career and character,490;County Democracy's influence,490;nominated on third ballot,491;appearance,492;his sturdy rectitude,492;letter of acceptance,497;enormous majority,498;known as the "Veto Mayor,"499.Clews, Henry, recommends Murphy's appointment, iii.233;presents Dix for gov., 1872,294.Clinton, DeWitt, forces election of Council of Appointment, i.107;controls it,107;early career of,108;appearance and character,108-9;breaks with Jay,110;adds to authority of Council,115;prototype of political boss,115,119;destroys Burr,116,119;patronage to the Livingstons,115;elected to U.S. Senate,118;resigns,119;becomes mayor,118;with Jefferson against Burr,121;attacks Burr through press,122;assailed by Van Ness,125-6;challenged by Swartwout,127;wounds him,127;regrets it was not Burr,127;too young for gov., 1804,136;opposes Lewis' administration,149-51;bargains with the Burrites,152;hostility of Martling Men,152;three offices and salaries,153;opposed by W.W. Van Ness,153;removed from mayoralty,155;selects Tompkins for gov.,158;contrasted to Tompkins,160-1;opposes embargo,165,168,171;changes opinion,165;reappointed mayor,165;urges uncle for President,166-7;series of mistakes,167;approves Madison's and Tompkins' administrations,168;assails Federalists,168;removed as mayor,172-3;reappointed,179;hostility of Tam.,180-5;nominated lt.-gov.,181;lavish style of living,183;wealth of wife,183;income as mayor,183;Irish friends,183;lack of tact,184;ready to defeat Tompkins,184;desertion of friends,184-5;elected lt.-gov.,185;opposes charter of Merchants' Bank,189;silent as to Bank of America,196;estrangement of Spencer,197;seeks nomination for President,199;fitness for,200;nominated by Legislature,201;opposition to,201-2;Granger supports,202;opposed by Tompkins,201;by Rufus King,203-6;supported by Federalists,204-8;campaign managed by Van Buren,206-10;defeated for President,210;reasons for,210;King's election to U.S. Senate,211-2;not renominated for lt.-gov.,212;attacks Tompkins and Taylor,213;retains mayoralty,213;Riker his enemy,218;refused a command in War of 1812,221;patriotic devotion,221;removed from the mayoralty,235;record as mayor,235;canal com.,242-3;early efforts as,243;in retirement,243;begins correspondence with Post,243;plan for canal,244;heads new commission,245;friendship with Spencer renewed,245;brother-in-law of Spencer,245;cand. for gov.,245;reports on cost of canals,246-7;supported by Federalists for gov., 1817,247-8;pictures Van Buren,250;nominated for gov., 1817,250;elected,252;inaugurated,252;began work on canal,252;at zenith of fame,253;lacked politician's art,254,257;refused reconciliation with Young,254;believed Republican party would divide,254-5;refused to appoint Federalists,255;dismissed Tam. office holders,255;rivals of,255;character of messages,256;bolts party caucus,257-60;not a reformer,260;crippled in power,261;loss of canal patronage,261;sly methods of,268;removes Bucktails from office,273;calls Van Buren "arch scoundrel,"273;hesitates to remove him,274;renominated for gov.,279;without organisation,279;confident of election,281;elected,281;protests against Federal patronage,283-4;green-bag message,285;vituperative allusions to Van Buren,286, note;fails to defeat Van Buren for U.S. senator,287;trapped into opposing the constitutional con., 1821,296;friends without influence in con.,298;not renominated for gov., 1822,312;reasons for,314-5;prophetic letter,315;deceived as to Yates' popularity,320;removed as canal com.,329;great excitement,329;nominated for gov.,330-1;stirring campaign against Young,332;elected,333;about the Presidency,334-5;favours Jackson,334-6;a censorious critic,334-5, note;likeness to Jackson,336;opening of Erie canal,345;ignores old custom,347;renominated for gov., 1826,350;re-elected,352;death of, 1828,353;remarks on,354-5;Van Buren on,354;Weed on,355.Clinton, George, member first constitutional con., i.5;proposed for gov.,17;manners of,19;ancestry and career,20;elected gov.,21;Schuyler on,21;Washington on,22;hatred of Tories,23;approves revenue going to Congress,24;insists upon its collection by state,25;refuses to convene Legislature,25;Hamilton opposes,25;not candid,28;opposes revision of Articles of Confederation,29;withdrawal of Yates and Lansing,30;reproves Hamilton,31;bitterest opponent of Federal Constitution,32;ignored it in message,32;proposed another con.,33;conduct criticised,36;Washington on,36;opposed for re-election as gov.,37;Hamilton's encounter with,38;re-elected, 1789,44;a master politician,45;reasons for appointing Burr,46-7;helped by the Livingstons,47-8;renominated for gov., 1792,50;abuse and misrepresentation,54;sales of public lands,54;elected,55;known as usurper,61;refused to nominate Benson,61;argument of,61;action of Council of Appointment,62;not a spoilsman,62;declined to stand for re-election,63;renominated for gov., 1801,115;elected,115;opposed methods of Council,119;declines re-election,129;elected Vice-President,147;opposed embargo,165;urged for President, 1808,166;re-elected Vice-President,167;defeats United States Bank,186;death and character of,197-8;the great war gov.,219;plan to connect Hudson with Lake Ontario,242.Clinton, George W., son of DeWitt Clinton, ii.183;nominated sec. of state by Hunkers,183;Dem. state peace con.,356;loyal sentiments of,356-7, note.Clintonians, followers of DeWitt Clinton, i.251.Clintonians and Bucktails, 1820, two opposing parties, i.273.Clinton, James, in first constitutional con., i.5;brother of George Clinton,43;father of DeWitt Clinton,43;his character,43-4.Cobb, Howell, sec. of treas., ii.332;on election of Lincoln,332;predicts panic,332.Cochrane, John, Barnburners' platform maker, ii.197;at Charleston con.,272;career, appearance and ability of,272.Sympathy with the South, iii.4;speech at Richmond, Va.,4;loyal speech at Union Square meeting,6;enters the army,9;criticised by Southern press,10;favours freeing and arming slaves,25;nominated for atty.-gen., 1863,76, note;elected,83;signs call for Cleveland con., 1864,90;resents infringement of rights,90;president of Cleveland con.,92;denounces leaders of Rep. party,92;nominated for Vice-President,92;withdraws,120;at Rep. state con., 1871,259;joins Lib. Rep. movement,283;organises its con. for Greeley's nomination,283;calls Lib. Rep. state con. to order, 1872,296.Colden, Cadwallader D., ancestry and character, i.56,117;district atty.,117,179;prophecy as to inland navigation in New York,241;removed as mayor of New York City,287;an Anti-Mason,370.Coleman, William, editor ofEvening Post, i.117;clerk of circuit court,117;challenged by Cheetham,128;kills Cheetham's friend,128.Colles, Christopher, navigation of Mohawk River, i.242.Collier, John A., desired to be gov., 1842, ii.51;nominated Fillmore for Vice-President,137;career of,138;candidate for U.S. Senate,145.Columbia College, DeWitt Clinton in its first class, i.108.Committee of Fifty, differences with Committee of Fifty-one, i.2;assumed leadership of,2.Committee of Fifty-one, opposes Committee of Fifty, i.2.Committee of One Hundred, made up of Committees of Fifty and Fifty-one, i.4.Committee of Seventy, charged with investigating Tweed Ring, iii.247;nominate Havermeyer for mayor, 1872,299.Committee of Sixty, substituted for Committee of Fifty-one, i.4.Compromises of 1850, character of, ii.151.Comstock, George F., nominated for Court of Appeals, ii.215;character and ability of,215-6;elected,219;nominated for judge, Court of Appeals, 1861, iii.21, note.Confederates, the, resent unanimity of the North, iii.9.Confederation, pitiable condition of, i.28.Confederation, Articles of, impotent to regulate commerce, i.29;Hamilton on revision,29;con. called for revision,29.Congress, Continental, recommends a war government, i.1.Congress, Provincial, takes place of Provincial Assembly, i.4;meets, 1776,5;adopts new name,5;continues common law of England,5.Conkling, Frederick A., aspires to be gov., 1868, iii.193.Conkling, Roscoe, ambitious to be atty.-gen., ii.187;early career of,187;defeated by Ogden Hoffman,188;on Whig con., 1854,201;in campaign, 1858,251;ability as speaker,251;his muscle,251;stigmatises Dem. state peace con.,357, note;commends Clinton's loyalty,357, note;lack of tact,389.On battle of Ball's Bluff, iii.31;opposes legal tender act,32;character of,32;defeated for Congress, 1862,52;refuses to betray Lincoln,104;re-elected to Congress, 1864,125;tours state, 1866,164;cand. for U.S. Senate, 1867,166;service in House,167;Blaine's attack,168;his vanity,168;strong support by Roberts,169;declines to use money,170;wins because of ability,171;ch'm. of con., 1867,172-3;tolerant of Johnsonised Reps.,173;Fenton suspicious of,174;vigorous campaign, 1868,212;on election frauds, 1868,215;relations with Grant,232;secures Murphy's confirmation, 1870,235;bitter contest with Fenton,234-5;resumed at Rep. state con., 1870,235;hesitates to attend,236;Grant requests it,236;defeats Fenton,236;urges Curtis for gov., 1870,238;dodges vote,238;active in campaign,241-2;loses,244;Greeley attacks him,257;efforts to crush Fenton-Greeley machine, 1871,250-64;speech at con., 1871,261-63;beats Fenton organisation,263;succeeds at the polls,275;upholds Grant's administration,278-9;Robertson's dislike begins,294;speech in campaign, 1872,301;re-elected, 1873,305;offered place on U.S. Sup. Court,305;declines law partnership,305;zenith of power,305;rivalry of Tilden, 1875,329;speeches in campaign,330-1;Reps. defeated,331;aspires to be President, 1876,332;Curtis' opposition,333;mild endorsement,333;treatment in Rep. Nat. con.,333-5;fails to attend Rep. state con.,338;strong speech in campaign,347;ignores Hayes and Wheeler,347;favours Electoral Com.,356;excluded from it,356;at Rep. state con., 1877,362;Curtis' tart criticism,369-70;reply to Curtis,370-7;masterpiece of sarcasm and invective,374;attack regarded too severe,376;regretted by Rep. press,376;Curtis' opinion of,376;established newspaper at Utica,385;reason for defeat, 1877,388and note;silent on money question,390-1;at Rep. state con., 1878,391;at peace with Curtis,391-2;work in campaign, 1878,395;re-elected to Senate, 1879,397;successors to Arthur and Cornell nominated, 1877,399;dislike of President Hayes,402-3;defeats Roosevelt and Merritt,404-5;reconciliation with Blaine surmised,405-6,410;Arthur and Cornell suspended, 1878,406;fails to defeat successors,408-9;opposed adoption of hard-money platform,407;resists repeal of election laws,411-2;ch'm. Rep. state con., 1879,412;nominates Cornell for gov., 1879,414-18;his ticket elected,427;supports Grant for third term,428-30;controls Rep. state con., 1880,432;his speech,433-4;at Rep. nat. con., 1880,438-46;leader of the Stalwarts,438;remarkable receptions,439;brilliant speech,439-40;criticises Blaine,440;the faithful,306,441;opposes Stalwarts accepting Vice-Presidency,442-4;stoutly objects to Arthur taking it,444;refuses to present his name,444;hostility to Garfield,461;avoids meeting him,461;a veiled threat,461;visits Garfield at Mentor, 1880,461;avoids political topics,461;congratulates Platt on election to Senate, 1881,468;visits Mentor, 1881,468;works in harmony with President,468;Robertson appointed, Mar. 23,469;a surprise,469-70;reports and theories,469-70;a Blaine triumph,470-1;