Abolitionists, denounced by press, ii.9;by meetings,10;influence of, 1838,25;1844,82;rapidly increasing strength,89;unite with Hunkers and Barnburners, 1849,150;separate nominations, 1850,156;election of Smith to Congress,179;nomination of Douglass for sec. of state,216;favour peaceable secession,336.Adams, Charles Francis, choice for President of Lib. Rep. leaders, iii.282;defeated,285.Adams-Jackson campaign, resembled that of Blaine-Cleveland, i.367-8.Adams, John, cautioned not to speak of independence, i.2;on Jay's state constitution,8;suggests council of appointment,8;anxiety to have his son President,240.Adams, John Quincy, unpopularity of, i.358;an anti-mason,361;scene when elected President,343;action of Van Rensselaer,343.Administration Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii.157;unite with Dems. for Seymour's election, 1850,157.Albany, political centre, i.375.AlbanyArgus, on Clinton's loss of canal patronage, i.261;paper of Edwin Croswell,294;Seward's "forty million debt," ii.35;on secession,346.AlbanyEvening Journal, established March, 1830, i.374;Thurlow Weed its first editor,374;salary of,374;largest circulation in U.S.,375.Albany Regency, when established, i.293-4;original members of,293-4;other members,294;Thurlow Weed on,294;supports Crawford, 1824,324;removes Clinton from canal com.,328;influence ended, ii.53.AlbanyRegister, attacks Burr, i.123.Alberger, Franklin A., candidate for canal com., 1861, iii.23, note;elected,29;renominated, 1864,117, note;elected,125.Alien and Sedition Acts, overthrow Federal party, i.84;approved by Jay,85;Adams responsible for,88.Allen, Peter, treatment of Fellows, i.256.Allen, William F., Richmond's choice for gov., 1864, iii.117;nominated for comp., 1869,226;elected,227.Alvord, Thomas G., the Onondaga Chief, Speaker of Assembly, iii.22;ch'm. People's Union con.,22;elected to Assembly,29;nominated for lt.-gov., 1864,117, note;elected,125."Amens," The, cradle of, iii.58.American Citizen and Watchtower, controlled by Clinton, i.122;edited by Cheetham,122;attack on Burr,122-3.American Colonization Society, history of, ii.7;forms republic of Liberia,8.American party, seeNative American party.Anderson, Robert H., nominated for prison insp., 1876, iii.346;defeated,350.Andrew, John A., gov. of Massachusetts, i.274;Tompkins compared to,274;opinion of Brown, ii.269.Andrews, Charles, nominated for chief judge Court of Appeals, 1882, iii.494;defeated,498.Anti-Federalists, organisation of, i.38;in majority,38;elect gov., 1789,44;also, 1792,56;defeated, 1795,65;1798,82;become known as Republicans,80."Anti-Jackson," "Anti-Mortgage," "Anti-Regency" factions unite as Whigs, i.399.Anti-Masons, bolted Thompson in 1828, i.363;nominated Granger,363;substituted Southwick,364;ticket defeated,368;issues of, broadened,376;nominated Granger, 1830,376;defeat of,377;nominated Wirt for President, 1832,392;in accord with National Republicans,392;nominated Granger, 1832,393;electoral ticket of,393;reason for defeat,396;party dissolved,398;become Whigs,399.Anti-Masonry, becomes political, i.360;excitement,360;confined to western half of state,360;Van Buren on,365;semi-religious,370;sudden reaction,398;popularity of Free-Masonry,398.Anti-Nebraska convention, ii.194;prominent men present,194;reassembles,201;forerunner of Republican party,194.Anti-Rent party, organisation of, ii.82-3;contest over constitutional convention,97;support Young for gov.,118-9;influence of, 1848,139.Anti-Tammany organisations, 1871, iii.268;names and strength,268, note;unwilling to accept Kelly,299.Apollo Hall, organisation of, iii.308;combination with, rejected by Tam.,308;accepted by Reps.,308.Arbitrary arrests, opposition to, iii.19,20,47,58."Aristides,"nom de plumeof William P. Van Ness, i.123-6.Armstrong, Cornelius W., nominated for canal com., 1865, iii.129;defeated,135.Armstrong, John, author of Newburgh Letters, i.89;opposes Alien-Sedition laws,89;brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston,116;elected to U.S. Senate,116;resigned,118;minister to France,150;opposes Clinton,204;changed views,204;Tompkins jealous of,216;character and career of,216;sec. of war,216,222;Spencer, a friend of,216;plan of Canada campaign,222;failure of,223;puts Wilkinson in command,223;plans again fail,224-5;promotes Brown and Scott,225;resigns in disgrace,227;Madison's dislike of,238.Arthur, Chester A., early career and character, iii.399-402;becomes collector of port, 1871,399;his successor appointed, 1877,399;reasons for,399,402;successor defeated,404-5;President suspends him, 1878,406;reason for,406,408;his defence,408;successor confirmed,409;name suggested for Vice-President, 1880,444;will not listen to Conkling's objection,444;Conkling refuses to present name to Nat. con.,444;Woodford presents it,444;nominated on first ballot,445;people's reception of nomination,445;Sherman indignant,445, note;Mrs. Blaine's opinion of,446;career a study of evolution of character,446;supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881,465;tries to compromise Robertson's appointment, 1881,472;becomes President, 1881,485;confidence expressed in,485;appointments favourably received,486;defeats Cornell's renomination, 1882,493;disastrous result,498.Assembly, Provincial, refuses to approve proceedings of Congress, i.4.Assembly, State, original membership of, i.9;election of,9;how apportioned,9;powers of,9;elected by,9.Astor, John Jacob, approves books of Tammany's city comptroller, 1870, iii.245.Astor, William B., contribution to fusion ticket, ii.332.Auburn, gloom over Seward's defeat, ii.290-1, note.Babcock, George R., declines nomination for state comp., 1875, iii.325.Bacon, Ezekiel, in constitutional convention, 1846, ii.103.Bacon, Theodore, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii.284;attends its Nat. con.,284;denounces Fenton's scheme,284.Bacon, William J., congressman from Oneida district, iii.385;supports President Hayes,385;speech for,385.Bailey, B. Prentiss, UticaObserver, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Bailey, Theodorus, urged for appointment, i.121;Clinton's agent,152;elected to U.S. Senate,156.Balcom, Ransom, reputation as a judge, iii.166;aspires to U.S. Senate, 1865,166.Ballard, Horatio, nominated for sec. of state, 1861, iii.23, note;elected,29.Baltimore convention, 1860, ii.294-303;Seymour strengthened,294;New York in control,294, note;seceding delegations wish to return,295;bitter debate,296-7;New York admits contestants,300;states secede,300;Soule's speech,300-1;Douglas nominated,302;Fitzpatrick nominated for Vice-President,302;Johnson substituted,302.Baltimore Union Convention, 1864, iii.93-5;its platform and nominees,94.Banks, Republicans opposed to, i.186;Hamilton secures charters,186;clever trick of Burr,187;State Bank of Albany,187;Merchants' Bank of New York,189;Bank of America,191;charter granted,197.Bank of Albany, incorporation of, i.186.Bank of America of New York, incorporation of, i.191;inducements for,191.Bank of Columbia at Hudson, incorporation of, i.186.Bank of New York, incorporation of, i.186.Barker, George P., at.-gen., ii.52.Barkley, Alexander, nominated for canal com., 1868, iii.196;defeated,215;renominated, 1870,238;defeated,244;renominated, 1871,264;elected,275.Barlow, Francis C., record as a soldier, iii.129;nominated for sec. of state, 1865,130;elected,135;not renominated, 1867,174;nominated for atty.-gen., 1871,264;elected,275;fine record of,307;dropped as atty.-gen., 1873,307.Barnard, David, popular anti-masonic preacher, i.370.Barnard, George G., Tweed's trusted judge, iii.177;foppish dress,177;appearance of,177;begins 1857 as recorder,177;advanced to Sup. Court, 1860,177;part in election frauds, 1868,216;fraudulent naturalisations,216-8;exposure,246;impeached,248;death,248.Barnburners, Dem. faction, ii.126;why so called,126;leaders of,126-7;hostility to Hunkers,127;secede from Dem. con., 1847,127;withdraw from Baltimore con.,130;hold Utica con.,131;nominate Van Buren for President,131;two factions of,131;leading members,131;Buffalo con., 1848,132;indorsed Van Buren for President,133;Webster's pun,133;nominated Dix for gov.,133;Seymour unites them with Hunkers,149;nominated Seymour for gov., 1850,156;defeated,158;support Marcy for President, 1852,169-72;support Pierce and Seymour, 1852,169-78;succeed,178;Hunkers secede, 1853,180-5;nominate separate ticket,184;approved canal amendment,184;called Softshells or Softs,185;seeSofts.Barney, Hiram C., appointed collector of port of New York, ii.390;choice of Lincoln,390-6;mysterious influence in favour of,393;career of,395;crippled Weed machine,395-6;Lincoln plans to transfer him, iii.85;sustained by Chase,85;unsatisfactory collector,85;Lincoln promises Weed to remove him,87;Draper appointed in his place,97.Barnum, Henry W., record as a soldier, iii.129;nominated for prison insp., 1865,130;elected,135;renominated, 1867,196;defeated,215.Barstow, Gamaliel H., cand. for lt.-gov., 1836, ii.12;career of,13;defeated,14;state treas.,18;withdraws from politics,38.Bascom, Oliver, nominated for canal com., 1868, iii.207;elected,215.Bates, James K., nominated for prison insp., 1863, iii.76;elected,83.Bayard, James A., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii.289, note;attitude toward Tilden,354.Beach, Allen C., nominated for lt.-gov., 1868, iii.207;elected,215;renominated,231;elected,244;aspires to be gov., 1872,297;nominated for sec. of state, 1877,384;vigorously opposed in campaign,387;elected,387;renominated, 1879,424;defeated,427.Beach, John H., Seward's reliance upon, ii.34.Beale, Charles L., in Congress, ii.339, note;disapproved Weed's compromise,339, note.Beardsley, Samuel, leads Dem. forces in Congress, ii.1;heads mob against anti-slavery meeting,6;character of,53.Beauregard, Pierre T., at Charleston, S.C., iii.2;reduces Fort Sumter,3;at Bull Run,11.Beebe, George M., strong supporter of Tammany, iii.383.Beecher's Bibles, Sharpe's rifles, ii.224.Beecher, Henry Ward, active against repeal of Missouri compromise, ii.193;in campaign, 1860,240;political sermons of,329;indifference to secession,334;peaceable secession,336.Resents Lincoln's relations with Conservatives, iii.90;forsakes Johnson,163;denounces his vicious course,163;supports Rep. ticket,163;on Cornell's defeat, 1882,495.Beekman, John P., ambitious to be gov., ii.172-3.Belmont, August, at Charleston convention, ii.272;approves Weed's compromise,338,341;del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii.101;1872,287;Ch'm. of nat. ex. com.,287.Belmont, Perry, presented for gov., 1882, iii.488.Bemis, Horace, threatens to bolt leg. caucus, iii.53, note.Bennett, James Gordon, editor of N.Y.Herald, iii.36;contest with Greeley,36;favours Dix for gov.,42.Benson, Egbert, atty.-gen., i.16;at Hartford con.,28;at Annapolis,29;in Legislature,33;action on Federal Constitution,33;elected to Congress,44;appointed to Supreme Court,61.Benton, Thomas H., on Van Buren's conscription law, i.232;on Van Buren's rejection as minister,389.Betts, Samuel R., appointed to Supreme Court, i.322.Bigelow, John, ch'm. of Tilden's canal com., 1875, iii.323;declines Rep. nomination for state comp., 1874,325;accepts Dem. nomination for sec. of state, 1874,326;elected,331;Tilden's spokesman at Nat. con., 1876,342;bitterly opposed for renomination as sec. of state,380;defeated,384.Birdsall, John, on Supreme Court, i.348;induced to leave Anti-Masons,397.Birdsall, John, State senator, iii.437;declares he will vote for Blaine, 1880,437.Black, Jeremiah S., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii.289, note.Blaine, James G., oratorical castigation of Conkling, iii.168;supported by Robertson, 1876,335;thought Dems. lacked firmness, 1877,355;why Dems. favoured Electoral Com.,355;supports Conkling in contest to remove Arthur and Cornell,405;a striking tableau,405-6;again supports Conkling,410;name loudly applauded in state con., 1880,433;resented by Conkling,433;gets eighteen votes from N.Y., 1880,441;part in Robertson's appointment,469-71;Conkling's lack of confidence in,471;influence in Cornell's councils, 1882,492.Blair, Montgomery, letter to Welles, ii.192.Blatchford, Richard M., approved Weed's compromise, ii.338;acts as agent for the Government, iii.7;attends Saratoga con., 1866,144;thought Morgan's backbone missing,222.