his partnership with Lincoln, and failure, i. [39], [40].
Big Bethel,
battle of, i. [298].
Black, Jeremiah S.,
in Buchanan's cabinet, i. [188];
succeeds Cass in State Department, [198];
after vacillation turns toward coercion, [199], [200];
forces Buchanan to alter reply to South Carolina commissioners, [200].
Black Hawk war, i. [35], [36].
Blaine, James G.,