allied with upper classes, [92];
as Pres. candidate defeated in Whig convention (1852), [92];
death of, [93].
Weed, Thurlow, votes for Taylor, [82];
helps prolong Whig organization in N. Y., [115];
supports Pres. Johnson, [303].
Weld, Theodore D., [37].
Whig party (see also Whigs),
beginnings of, [31];
on verge of dissolution, [93];
end of, [153].
Whigs, nominate Clay, [75];
gain majority in House, [79];
nominate Taylor, [81];
nominate Gen. Winfield Scott;
defeated by combined Democrats and "Free Soilers," [92];
vote against Kansas-Nebraska bill, [114];
unite with "Free Soilers" to form Republican party;
organization prolonged in N. Y., [115];
in Republican party, [127].
Whitman, Walt, volunteer nurse, pen picture of war, [247].
Whitney, Eli, [23].
Whittier, John G., joins anti-slavery movement, [44], [56];
criticises Webster in poem "Ichabod," [88];
poem on settlement of West, [116];
in first Republican campaign, [130];
his labors for freedom, [144].
Wilmot proviso, [80].
Wilson, Henry, joins "Free Soil" party, [81];
elected Senator, [115]; sketch of, [283];
opposes Pres. Johnson's plan of reconstruction, [286];
against exclusion clauses in [14]th amendment, [302].
Wilson, Woodrow, "History of the American People," criticised, [334].
Wise, Henry A., opinion of John Brown, [164].
Wise, John S., shows effects of John Brown's raid in South, [169];
criticises Bourbonism in Southern politics, [388].
Women's rights, [56];
cause advanced, [94].
Wood, Fernando, [352].
Woolman, John, protests against slavery, [7].
Woolsey, Theodore D., [36].
Wright, Elizur, [44].