, [313], [315], [323];
Spencer's threat, [315];
N. Y. Evening Post, Chicago Tribune, and Nation, quoted, as to abuse of the "traitors," [314]-[317];
his written opinion on the case against Johnson, [318], [319];
J. F. Rhodes quoted on the action of the seven, [322];
his only reply to his vilifiers, [323], [324];
his eulogy of Fessenden, [324], [325];
death of Mrs. Trumbull, [326].
Retained for the War Dep't. in the matter of McCardle's petition for habeas corpus, [327];
appears before Supreme Court, [327], [328];
votes to pass over veto the Act of March 27, 1868, which the Supreme Court held to apply ex post facto to McCardle case, [329], 330:
his action criticized, [330], [332];
his acceptance of counsel fees attacked by Chandler as being connected with his vote on impeachment, [330], [331];
the Chandler charge would not down, [332];
supports Vickers's amendment to 15th Amendment, [338],
and opposes Wilson's amendment, [339];
letter of Grenier to, on Republican corruption, [341];
offered English mission, [347];
his reason for declining, [348];
in speech at Chicago, discusses claims of U.S. against England, [349],
and the urgent need of reform of the Civil service, [349], [350];
indorses Cox's stand, [349], [350];
casts only vote in Judiciary Committee in favor of Hoar's confirmation as Supreme Court Justice, [350];
votes against tacking Sumner's Equal Rights bill to Amnesty bill, [359];
offers amendment for general investigation of public service to Conkling's resolution concerning Hodge, [362];
his remarks thereon, [363];
not appointed on investigating committee, [366], [367];
not moved by personal hostility to Grant, [369];
interview with, in Courier-Journal on his relations with Grant (Dec. 1871). [369] and n., [370];
letter of S. Galloway to, on Grant, [371];
mentioned by Stanley Matthews as possible candidate of Liberal Republicans, [372];
J. H. Bryant and others urge him to become a candidate, [375];
his replies somewhat non-committal, [375];
defends Mo. Liberal Republican platform as Republican doctrine, [376];
on civil service reform, [376];
letter of Palmer to, offering his support, [377];
in letter to author, gives qualified assent to use of his name, [378], [379];
letter of author to, on his candidacy, [379];
his strength impaired by division of vote of Ill. at Cincinnati, [380];
opinions of editors as to candidates, [381];
vote for, in the convention, [383], [384];
his supporters decide to support Greeley, [384];
letter of W. C. Bryant to, urging him not to support Greeley, [386],
how Greeley's nomination was brought about, [389], [390];
how Trumbull received the news, [390], [391];
takes active part in campaign, [394] ff.;
his speech at Springfield, Ill., denouncing Republican corruption, [395]-[399];
his tribute to Greeley, [399];
if nominated, could have been elected, [402];
Adams, the stronger candidate, [402], [403];
his speech on La. election of 1872, his last speech in the Senate, [405], [406].
His official career ended by defeat of Greeley, [407];
defeated for reëlection by Oglesby, [407];
resumes practice of law, [407];
one of the "visiting statesmen" sent to La. to watch canvass of votes (1876), [409];
of counsel for Tilden before Electoral Commission, [409]-[411];
marries Mary Ingraham, [412];
Democratic candidate for governor of Ill. (1880), [412];
defeated by Cullom, [412];
entertains W. J. Bryan in 1893, [413];
inclined to free silver, [413];
his geniality, and vigor of mind and body, [413];
appears for Debs before Supreme Court, on petition for habeas corpus, [414];
his speech in Chicago published as Populist campaign document, [414], [415];
no more radical than present-day "Progressive" doctrines, [415];
draws declaration of principles for Populist national conference, [415]-[417];
his death (June 5, 1896), [418];
Judge Moran quoted on his career, [419];
eminent as a political debater, well grounded in the law, [419], [420];
his character and talents reviewed and discussed, [419]-[422];
"a high-minded, kind-hearted, courteous gentleman, without ostentation, and without guile," [421];
his place among the statesmen of his time discussed, [422];
his connection with the 13th Amendment, [422];
his opposition to arbitrary arrests unpopular, [422], [423];
his position as one of the "Seven Traitors" a proud one, [423];
change in his course on Reconstruction, [423], [424];
Medill quoted as to effect of vote in impeachment trial on his future, [424], [425];
his partners quoted, as to his kindliness, [424];
Darrow on the "socialistic trend" of his opinions, [425];
letter of his daughter-in-law to author, [426];
his estimate of Lincoln's character and career, [426]-[430];
his views on religion, in letter to his mother, [430], [431];
his descendants, [431], [432].
Trumbull, Mary (Ingraham), T.'s second wife, [413], [432].
Trumbull, Walter, T.'s son, [18], [19], [121]-[123], [169], [425], [426], [431].
Trumbull family, the, [1], [2], [431], [432].
Turner, J. B., [71].
Turner, matter of, in Circuit Court of U.S., [274].
Underwood, John C, quoted, [52], [53].
Union Pacific R. R., [402].
United States v. Harris, [106] U. S., [275], [276], [358].
United States v. Rhodes (Circuit Court), [274].
Vagrancy law of Va., [247].
Vallandigham, Clement L., "the incarnation of Copperheadism," [203];
his speech of Jan. 14, 1863, [203], [204];
his arrest ordered by Burnside, [204];
tried by military commission, [204];
his sentence of imprisonment commuted to banishment to the South, [204];
all proceedings against, after arrest, illegal under habeas corpus suspension act, [205];
nominated for governor of Ohio, but defeated, [206]; [288].
Van Buren, John, [379].
Van Buren, Martin, [xxi], [32], [37].
Van Tyne, C. H., Letters of Daniel Webster, xxiv n.
Van Winkle, Peter G., Senator, on Civil Rights bill, [269]; [261], [302], [314].
Van Wyck, Charles H., Congressman, [181], [182], [184].
Vermont, in convention of 1860, [106].
Vickers, George, Senator, [338].
Villard, Oswald G., John Brown, [52] n.
Virginia, efforts to prevent secession of, [158] ff.;
Lincoln's plan of reconstruction in, adopted by Johnson's Cabinet, [237];
Peirpoint recognized as Governor of, [237];
vagrancy law of, [247];
additional conditions imposed on readmission of, [296], [297].
Virginia Resolutions of 1798, [xxiii].
"Visiting statesmen," and the contested election of 1876, [408], [409].
Wade, Benjamin F., Senator, opposed to Lincoln's renomination, [220]; [102], [107], [108], [111], [150], [166], [233], [287], [332], [343].
Waite, Morrison R., Chief Justice Sup. Ct., [275].
Walker, Robert J., appointed governor of Kansas, [71];
and the Lecompton Convention, [71], [72];
denounces Cabinet conspiracy, [73];
Wall, James W., Senator, [200].
Wallace, Lew, General, attempts to usurp powers of Attorney-general under Confiscation Act, [176], [177].
War Department, frauds in, [178] ff.
War of 1812, [xxiv].
Washburne, Elihu B., appointed Secretary of State, [333];
a strong partisan of Grant, [333];
his qualifications, [333];
terms of his appointment, [334];
resigns, [334]; [45], [46], [168], [281], [304], [407].
Washington, Bushrod, [xxxi].
Washington Chronicle, [300].
Washington, George, [xxiii].
Washington, gathering of troops at, in Jan., 1861, [121], [122].
Watterson, Henry, [372], [373].
Wayland, Rev. Francis, [xxxii].
Ways and Means, Committee of, [354].
Webster, Daniel, quoted, xxiv and n.; xxii n., xxv n., [xxvi], [xxvii], [27], [39], [125].
Weed, Thurlow, and Cameron's appointment, [143];
and the War Dep't. frauds, [179], [180]; [108], [112], [139], [141], [146], [151], [181], [182]; [184].
Welk, Jesse W., [101] n., [143] n.
Welles, Gideon, quoted, on Cameron's appointment, [142], [144], [146], [151];
on the Harvey dispatch, [157], [158];
on Douglas's attitude in April, 1861, [163], [164];
on Cameron's emancipation hobby, [172] n.;
on Cummings, [181] n.;
on inefficiency of Union armies, [212];
on Halleck, [226];
on Cabinet meeting of Jan. 8, 1867, [290] ff.;
opinion of, on question of territorializing states, [290];
on Stanton and the Tenure-of-Office Act, [303];
on Methodist pressure on Senator Willey, [319], [320];
on divers matters, [273] n., [313], [314], [324], [423].
Wells, David A., [353], [377], [379].
Whigs, the, and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, [41].
White, Andrew D., [343].
White, Horace, and Lincoln's Peoria speech, [39];
his recollections of the Lincoln-Douglas campaign, [89],
quoted, [92];
impressions of John Brown, [97];
on Douglas's speech to Ill. legislature, [153];
his friendly relations with T., [168], [169], [413];
and the ousting of Sumner, [346], [347];
interview with Blaine, [354];
on the outlook at Cincinnati (1872), [378];
letter from T. to, and his reply, [379];
chairman of platform committee at Cincinnati, [382];
his view of the result, [385],
and of Greeley's nomination, [389], [390];
thinks Adams or T. could have been elected, [402], [403];
last meeting with T., [413].
Whitfield, pro-slavery Delegate in Congress from Kansas, [49], [50].
Whitney, Henry C, quoted, [143] n.
Wigfall, Louis T., Senate, colloquy with T. in debate on Crittenden Compromise, [129], [130]; [133], [134].
Wilkinson, Morton S., Senator, [150], [189].
Willey, Waitman T., Senator, Methodist pressure on, in impeachment trial, [317], [320];
votes "guilty," [320];
had agreed to vote "not guilty" if necessary, [321]; [261], [302], [314].
Williams, Archibald, [45].
Williams, George H., Senator, [281], [298], [299], [328], [329].
Wilmot, David, Congressman, [146], [150].
Wilson, Henry, his speech on Kansas affairs, [65];
quoted on possible alliance of Douglas with Republicans, [79];
his resolution on suspension of habeas corpus, [190], [191];
opposes bill authorizing Pres. to suspend habeas corpus, [197];
his denunciation of Lincoln, [219];
brings in bill to nullify new labor laws in seceding states, [247], [248];
T.'s speech thereon, [248]-[251];
nominated for Vice-Pres., [393],
and elected, [402]; [86], [87], [189], [194], [197], [198], [296], [298], [314], [315], [338], [344], [363].
Wilson, James F., Congressman, proposes amendment to Constitution, prohibiting slavery, [223];
"slated" for State Dep't under Grant, [334] and n.,
declines, [334];
his character, [335]; [304], [309].
Wilson, James H., General, [337].
Wirt, William, [331].
Wood, John, [92].
Wool, John E., General, [178], [181].
World's Columbian Exposition, [412].
Wright, Silas, [91].
Wright, William, Senator, [261], [263], [264].
Yates, Richard, Governor, letter from, to T., [218];
letter from T. to, [120], [121]; [107], [109], [111], [150], [197], [220].
Yulee, David L., Senator, [99].