Lincoln, the Politician

by T. Aaron Levy

INDEX

Abolitionists—Abolition Intelligencer, [35];
brute force dooms slavery, [77]-[78];
early western movements of, [35];
favor emancipation in District of Columbia, [144]-[146];
Garrisonian, [117];
"Genius,"[35];
Illinois, hated in, [76]-[78];
political, [118]-[119];
public service performed, [78].
Adams, John Q., [22].
Alton Observer, [83].
American Government, Lincoln's Essay on, [28].
American party, see Know-nothing party.
American Preceptor, [35].
Anti-slavery, see Slavery.
Armstrong, Jack, [43]-[44], [46].
Atchison, D. R., [158].
Baker, Col. E. D., [90], [96]-[98], [112]-[115], [121], [128], [138], [149].
Battles, greatest, [161].
Birney, James G., [118].
Bissel, Gov., [195].
Black Hawk War, [47].
Bloomington Convention, [190]-[193].
Brackenridge, John V., [31].
Brooks, Preston S., [190].
Browning, O. H., [90], [138].
Buchanan, Pres. James, [194]-[195], [201], [203]-[205].
Burke, Edmund, [119].
Butterfield, Justin, [149]-[150].
Calhoun, John (Ill.), [55]-[56], [90]-[91], [119].
Calhoun, John C., [20], [116]-[117], [158].
Campaign, 1834, in Ill., [59].
Campaign, 1836, in Ill., [64].
Campaign, 1838, in Ill., [87]-[88].
Campaign, national 1840, exuberant speech, [95]-[96].
Campaign, national 1844, [116]-[120].
Campaign, national 1848, [137]-[142].
Campaign, national 1852, [155].
Capitalists, [74].
Cartwright, Rev. Peter, [124]-[127].
Cass, Gen. Lewis, [138], [140].
Chase, S. P., [145].
Chatham, [119].
Civilization, test of, [213].
Clary Grove boys, [43]-[44], [50], [66]-[67].
Clay, Henry, [18], [22], [34], [116]-[120], [138], [153]-[155], [159];
colonization proposal, [154]-[155];
tribute to in defeat, [120].
Clinton, De Witt, [23]-[24].
Columbian orator, [35].
Compromise, [147];
slavery not settled by, [158].
Compromise measures, 1850, [152].
Convention system, [110]-[111].
Darbey, J. F., [141].
Davis, Judge David, [180].
Dawson, [60].
Democratic Party—Anti-Nebraska Democrats, [190];
banks, hostility to, [105];
New Salem Democrats work for Lincoln, [54]-[55];
Northern complicity in crime of Kansas, [201]-[202];
Northern repudiate Kansas crime, [202];
Northern resent Southern support of Taylor, [144];
patriotic minority in 1854, [165]-[166];
run Lincoln as candidate in 1834, [58].
Democracy, political religion of Lincoln, [217].
Dixon, Archibald, [158].
Douglas, Fred, [20], [35].
Douglas, Stephen A., See Lincoln,—Buchanan, braves, [203];
conqueror, returns as in 1858, [204]-[205];
debate, defeats Ewing in, [97];
debate, Whig's challenge to, [90];
Democratic administration fights, [202]-[203];
howled down in Chicago, [162];
judiciary reorganized, [100]-[101];
Kansas issue, not the author of, [157]-[158];
Lincoln, debates with, [92], [97]-[99], [119], [170]-[175], [211];
Missouri Compromise, [167]-[168];
patriot, not humanitarian, [159];
Republican leaders coquette with, [203]-[204];
senate, Anti-slavery leaders in, confounded by, [170];
State Fair speech, [162]-[163];
Supreme Court, Jackson's attack on, [199].
Dred Scott decision, See Lincoln.
Dueling, [105].
Economic interest, [216].
Edwards, Cyrus, angry at Lincoln, [149]-[150].
Emancipation, gradual, [147].
Emancipation proclamation, [86].
Emancipation, race, [85].
Erie Canal, [22]-[23].
Ewing, W. L. D., [73].
Ewing, Gen. John, [97].
Fillmore, Pres. Millard, [150], [194].
Ford, Gov., [69]-[70].
Forquer's lightning rod, [67]-[68].
Franklin, [199].
Free Soil men, [142]-[143].
Fremont, J. C., [193]-[195].
Garrison, W. L., [173], [185].
Gentry, Allen, [34].
Gentryville, Ind., people of, [31]-[32].
Giddings, J. R., [145].
Gillespie, Joseph, [106].
Graham, Minter, [42], [55].
Great Britain, [117].
Great Debate, The, [91].
Greeley, [127], [133], [204]-[205].
Grigsby, Nat., Story of, [119].
Grigsbys, fight with, [32]-[33].
Hardin, John J., [112], [115], [121]-[124], [128].
Harrison, Pres. W. H., [90], [95]-[96].
Head, Jesse, [19].
Heine's, Lorelei, [219], [220].
Henry, Patrick, [119].
Herndon, W. H., [82], [109]-[112], [131]-[132], [156], [163]-[165], [177], [188], [192]-[193], [204], [207]-[208].
Herndon, Rowan, [45].
Ideals, political, [219]-[220].
Illinois—Abolitionism, hated in, [76];
Abolition societies, early in, [35];
Black code of, [76];
judiciary in politics, [100]-[102].
Indiana—Gentryville, [31]-[32];
internal improvement policy, [22]-[24];
pioneer politics, [21]-[23];
Spencer County, [21], [24];
Statutes revised, [28], [30].
Injustice, nation cannot live on, [208].
Internal improvement policy, [22]-[24], [68]-[69], [89].
Jackson, Andrew, [22], [34], [50], [56], [117], [124]-[125], [141], [199].
Jayne, William, [176].
Jefferson, [17], [154], [199].
Johnston, John, step-brother of Lincoln, [30], [32].
Judicial system of Ill. prey of partisanship, [100]-[102].
Kansas, Neb. struggle, [181]-[183], [189], [201]-[204];
crisis, national, marked by, [182];
Lecompton Constitution, [202];
violence begets violence, [189].
Kentucky—Abolitionism, [18], [35];
Anti-federalist, [17];
frontier life, [15]-[17];
law-abiding, [16]-[17];
passion for politics, [17];
pioneer hardships, [16];
schools, [16];
slavery, [18].
Know-nothing party, [190];
seek Lincoln, [182];
opposed by Lincoln, [185], [187].
Labor, Lincoln sympathizes with, [135]-[136];
grapple with slavery, [182].
Lambourn, Josiah, [90].
Lamon, W. H., [93], [100], [102], [109]-[110], [163], [192], [207]-[208], [210].
Legislature Ill. in 1834, [60]-[61];
corruption in, [126].
Liberty men, [118].
Lincoln, Abraham,—
Abolitionist, not, [41].
Ambition, [53]-[54], [109]-[110].
American Government, essay on, [28].
Ancestry, [15].
Aristocrat, charged with being, [113]-[114].
Armstrong, Jack, fight with, [43]-[44].
Athlete, [36], [44].
Bargain with Democrats in 1834, [58].
Black Hawk War, [47]-[49].
Campaign, 1840, active for Gen. Harrison, [96].
Campaign, 1844;
enthusiastic for
Clay, [119];
speaks in Indiana, [119].
Campaign, 1848, [137]-[142];
strong for Taylor, [137]-[138];
speaks in New England, [142].
Campaign, 1852;
colorless, [155].
Campaign, 1856, received flattering vote for vice-presidency in Republican convention, [193];
great demand for as speaker, [193]-[194].
Campaign, purse returned by, [87]-[88].
Capitalists, comment on, [74].
Capitol removed from Vandalia to Springfield, [70]-[71].
Captain, elected in Black Hawk War, [47]-[48].
Clary Grove boys, the, [43]-[44].
Clay, Henry—admirer of, [119];
opposed to in 1848 campaign, [138];
tribute to at death, [153]-[155].
Colonization proposal of Clay—approved by, [154]-[155].
Congress, candidate for, in 1843—bargain as to nomination at Pekin Convention, [121];
defeated by Baker, [113]-[115];
explanation of his defeat, [114]-[115];
Hardin defeated by for the nomination in 1846, [121]-[124];
elected in 1846, defeating Cartwright, [126]-[127].
Congress, in,—anti-slavery radical resolution opposes, [144];
anti-slavery bill skillfully introduces, [144]-[145];
democratic postmaster general supports, [135];
internal improvement policy approves, [136]-[137];
Mexican War, attitude to, [127]-[134];
Mexican War policy, hateful to constituents, [131], [151];
speech, Campaign, [139];
"Spot resolutions," [130], [151];
training in, [151];
war of aggression, opposes, [129]-[134];
Wilmot Proviso, votes for, [144].
Conservative radical, [79].
Convention system, favors, [110]-[111].
Court trial, attended by, [31].
Debater,—convincing, [141]-[143];
demagogue, exposes, [88];
fairness in debate, [66];
skill in, [175];
youthful, [31], [47].
Douglas—followed with facts, [98]-[99];
match for, [175];
popular sovereignty doctrine crushed, [171]-[172];
sought by Lincoln in debate, [91]-[92];
sophistry of exposed, [170];
State fair speech, replied to, [163];
truce tendered Lincoln, [174]-[175].
Declaration of Independence—not a lie, [174], [199]-[200].
Deist, charged with being, [115], [126].
Demagogue, exposed by, [88].
Democrats—bargain with, [58];
charges with having vulnerable heels, [92];
popular with, [54].
Democracy, faith in, [63]-[64].
Disappointments, familiar with, [54].
Diplomacy, [74]-[75].
Dred Scott Decision, [197]-[200];
Lincoln's opposition to, [198]-[199];
weakened respect for Supreme Court, [198].
Drink, does not, [87].
Duality of his life, [35]-[36].
Duels—Ewing with, [73];
Shields with, [104]-[105].
Education—books that mould his political opinions, [28]-[30];
early, [19]-[20];
law, studies, [56];
learning, love of, [27];
legislature in, [60]-[61];
libraries, haunts, [161];
method of, [26]-[27];
practical for leadership, [36]-[38];
subjective, [27], [36];
Weems' Life of Washington, [29].
Environment, [20], [32], [33];
poverty of, [25], [26];
Kentucky, [17]-[18].
Fairness, [46].
Federalist, [17].
Financier—[69], [99];
De Witt Clinton, aims to be of Ill., [68];
merchant, failure as, [45]-[46].
Foresight—foresees slavery struggle, [47], [127], [132], [157], [172].
Free Soil Men attacked, [142];
converted, [143].
Genius, towering and race emancipation, [85].
Greatness, [216]-[217].
Greeley corrected, [133].
Grigsbys, fight with, [32].
Harrison, Gen. W. H., candidacy for presidency promoted, [90].
Herndon, W. H., see Herndon above;
letter to, [111]-[112].
Hero of New Salem, [57].
Honesty, [45].
Horse races, judge at, [45].
Humility—[50], [54], [91], [100];
lesson in at murder trial, [31].
Imagination, [139].
Indian, protects old, [48]-[49].
Internal improvements—public lands proceeds for, [61]-[63];
persistent supporter of, [68], [69], [89], [136]-[137].
Judiciary—function of, [198]-[199];
Jackson's attitude to, [199];
opposes political interference with by legislature, [101];
speaks bitterly of relation to slavery, [156];
war on Dred Scott decision, [198]-[200].
Justice, nation cannot exist on injustice, [208];
negro, to, [170];
south, to, [168]-[169].
Kindness, [46]-[47].
Know-nothingism, [184]-[185], [187], [190];

prescriptive principles opposed, [187].
Labor—sympathy for, [135]-[136];
laborer, [44];
farmer, [44].
Law—reverence for, [198];
studies, [56].
Lawyer, dislike of details, [109].
Lawmaking, skilled in, [61].
Legislature, 1832, defeated for, [55];
1834, elected to, [58];
1836, received highest vote for, in Sangamon County, [68];
1838, elected to, [87];
1838, candidate for speaker, [88];
1840, candidate for speaker, [99];
charges of corruption of Sangamon delegation, replies to, [73];
jumps from window during session, [105]-[106];
log-roller in, [68];
protest of 1837, [80];
State debt, loose plan to pay, [99]-[100];
summary of career, [107]-[108].
Liberty men, satirizes, [118].
Literary style—development of, [27]-[28], [32];
fanciful, [83]-[84], [92]-[94];
scathing speech, [141];
vulgar satires, [32].
Log-roller, [68].
Lovejoy, Owen, writes to, [178].
Maxims, [74].
Mexican War—[127]-[134]; [151].
Mob spirit—[83];
cure for, [84].
Mother, [26].
New England—speeches in, [142]-[143];
Seward, meets in, [143].
New Salem—[42]-[57];
hero of, [57].
New Orleans, sale of slave stirs Lincoln, [41].
Office seeker, as, [149]-[150].
Office seekers, unique recommendation of, [148].
"Old Abe," [54].
Oregon governorship refused by, [150].
Parliamentarian, smartest, [68].
Partisan—[65]-[66]; [110]-[112].
Patriot—[72], [192]-[193];
corrupt bargain, spurns, [71]-[72];
fraudulent voting, opposes, [106];
party spoils system, opposes, [148];
politician and patriot, [72];
political duty, [179]-[180];
Trumbull's election, advises, [179]-[180].
Peace, friend of, [185].
Peoria speech, [167]-[170].
Personal influence, [70]-[71].
Physical strength, [44], [46].
Pilot, [45].
Political philosophy of, [213]-[221];
brotherhood basis of progress, [217];
central idea of the republic, [195];
compromise when available, [147];
compensated emancipation, [216];
faith in triumph of justice, [221];
laws of political progress, [216]-[218];
legislation, [218];
organized political action favored, [219];
parties not sacred, [219];
party power, [184];
patient with frailty, [221];
political generalship, [217];
public office, public trust, [107];
public opinion, [218];
revolution through ballot, [189]-[190];
slavery, attacks at weakest point, [216];
universal feeling, [169];
violence opposes, [189]-[190];
works with men as they are, [221].
Political strategy—adroitness with country editor, [176]-[177];
anti-slavery bill in Congress, [144]-[146];
bargain with Democrats, in 1834, [58];
bargain for Congressional nomination, [121];
Fremont campaign sees Fillmore danger, [194];
jumps from church window, [106];
log-roller, cunning, [68], [70]-[71];
Lovejoy avoided, [164];
smart parliamentarian, [68];
tactician, [144]-[145];
trick of Herndon endorses, [164]-[165].
Politician—[74];
act, first political, [42];
activity, [110];
advancement as, [111]-[112];
applicant for office, [148]-[150];
Capitol removes to Springfield, [70]-[71];
defeat, training in, [114], [180];
discernment, [139];
expediency, [99];
fairness, [148];
generalship, [217];
greatness, [216]-[217];
ideal, [221];
party leader, [219];
patriot and politician, [72];
policy, [41]-[42];
politics, his world, [109]-[110];
popularity, champion of, [52];
popularity in New Salem, [54]-[55];
prescience, [210];
prophet politician, [221];
religion, political, [217];
schooling, [106];
self-glorifying declination, [107];
skill, [179];
succeed, how to, as, [111]-[112];
vote, new method of, bring out, [94]-[95];
wisdom, [148], [210].
Popular will, student of, [63].
Postmaster, [56].
Preacher, indefatigable, [30].
Presidency, [140], [210].
Press, seeks the, [121]-[122], [176]-[177].
Protection, favors, [50], [135].
Protest 1837, [79]-[81], [108].
Public office, public trust, [107].
Public lands proceeds for internal improvements, [63].
Religion, political, [217].
Republican Party—Bloomington Convention, [190]-[191];
editors convention, first step in formation of in Ill., [187]-[188];
joins, [188]-[189];
parties, three seek Lincoln in 1855, [182];
party uncertainty, 1855, [184]-[185].
Right, exhortation to stand with whoever is, [172]-[173].
Senate U. S.—candidate in 1854, [176];
defeated, [179]-[180];
duty of as representative of whole state, [178];
nominated unanimously by Republicans, 1858, [205]-[206];
passion for term in, [176].
Shields, "scrap with," [103]-[105].
Slavery,—anti-slavery bill in Congress, [145]-[146];
not apologist for, or abolitionist, [41];
attacks weakest point, [216];
anti-slavery sentiments, origin of, [35];
anti-slavery movement, growth of in New England, [143];
colonization favors, [154]-[155];
Declaration of Independence, relation to, [199]-[200];
despair at strength of, [153];
economic strength, [197];
foresees conflict over, [47];
gradual emancipation policy, [147];
hatred of, [110], [173]-[174], [183];
justice to negro, [170];
menace of, [173]-[174];
moral issue in North, [197];
New Orleans trip, kindles hatred, [40]-[41];
protest, 1837, [79]-[81];
sale of mulatto girl, fires with hatred of, [41]-[42];
subverts government, [157];
shackled slaves torment, [110];
slavetraders control Southern policies, [184];
South's pecuniary interest in, [197];
territories, opposition to spread in, [169].
Social slight, resentment at, [32].
South—constitutional rights recognized, [169];
pecuniary interest in slavery, [197];
slave-traders dictate politics of, [184].
Speaker—attract, does not, in "great debate," [91]-[92];
growing demand for, [194];
eminence in 1836, [68];
emotions, appeals to, [50], [67]-[68], [96];
eulogy on Clay, [153]-[155];
fails as, [97];
Forquer, crushing reply to, [67];
Fremont campaign, makes 50 speeches in, [193]-[194];
humorous passage in speech, [92];
"lost speech," [191]-[192];
Peoria speech, [167]-[174];
"scathing style," [141];
shocks cultured lawyer in 1840, [96]-[97];
Springfield, speech, [207]-[212];
State Fair speech, [163];
youthful, [30], [40], [50]-[51];
wilderness, as in a, [192].
Spot resolutions, [130], [151].
Springfield speech—"house-divided-against-itself" address, [207]-[212];
apotheosis of career, [212];
criticized by friends, [207]-[208], [210];
pride in, [210]-[211];
nation cannot exist on injustice, and must become all free or all slaves, [208]-[210];
presidency, claim that it was a bid for, [210];
United States history, one of the momentous addresses in, [208];
wisely framed, [211].
Springfield, Ill.—humble entrance into, [72]-[73];
secures removal of Capitol to, [70]-[71].
Statesman—[78];
national leader, [212];
national vision, [134].
Stories,—appearance, [59]-[60];
ballots, not bullets, [189]-[190];
bragging horse owner, [30]-[31];
John Calhoun, [55];
campaign purse, [87]-[88];
candidate, pompous, rebuked, [60];
captain, [48];
cruelty to animals, [30];
cultured lawyer shocked, [96];
demagogue exposed, [88];
despair as to slavery, [153];
Douglas tenders truce, [174]-[175];
duel, Shields, [103]-[105];
engagement, [102]-[103];
fairness, [45]-[46];
farm hands, [59];
fight with Jack Armstrong, [43]-[44];
free speech, [98];
foresight, [127];
honesty, [45];
horse race, [45];
Indian, old, [48]-[49];
jumps from window, [106];
law studies, [56];
lightning rod, Forquer's, [67]-[68];
Lovejoy, avoids, [163]-[164];
mercy, [46]-[47];
mother, [25];
negro boy, [189];
negro girl, sale of, New Orleans, [41];
partnership, Herndon, [112];
Pekin convention, [121];
poverty, [68], [72]-[73];
principle, loyalty to, [71]-[72];
politics, his world, [109];
public, first act, [42];
Revolutionary history, [29];
same Abe Lincoln, [114];
slavery struggle serious, [152];
shackled slaves, [110];
soldier, [19];
speaker, failure as, [97];
speech, early, [52];
"Speed, I'm moved," [72]-[73];
"There's Nat," [119];
trick of Herndon, [164]-[165];
Washington, Weems' Life of, [29];
world not dead, [192]-[193].
Supreme Court of U. S.—attitude to, [198]-[199];
Douglas, approval of Jackson's position, [199];
Dred Scott decision of, [197]-[200];
Dred Scott decision weakens respect for, [198];
Jackson's view of its lack of constitutional power of interpretation, [199];
judges of, students of the past, [200];
judicial decisions, function of, [198]-[199];
Lincoln wiser than, [200].
Surveyor, [55].
Taylor, Zachary, promotes presidential candidacy, [138].
Temperate, [87].
Texas, annexation of, [129].
Todd, Mary (Lincoln), engagement to Lincoln, severance of engagement and reconciliation, [102]-[104].
Universal suffrage, faith in, [64].
Usury, [52]-[53].
Voting, fraudulent, opposes, [106].
War—captain in Black Hawk War, [47]-[49];
dissatisfaction with Lincoln's action in Mexican War, [131];
Mexican War, vigorous prosecution of favored, [128]-[129];
Mexican War, inception of opposed, [129]-[131];
Mexican War, speech on inception of in Congress, [130]-[131];
war power under the Constitution, [132]-[133].
Washington, [28]-[30].
Whig, [34], [50], [58], [68], [172].
Woman Suffrage, [62]-[63].
Wit, [30]-[31].
Writer, see literary style above, first efforts, [27]-[28];
first important address, [51]-[54].
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, [150], [176].
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, [19], [25].
Lincoln, Sally Bush, [19].
Lincoln, Thomas, [15]-[16], [19], [24]-[25], [39];
reasons for removal from Kentucky, [18]-[19].
Linder, W. F., [73].
Locos, [115], [139].
Lost speech, See Lincoln.
Logan, Judge S. T., [51], [90], [121].
Lovejoy, Rev. E. P.—murder of, [79], [86];
mob spirit, [81]-[82].
Lovejoy, Owen, [163], [177]-[178], [186].
Lundy, Benjamin, [35].
Matteson, Gov., [179].
Mexican War, origin of, [127]-[128];
patriotism awakened by, [128]-[131];
Whigs, attitude toward, [129]-[130].
Milk-sick, [39].
Minority party, value of, [101]-[102].
Missouri compromise, [167]-[168];
repeal of, [158]-[160], [162], [170], [182].
Mob spirit, [81]-[83];
cure for, [84].
Moral prophet, seldom politician, [166].
Morrison, Col. J. L. D., [149].
Moses, [217].
National campaigns, See campaigns.
O'Connell, Daniel, [173].
Offutt, Denton, [40], [42], [43].
Ohio, [23].
Osborn, Charles, [35].
Pain, John, [193].
Pain, Thomas, [19].
Palmer, John M., [165]-[166], [191].
Panic, 1837, [103].
Parties, new, need of about 1854, [181]-[182];
power of partisan lash, [183]-[184];
sacred, not, [219];
utility of, [219].
Partisanship, growth of, [64]-[65], [66];
judiciary, [100]-[102].
Party ties, painful rending of, [165]-[166].
Patriotism, civil, [213].
Pekin convention, 1843, startling story of, [121].
Pettit, John, [174].
Phillips, Wendell, [173].
Pierce, Pres. Franklin, [195].

Pioneer life—churchman as public officer, [127];
Illinois, [39];
Indiana, [21]-[23];
politics, [21]-[22];
recreation, [31]-[32];
schools, [16];
social life, [32]-[33];
store, [33];
story-telling, [33].
Politics—art of securing results, [215];
American History, struggle between abolitionism and slavery, [214];
evil, organized wisest attack on, [215]-[216];
factor vital in civilization, [215];
pioneer, [21]-[23];
politician seldom moral leader, [166];
political generalship, [217];
political progress, painful struggle, [166]-[167];
recreation to pioneer, [22];
school of the nation, [22];
true politician, [213];
voters, new method of getting out, [94]-[95].
Political philosophy—economic influence gregarious, [216];
human nature, slow-changing, [215];
injustice, nation cannot live on, [208];
Lincoln's, [213]-[221];
politician and statesman distinguished, [217]-[218];
public opinion, importance of, [195]-[196], [217]-[218];
universal feeling, [169].
Polk, Pres. J. K., [119]-[120], [127], [130]-[131], [136].
Presidency, [140], [210].
Public office, hunger for, [148].
Public service, state of, test of progress, [213].
Religious leader opposed as representative of people, [127].
Republic, central idea of, [195]-[196].
Republican Party—new party, need of, [181];
national, first convention, [193];
origin Illinois, [187]-[188];
second step in formation of, [190]-[191].
Sangamon River, navigability of, [52].
Sangamon delegation charged with corruption, [70], [73].
Schieder, G. H., [187].
Selby, Paul, [190].
Senate, U. S., slave power favored by, [144].
Seward, W. H., [143], [145], [201], [204]-[205].
Shields, James, [103]-[104], [128].
Slavery—economic strength of, [197];
free speech endangered by, [78];
gradual emancipation, [147];
Illinois friendly, [76]-[78];
intolerance of, [145]-[146];
Kansas struggle, [181]-[182];
moral issue in the North, [197];
north and south responsible for, [168];
policy, bad, [80];
portentous problem, [20];
power of, [41];
property, ostentatious, [157];
slave-trade, effort to abolish, [144]-[145];
subverts government, [157].
South, Texas, annexation of, [117].
Speed, Joshua, [67], [72]-[73], [87], [90], [103], [182]-[185].
Spencer County, [21], [24].
Spot resolutions, See Lincoln.
Springfield speech, See Lincoln.
Stanton, E. M., [145].
Stephens, A. H., [134], [138].
Stone, Dan, [80], [146].
Stuart, John T., [60], [90], [188].
Sumner, [190].
Taylor, Richard, [88].
Taylor, Pres. Zachary, [137]-[139], [149]-[150].
Texas, annexation of, [116]-[117], [129].
Thomas, [90].
Todd, Mary (Lincoln), See Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Toombs, Robert, [138].
Trumbull, Lyman, [179]-[180].
Tyler, Pres. John, [116], [127].
Universal feeling, not to be disregarded, [169].
Usury, [52]-[53].
Vandalia, Capitol, Ill., [70]-[71].
Van Buren, Martin, [98], [116], [142].
Voting, 1834, viva voce, [60].
Walker, Robert J., [201].
War, only solution to slavery struggle, [214].
War power under Constitution, [132]-[133].
Washburn, E. B., [138], [179].
Washington, [29], [131], [156], [199], [201].
Webster, Daniel, [92], [95], [116], [159], [209].
Weems' Life of Washington, [28].
Whigs—called federalists, [49];
aggressive campaign, 1840, [95];
judiciary, corruption of, opposed, [100]-[102];
Mexican War, [129]-[130];
support banks, [103], [105];
seek Lincoln, [182].
White, Hugh L., [63].
Wilmot, Proviso, [138], [144].