fails to defeat it,473-6;last caucus attended, May 13,476;resignation forwarded to Cornell, May 13,476;reasons for it,477-78;seeks a re-election at Albany,478;Rep. caucus refused,479;first ballot gives highest vote,479;successor elected, July 22,482;defeats Cornell's renomination for gov., 1882,493;reasons for,493.Connolly, Richard B., known as "Slippery Dick," iii.177;suave and crafty,177;Tweed's bookkeeper,177;begins in 1857 as county clerk,177;made city comp., 1865,177;his rake-off on bills,178;exposure of, 1871,246;startling crime of,246;resigns,247;escapes to Europe with plunder,248;dies abroad,248, note.Conover, Daniel D., nominated for prison insp., 1869, iii.226;defeated,227.Conservative Democrats, first called Hunkers, ii.95.Conservatives, faction of the Dem. party, ii.52,126;favoured using surplus for canals,52,126;leaders of,53,126;called Hunkers, 1845,126;seeHunkers.Constitution, Federal, con. called, i.29;draft sent to legislatures,32;riots in New York,32;Clinton's opposition,32;Hamilton on,32;con. to ratify,33;held at Poughkeepsie,33;sacrifices of New York,34;people's dislike of,34;date of ratification,35;vote on,36;officially proclaimed,36.Constitution, State, drafted by Jay, i.8;in Jay's handwriting,13;when and how reported,13-15;approved by New England,15;conservative,15;not ratified by people,15;amended, 1801,115;new one adopted, 1821,299-310;broadened suffrage,299-302;popularised the judiciary,302-6;elective officers,307-10;changes made,311;ratified,311;new one adopted, 1846, ii.103-13;known as People's Constitution,113.Constitutional Amendments ratified, 1874, iii.320, note.Constitutional convention, first one, i.5-14;men composing it,5;assembles at Kingston, 1777,5;delegates elected by people,5;recess,6;reassembles,6;Jay drafts constitution,6;number of members,13;leader of radicals,13;hasty adjournment of,14.Second one, i.115-6;assembles at Albany, 1801,115;purpose of,115;Burr its president,115.Third one, i.298-311;assembles, 1821,298;distinguished delegates,298;Bucktail body,298;Tompkins its president,299;Van Buren its leader,298;reforms demanded,299-310;freehold suffrage,299-302;compromise suffrage,299-302;negro suffrage,299-300;suffrage to elect state senators,300-1;suffrage settled,301;Van Buren, speech of,302;sentiment against old judges,302;bitter words,303;Van Buren a peacemaker,304;former judges finally abolished,306;what con. substituted,305;justices of peace,308-10;constitution ratified,311;summary of changes made,311.Fourth one, ii.103-13;assembles,103;prominent delegates,103-4;absence of Seward,104-5;Greeley failed of election,105;popular sovereignty in,105-6;limited power of property,107;rights of negro,107;state indebtedness,107-9;elective judiciary,109-12;established Court of Appeals,111;ratified,113.Constitutional convention, 1867, iii.184;negro suffrage,185;recesses until after election,185;result submitted by legislature of 1869,227;unrestricted negro suffrage,227;defeated,227.Constitutional Union convention, The, 1863, iii.79;its platform,79, note.Constitutional Union party, organised, 1860, ii.326;Bell and Everett,326;platform of,326;fuses with Softs,326;scheme assailed,327;composition of, iii.37;opposes emancipation,37;its con., 1862,37;nominated Seymour for gov.,38.Cook, Bates, state comp., ii.36.Cook, James M., nominated comp. of state, ii.188;ambitious to be gov., 1858,247;favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864, iii.88.Cooper, Edward, figures in cipher dispatches, iii.351;asked for money by Pelton,351;informs Tilden,351;nominated for mayor of N.Y.,393-4;elected,397;strengthened by gov.'s appointments,418.Cooper, Peter, candidate for President, 1876, iii.389.Copeland, William, aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii.246."Copperheads," epithet first used, iii.58, and note.Cornell, Alonzo B., nom. for lt.-gov., 1868, iii.196;defeated,215;evidences of fraud in election,215-8;career and character,251-2;head of Rep. state organisation,251;efforts to crush Fenton-Greeley machine, 1871,250-64;bold ruling,259;defeated for nomination for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876,337-8;bitter feeling,339;his successor as naval officer appointed, 1877,399;confirmation defeated,404-5;President suspends him, 1878,406;reason for,406;successor confirmed,409;nominated for gov., 1879,416;alleged alliance with Kelly,425;reasons for the story,426;aided by Secretary Sherman,427;Sherman's excuse,427, note;elected,427;ran behind the ticket,427;did not attend Rep. nat. con., 1880,465;zenith of power,465;relations to Stalwart leaders,465;supports Platt for Senate, 1881,465;asks Garfield to withdraw Robertson's appointment,472;strained relations with Conkling,478-9;refused to become cand. against him,479;adm. as gov. approved by state con., 1881,485;cand. for renomination, 1882,492;opposed by Arthur, Conkling, and Jay Gould,493;coercion and fraud practiced,493-4;his defeat,494.Cornell, Oliver H.P., nominated for eng., 1874, iii.325;defeated,331.Corning, Erastus, at Charleston con., ii.272;at peace congress,350.Cand. for Senate, 1863, iii.55;character of,56;offices held,56;opposes Vallandigham's arrest,65;Lincoln's letter to,66;opposes Tilden, 1876,342;aspires to be gov., 1882,488;defeated,489.Cornwall, George J., nominated for lt.-gov., 1850, ii.154.Cotton Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii.165;favourable to South,165.Council of Appointment, suggested by Adams, i.8;how elected,11;proposed by Jay,11;account of,11, note;bungling compromise,12;a political machine,61;Jay's interpretation of,62;offices controlled by,62;Clinton controls it,107;modified, 1801,115-6;reduced gov. to a figure-head,119;abolished, 1821,311.Council of Revision, created by first Constitution, i.10;membership of,10;failure to act,10;model for,10.Council of Safety, appointed by first constitutional con., i.16;orders election of gov.,17.County Democracy, organisation of, iii.483;delegates admitted to Dem. state con., 1881,484;ticket elected,486;sagacity in Dem. state con., 1882,490;ostensibly for Campbell,490;solid for Cleveland,491;unites with Tam. on local ticket,498;elects city and state officials,498.Court of Appeals, established, 1846, ii.111.Court of Errors and Impeachment, created by first Constitution, i.12;composed of,12;model for,12.Court, Supreme, judges of, i.12;members of Council of Revision,10;how created,12.Cox, Jacob D., leaves Grant's cabinet, iii.279-80;joins Lib. Reps.,283;opposes Greeley,283.Cox, Samuel S., removes from Ohio to New York, iii.288, note;elected to Congress,288;criticised by Greeley,288;attends Dem. nat. con., 1872,287;favours Greeley's nomination,288.Crane, William C., defeated for speaker, ii.90;contest over constitutional con.,97-9.Crary, John, nominated for lt.-gov., 1828, i.363;unfaithful,363-4;defeated,368.Crawford, William H., favoured for President, 1816, i.237;character of,237.Crittenden Compromise, similar to Weed's, ii.340;not new to Congress,341;Greeley on,341;Dix on,341;Senate Committee of Thirteen,341-2;Republicans opposed it,342;its failure led to civil war,342;Lincoln opposed,344;majority of voters favour,347;petitions for,349.Crittenden, John J., author of compromise, ii.340;like Weed's,340;Nestor of U.S. Senate,340;weeps when Seward speaks,378.Croker, Richard, attaché of Connolly's office, iii.318;Kelly makes him marshal,318.Croswell, Edwin, editorArgus, i.294;lieutenant of Van Buren,345;opens the way for Jackson,357;gifts and career of,374; ii.56-7;met Weed in boyhood, i.374;rival editors estranged,375;seeks Weed's aid in trouble,375;associates of, ii.1;reappointed state printer,56-7;ability and leadership,58-9;after Van Buren's defeat,74,83;slippery-elm editor,84;supports Seymour for speaker,91;defeats Young,92;election of U.S. senators,93;shrewd tactics,94-5;part in Wright's defeat,123;retires from active life,134.Crowley, Richard, made U.S. atty., iii.252, note;member of Conkling machine,252;cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881,465;Stalwart leaders divide,465;fitness for position,466;handicapped by his supporters,466;defeated in caucus,468.Crowley, Rodney R., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii.326;elected,331.Curtis, Edward, elected to Congress, ii.16.Curtis, George William, in campaign, 1856, ii.240;early career of,240;refined rhetoric,240;on Kansas struggle,241;at Chicago con.,282;eloquence of,282.Reasons for Rep. defeat, 1862, iii.52;campaign of 1864,121;aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867,166;not an active cand.,169;rejects a combination,169;nominated for sec. of state, 1869,225;withdraws from ticket,225;ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1870,236;name presented for gov., 1870,238;defeated,238;on civil service reform,306;praises Tilden,310;ch'm. Rep. state con., 1875,324;opposes Conkling for President, 1876,332-3;also Cornell for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876,338;at Rep. state con., 1877,366;insists on Hayes' endorsement,366;character and early career,366;offered choice of foreign missions,366;defence of President, 1877,368;criticism of Conkling,368-70;Curtis and Conkling contrasted,370;Conkling's attack upon,371-4;his opinion of,376;at Rep. state con., 1878,391;at peace with Conkling,391;votes against Cornell, 1879,416;called a "scratcher,"424;sharp retort,425;answers Conkling's speech, 1880,434;opposed uniting with Stalwarts, 1881,467;stigmatises method of Folger's nomination for gov., 1882,495;resigns editorship ofHarper's Weekly,495, note;mistake disavowed by publishers,495, note.Curtis, Newton M., at Rep. state con., 1880, iii.434;views as to independence of delegates,434;supports instructions of state con.,434.Curtis, William E., activity in reform, 1871, iii.268;at Dem. state con., 1871,272.Cutting, Francis B., attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii.144.Cuyler, Theodore L., on Cornell's defeat for renomination, 1882, iii.495.Danforth, George F., nominated for atty.-gen., 1874, iii.325;defeated,331;nominated for judge Court of Appeals, 1876,339;defeated,350;renominated, 1878,392;elected,397.Davenport, Ira, supports Rogers for U.S. Senate, 1881, iii.466;nominated for state comp., 1881,485;elected,486.Davis, David, Lincoln's manager at Chicago con., ii.288;on Vallandigham's arrest, iii.66;favoured for President, 1872, iii.282;defeated,286;elected U.S. senator, 1881,356;fails to go upon Electoral Com.,356;blow to the Dems.,356.Davis, Jefferson, sharp controversy with Douglas, ii.279-80;reasons for secession,375-6;conditions on which he would accept peace, 1864, iii.102-3.Davis, Matthew L., urged for appointment by Burr, i.121;literary executor of Burr,145;leader of the Burrites,152;bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton,181.Davis, Noah, cand. for U.S. Senate, 1867, iii.166;character and ability,166;Fenton not helpful,171;defeated by Conkling,171.Dawson, George, AlbanyJournal, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Dayton, Jonathan, member Council of Appointment, i.231.Dayton, William L., nominated for Vice-President, ii.229.Dearborn, Henry, in command on Canadian border, i.221;career and character of,221;plan of campaign,221;failure of,222;offers to resign,222;further failures,223;retires,223.De Lamatyr, Gilbert, nominated for prison inspector, 1867, iii.174;defeated,188.Delegate conventions, beginning of, i.250;prototype of modern con.,327,331.Democratic national conventions, Chicago, 1864, iii.107-9;New York City, 1868,196-201;Baltimore, 1872,287-90;St. Louis, 1876,342;Cincinnati, 1880,455-9.Democratic party, organised by Van Buren, i.349,350,365;its first national con.,391;opposes U.S. Bank,393;triumph of,396;sweeps state, 1834,404.Again in 1836, ii.13-14;