first defeat,29;defeat, 1840,45;recovers state, 1841,47;divided into Radicals and Conservatives,52,126;leaders of,53,126;Radicals called Barnburners,126;Conservatives called Hunkers,126;Seymour unites two factions,149;nominated Seymour for gov., 1850,156;defeated,158;united, 1852,169-78;carried state,178;again splits into Hunkers and Barnburners,180-5;factions called Hards and Softs,185;defeated by split,189;split continued by repeal of Missouri Compromise,195;united again,232;Wood captures state con.,257;Hards yield to Softs,258;indorses Buchanan and popular sovereignty,258.Democratic peace convention, ii.354-8;met at Albany,354;Greeley on,354;utterances of Seymour, Parker, Clinton, and others,355-8.Democratic state conventions, 1861, Syracuse, iii.16;1862, Albany,38;1863, Albany,79;1864, Albany,101,117;1865, Albany,128;1866, Albany,155;1867, Albany,178;1868, Albany,205;1869, Syracuse,226;1870, Rochester,230;1871, Rochester,269;1872, Syracuse,296;1873, Utica,308;1874, Syracuse,313;1875, Syracuse,325-6;1876, Saratoga,345-6;1877, Albany,378-84;1878, Syracuse,392-3;1879, Syracuse,418-24;1880, Syracuse,449-50;also Saratoga,460;1881, Albany,484-5;1882, Syracuse,487-91.Denio, Hiram, nominated for Court of Appeals, ii.184;character of,184;elected,189.Dennison, Robert, report on canal, ii.60-1.Depew, Chauncey M., nominated for speaker of Assembly, 1863, iii.53;withdrawn,54;nominated for sec. of state, 1863,75;character of,75;elected,83;beaten for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1864,91;places Greeley in nomination for gov., 1868,195;at Rep. state con., 1871,258-9;president Lib. Rep. state con., 1872,296;nominated for lt.-gov.,297;defeated,302;cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881,466;at Blaine's request,466, note;choice of majority of Half-breeds,466;throws his votes to Platt,468;Platt's promise,468and note;sees President about Robertson's appointment, 1881,473;cand. for U.S. Senate in Platt's place,479,480;withdraws,480;president Rep. state con., 1881,485.DeWitt, Simeon, surveys route for canal, i.242;estimated cost,242;long career as surveyor-general,321.Dickinson, Andrew B., career of, ii.399, note;appointed by Seward,399;reasons for,400;criticised by Greeley,401;gratitude to Seward,401, note.Dickinson, Daniel S., leading Conservative, ii.53;ability of,53;nominated for lt.-gov., 1840,54;defeated,54;at Baltimore con.,72;declined renomination for lt.-gov.,78;elected to U.S. Senate,93;approves compromise of 1850,152;wishes to be President, 1852,169-72;opposes Seymour's candidacy for gov.,172-3;afterward supports him,177;indorsed by Hunkers, 1853,183;ambitious to be President, 1860,256;called "Scripture Dick,"257;character of,257;yields to the Softs,258;at Charleston con.,276and note,278;attacks Richmond,302-3;record as to slavery,303-4and note;hallucination,304;speech at state con. of Hards,324-5;opposes fusion with Softs,331.Sympathy with the South, iii.4;speech at Pine street meeting,4;patriotic speech at Union Square meeting,5;criticised by Southern press,10;entertaining speaker,22;nominated for atty.-gen., 1861,23;elected,29;in campaign, 1862,49;cand. for U.S. Senate, 1863,54;delegate-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864,92;ambitious to be Vice-President,94;opposed by Conservatives,94;prefers another to Lincoln for President,104and note;falls into line,122.Dillingham, William H., classmate of Talcott, i.290;on Talcott's eloquence,290.Diven, Alexander S., delegate to People's Union con., 1861, iii.22;colonel 107th N.Y. regiment,22.Dix, John A., member of Albany Regency, i.294.Sec. of state, ii.1;early career of,2;in war of 1812,2;resigns from army,2;gifts of,2;writes forArgus,2;his books,3;where educated,3;compared with Butler,3;superintendent of schools,4;elected to U.S. Senate,93;a Barnburner,132;nominated for gov., 1848,133,139;regret of,133, note;defeated,144;Seward succeeds him in U.S. Senate,145;supports Pierce, 1852,177,178, note;Pierce offers him secretaryship of state,181,352;substitutes it for mission to France,182,352;beaten by intrigue,182, note;favoured Crittenden Compromise,341;postmaster at New York City,352;secretary of treasury,352-3, note;historic despatch,352;favoured peaceable secession,353;resided at White House,354.Sympathy with the South, iii.4;acts as agent of President,7;commissioned major-general,8;criticised by Southern press,10;suggested for gov., 1862,37,49;one vote for U.S. Senate, 1863,56, note;suggested for gov., 1864,116;ch'm. Philadelphia con., 1866,144;defeated for nomination for gov.,159;nominated for gov., 1872,293;tortuous political course,294;Seymour's criticism,295;Weed's confidence in,295;renominated for gov., 1874,315;Seymour charges nepotism,316;apathetic managers,317;defeated,319;nominated for mayor of New York, 1876,346;defeated,350.Dodge, William E., at peace congress, ii.350;delivers peace petition,381.Dorn, Robert C., nominated for canal com., 1865, iii.130;elected,135.Dorsheimer, Philip, on Softs' con., 1854, ii.198.Dorsheimer, William, delegate to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii.296;nominated for lt.-gov.,313;character and ability,314;Tilden's spokesman at Dem. nat. con., 1876,342;cand. for gov., 1876,345;renominated for lt.-gov.,346;cand. for U.S. Senate, 1879,397;at Dem. state con., 1879,421;begs delegates to reject Robinson,421;announces Tarn, will bolt,422;ch'm. of Kelly's con., 1879,424;nominates Kelly for gov.,424;ch'm. of Kelly's state con., 1880,451;named as del.-at-large to nat. con.,452;delegation rejected,458.Douglas-Bell-Breckenridge fusion, ii.331;aided by money,331-2.Douglas, Stephen A., denounces Kansas immigrants, ii.224;Harriet Beecher Stowe on,224;breaks with Buchanan,246;Greeley favours him for U.S. senator,247;suggested by Republicans for President,247;sharp controversy with Davis,279-80;nominated for President,301;fusion of,331;defeated,333;criticised by Southern press, iii.10.Douglass, Frederick, nominated for sec. of state, ii.216;career and character of,216;nominated to head Rep. electoral ticket, 1872, iii.296, note;elected,302.Dowd, William, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1880, iii.462;bitter contest,462;supported by Irving Hall,462;defeated,463.Draper, Simeon, unavailable to stand for gov., ii.247;urges Lincoln's renomination, iii.88;becomes collector of customs, 1864,97;successor appointed, 1865,131.Duane, James, in first constitutional con., i.5;in Poughkeepsie con.,33;campaign of 1789,42;character and career,42;appointed U.S. judge,44.Dudley, Charles E., member of Albany Regency, i.294;in U.S. Senate,383;character of,383.Duer, William, in campaign, 1789, i.42;career and character of,42;in campaign, 1792,54.Duer, William A., son of William, i.42, noteDuer, William A., son of William A., friend of President Fillmore, ii.155.Dusenberre, George H., nominated for gov., 1875, iii.326;defeated,331.Earl, Robert, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii.226;elected,227;renominated, 1876,346;elected,350.Editors, leading Democratic, 1865-80, iii.420.Editors, leading Republican, 1880, iii.413-4.Edson, Franklin, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1882, iii.498;elected,498.Election frauds, 1866, iii.175;sudden increase in naturalization, 1866,175;state carried by fraud, 1868,215-8;practised in 1867,187-8;in 1870,242.Election of U.S. senators, influence of money, iii.221;Conkling's testimony,170.Electoral Commission, iii.352;preceded by civil war spirit,351-2;rule insisted upon by two parties,352;com. made up,353;bill passed by Dem. votes,355.Ellicott, Joseph, resigns as canal commissioner, i.261.Elmendorff, Lucas, removed Clinton from mayoralty, i.231.Ely, Alfred, in Congress, ii.339, note;disapproves Weed's compromise,339, note.Ely, Smith, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1876, iii.346;elected,350.Emancipation, opposition to, iii.17,18,34,37,76.Embargo, ordered by Jefferson, i.163;opposed by the Clintons,165,168,171;by Van Vechten and Cady,169;defended by German and Sanford,170-1,174;repeal of,179.Emerson, Ralph Waldo, influence of attack on Fort Sumter, iii.3.Emmet, Robert, son of Thomas Addis Emmet, i.357;sent to Assembly 1827,357;ch'm. Rep. nat. con., 1856, ii.232;on Seward,232.Emmet, Thomas Addis, brother of Robert Emmet, i.183;his coming to America,183-4;attorney-general,213;removed,213;request in Clinton's behalf,221;resents Clinton's removal as canal commissioner,329.England, cause of trouble with America, i.2.English, William H., nominated for Vice President, 1880, iii.457;defeated,463.Equal Rights party, history of, ii.16.Erie canal, early views and surveys of, i.241-3;discouragements,242;no help from Congress,243;Tompkins does not favour,246;opposed by Tammany,251;supported by Van Buren,251;bill passed,251;sentiment in its favour,252;work on, began,252;its progress,253;Tammany's opposition silenced,261-2;opened between Utica and Rome,327;Utica and Montezuma,327;opening of in 1825,345.Seward on, ii. 34-5-6;cost of, 1862,36;policy of enlargement,49-50;Dems. divided,52;stop and tax law of 1842,54;estimated and actual cost of,60;Seymour's prophecy,63-4;how affected by constitution of 1846,107-9;nine million loan unconstitutional,163;constitution amended,183;loan of ten and one-half millions,183-4;boast of Whigs,188.Disclosures of fraud, 1867, iii.174,182-4;aids defeats of Rep. party,182;Tilden's message against canal ring,321;colossal frauds,322;investigating com. appointed,323;prosecutions,323.Evarts, William M., at Chicago con., 1861, ii.283;presents Seward's name,288;moved to make Lincoln's nomination unanimous,289;witty remark to Curtis,289;letter to Lincoln,349, note;candidate for U.S. Senate,361;career and gifts of,361-2;work at Chicago,362;contest for senator,363-5;forces went to Harris,363-5, note.Acts as agent of the President, iii.7;proposed for gov., 1876,336;in campaign of 1879,425;criticised,425.Evershed, Thomas, nominated for state eng., 1881, iii.484;defeated,486.Fairchild, Charles S., nominated for atty.-gen., 1874, iii.326;elected,331;fine record,380;opposed for renomination,380;defeated,384.Fairman, Charles G., ElmiraAdvertiser, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Farrington, Thomas, defeated for atty.-gen., ii.92.Fay, John D., nominated for canal com., 1870, iii.231;elected,244."Featherhead," title applied to Half-breeds, iii.482.Federalists, "high-minded," who composed them, i.273;oppose Clinton's re-election, 1820,279;declared Federal party dissolved,279.Federalist, The, written largely by Hamilton, i.32;its influence,32.Federalists, The, alarmed at delay of ratification of Federal Constitution, i.35;reasons for,35;organisation of party,38;nominate Yates for gov.,38;counted out,56;anger of,59-60;elect Jay gov.,65;re-elect him,82;lose New York, 1800,91;indorse Burr for President,101;refuse to read the Declaration of Independence,176;support Clinton for President, 1812,202-8;oppose war of 1812,219-30;favour a New England confederacy,227-8;support Clinton for gov., 1817,247,252;get no appointments,255;aid Clinton's choice for speaker,258;King predicts party split,259;controlled by Clinton,267;sons of Hamilton and King declare party dissolved,279-80.Fellows, Henry, dishonest treatment of, i.256.Fellows, John R., early career, iii.459;eloquent speaker,459;follower of Tilden,459;at Dem. nat. con., 1880,459;part in spectacular reconciliation,459.Fenton, Reuben E., at birth of Rep. party, ii.211;career and character of,212;re-elected to Congress,242.Character and appearance, iii.115-6;record and service,115-6;nominated for gov., 1864,117;conducts strong campaign,125;