Specie payments, resumption of, [605].

Spoils system, introduced, [351];

accredited to Van Buren, [370].

Spotswood, Governor Alexander, [95];

crosses the Blue Ridge, [96].

Spottsylvania, battles about, [531];

official returns, [p. 424 n.]

“Squatter Sovereignty,” advocated by Cass, [389];

by Douglas, [411];

and the Dred Scott Decision, [420];