agent for state lotteries,289.McKean, James B., congressman, ii.338;disapproves Weed's compromise,338.Del. to People's Union con., 1861, iii.22;colonel 67th N.Y. regiment,22;nominated for sec. of state, 1867,174;defeated,188.McKelway, St. Clair, brilliant editor of AlbanyArgus, iii.419;influence of,419;returns to BrooklynEagle,419, note.McKenzie, William L., connected with Canadian rebellion, ii.23-4.McKnown, James, recorder at Albany, i.347;forced upon Regency,347;aids Van Buren's conciliatory policy,347.McLaughlin, Hugh, leader of Kings County Democracy, iii.421;favours Robinson for gov., 1879,421.McNeil, David B., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii.120;defeated,125;renominated,207;elected,215;renominated,273;defeated,275.McNutt, Andrew J., nominated for prison insp., 1865, iii.129;defeated,135.Mackin, James, nominated for state treas., 1877, iii.384;elected,387;renominated, 1879,424;defeated,427.Madison, James, renominated for president, i.197,201;character of,199,200;offers Tompkins place of sec. of state,237;dislike of Armstrong,238;dislike of Monroe,239.Magone, Daniel, member of Tilden's canal commission, 1875, iii.323.Maine Liquor law, introduced by Clark, ii.199;vetoed by Seymour,199.Manhattan Bank, clever trick of Burr to charter, i.187.Manning, Daniel B., early career, iii.419;genius for political leadership,419;successor of Richmond,419;controls Robinson's candidacy, 1879,420;his rare tactics,421;ticket defeated by Kelly's bolt,427;controls Dem. state con., 1880,449;iron-clad unit rule,450;endorses Tilden for President,450;action at Dem. nat. con., 1880,454-6;an indefinite letter,454;a definite telegram,456;delegation's loss of prestige,456;controls Dem. state con., 1881,484;great victory, 1882,498.Marble, Manton, writes Dem. platform, 1876, iii.344;cipher dispatches, 1876,350;a leading Dem. editor,420.Marey, William L., favours King's re-election to U.S. senate, i.269;adjutant-general,289;career, character, and appearance of,289-94;capture of St. Regis,293;original member of Albany Regency,293-4;death of,294;highest mountain in state named for,294, note;becomes comp., 1823,321;appointed to Supreme Court,360;investigates death of Morgan,360;in U.S. senate,385;record as comp. and judge,386;failure as senator,386-8;to victors belong the spoils,389;injures Van Buren,389, note;nominated for gov., 1832,394;"the Marcy patch,"395;elected,396;"Marcy's mortgage,"400;renominated for gov., 1834,403;hot campaign,403-4;elected,404.Member of a powerful group, ii.1;writes forArgus,2;attitude toward slavery,10;renominated, 1836,11;elected,14;signs bank charters,16;renominated for gov., 1838,22;review of his administration,23-5;defeated,28;appointed to Mexican Claims Commission,30;canal policy,49;sec. of war,94;a Hunker,127;becomes a Barnburner,169;candidate for President, 1852,169-72;Seymour favours,169-72;sec. of state,181-2.Martindale, John H., record as a soldier, iii.130;nominated for atty.-gen., 1865,130;elected,135.Martling Men, forerunners of Tammany Hall, i.132,170;charge Clinton with duplicity,352.Mason, Charles, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1867, iii.174;defeated,188;renominated, 1869,226;defeated,227.Matthews, James N., BuffaloExpress, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Matthews, Stanley, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii.283;opposes Greeley's nomination,283.Maxwell, Hugh, collector port of New York City, ii.153;opposes Seward's endorsement,153-4.Maxwell, Robert A., nominated for state treas., 1881, iii.484;elected,486.May, Samuel J., rescues a fugitive slave, ii.165.Mead, Sidney, nominated for canal com., 1873, iii.308;defeated,309.Mears, John W., nominated for gov., 1879, iii.412;defeated,427.Meigs, Henry, member of Congress, i.285;correspondence with Van Buren,285.Mellspaugh, George W., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii.309;defeated,309.Merritt, Edwin A., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii.296;on com. to confer with Dems.,296;nominated for state treas., 1875,325;defeated,331;nominated for surveyor of port of New York, 1877,399;confirmation defeated,404-5;appointed collector of customs, 1878,406;career and character,406;able administrator,406;confirmed,409;nominated for con.-gen. to London, 1881,469;confirmed,477.Miller, Elijah, father-in-law of Seward, i.318;early friend of Weed,318.Miller, Jedediah, opposes Tompkins' accounts, i.276.Miller, Theodore, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii.314;elected,319.Miller, Warner, early career, iii.467;character and ability,467;aids election of Platt to U.S. senate, 1881,468;nominated for U.S. senator,480;elected,481;ch'm. state Rep. con., 1881,485.Minthorne, Mangle, daughter married Tompkins, i.161;leader of Martling Men,161;bitter opponent of Clinton,161,181.Missouri Compromise of 1820, i.272, ii.190;repeal of, ii.190-5;Seward on,191;excitement over,192-5;opposition to,193-5;John Van Buren on,195;Marcy on,195.Mitchell, Samuel Latham, character of, i.74;friend of Priestly,74;attainments of,75;member of Assembly,75;steam navigation,75;associated with R.R. Livingston,77;friend of DeWitt Clinton,108;in U.S. senate,170.Mohawk River, early schemes for its navigation, i.242.Mohawk River Valley, attracts New Englanders, i.81.Monroe, James, disliked by Madison, i.239;helped by Van Buren,240.Mooers, Benjamin, deserts DeWitt Clinton, i.279.Moore, Sir Henry, projects canal around Little Falls, i.242."Morey letter," in campaign, 1880, iii.462;Garfield brands it a forgery,462;fictitious character made clear,462;used by Dems. with great force,462.Morgan, Christopher, sec. of state, ii.127.Morgan, Edwin D., at birth of Rep. party, ii.213;nominated for gov., 1858,248;character and career of,248;elected,255;at Chicago con., 1860,283;renominated for gov., 1860,328;elected,333;conservative appeal to Legislature,348.Forwards troops promptly, 1861, iii.7;acts as agent of President,7;thinks Wadsworth available for gov., 1862,42;declines renomination, 1862,44;creditable record,44;elected to U.S. senate, 1863,54;taste for political life,54;criticised,55;at Rep. state con., 1863,74;bitter feeling against,74;urges Lincoln's renomination,87;supports Johnson,142;votes to override veto,142;seeks re-election to U.S. senate, 1869,219;weakened by association with Johnson,219;supported by Conkling's followers,220;defeated by Fenton,222;at Rep. nat. con., 1876,333;nominated for gov., 1876,338;defeated,350;declines secretaryship of treasury, 1881,486.Morgan, William, career of, i.359;disclosure of Free Masonry,359;abduction of,359;left at Fort Niagara,359;drowned in Lake Ontario,360;excitement over crime,359-60;investigation of,360;punishment of conspirators,360;seeAnti-Masons.Morris, Gouverneur, elected to U.S. senate, i.71;family of,71-2;association with Hamilton and Jay,73;conservatism of,74;life in Paris,74, note;opposes Burr,100;supports DeWitt Clinton for President,202-6;favours disunion,228;predicts construction of Erie canal,241;canal commissioner,243.Morris, Lewis, member first constitutional con., i.5;served in Continental Congress,72;family of,71-4.Morris, Richard, in first constitutional con., i.5;nomination as gov. desired,39;character of,40;on Hamilton's speech at Poughkeepsie,40;treatment of Gouverneur, his half brother,72.Morris, Robert, member of Poughkeepsie con., i.33.Morris, Staats Long, served in Parliament, i.73;family of,71-4.Morrissey, John, opposes Dix for gov., 1866, iii.158;breaks with Kelly, 1875,325;faction known as "Swallow-tails,"325;delegation rejected by Dem. state con.,325;organises Irving Hall, 1875,331;runs for state senator,331;endorsed by Reps.,331;elected,331;reunites with Kelly, 1876,346;opposes Kelly, 1877,382-3;runs for state senator against Schell, 1877,386;fierce fight,386;great victory,388;death,388.Morton, Levi P., defeated for Congress, 1876, iii.350;elected, 1878,397;declines to become a candidate for Vice-President, 1880,444;acts upon Conkling's advice,444;choice of Conkling for U.S. senator, 1881,465;suggested for sec. of treas. and navy,468;declines secretaryship of navy, 1881,469;becomes ambassador to France, 1881,469.Morton, Oliver P., speaks in New York, iii.282;prophecy as to Lib. Rep. nat. con.,282.Mosely, Daniel, appointed to Supreme Court, i.366.Mozart Hall, organisation of, 1858, iii.30;represents Fernando Wood,30;nominates Wood for mayor,30;defeated,29;after 1866 failed to present a ticket,268, note.Mulligan, John W., appointed surrogate of New York, i.179.Murphy, Henry C., character of, iii.156;aspirant for gov., 1866,156;active in campaign, 1867,186;at Dem. nat. con., 1868,197;heads com. on res.,197;career of,197;aspirant for gov., 1868,205.Murphy, Thomas, charges Fenton with graft, 1869, iii.221;appointed collector of New York, 1870,233;bitter criticism of,233;by whom recommended,233;Conkling secures his confirmation,235;contest with Fenton,234-5;changes made in custom-house,251, note;efforts to crush Fenton machine,250-63;severely criticised,279;supports Crowley for U.S. senate, 1881,465.Myers, Charles G., presents Dix's name for gov., 1862, iii.44.Nast, Thomas, cartoons Tweed ring, iii.245;rejects enormous bribe,245;startling cartoon,274;Tweed proposes to stop the paper,274.National Advocate, edited by Noah, i.262;opposition to Erie canal,262;silenced,262.National Greenback Labor Reform party, iii.389;hist. of its organisation,389;con. Syracuse, 1878,389;its principles,389;represents large vote,397;its influence on Dem. party,397;holds state con., 1879,412.National Republicans, followers of Adams, 1828, i.361;adopt ticket of Anti-Masons, 1832,393;reason for defeat,396;party, 1834, becomes Whig,399.National Union state convention, 1866, iii.154;substitute for Dem. state con.,154;attended by Reps. and Dems.,155;Dix defeated by Hoffman for gov., 1866,159;platform for home rule,160.Native American party, organised, 1844, ii.82;opposed foreigners voting or holding office,82;confined to New York City,82;elected a mayor, 1844,82;in constitutional con., 1846,97-100;revived, 1854, as Know-Nothings,201;secret methods of,201;Seward opposed to,201-2;unknown strength of,202-3;Silver-Grays partial to,202;nominations, 1854,202;defeated,204;its con., 1855,214;elected its ticket,216;defeated, 1858,255;endorse Reps. and Dems., 1859,258-9;Wilson on,259.Negro suffrage, i.299-300.Left it to Southern state, iii.128;Greeley advocates it,128;Weed and Raymond oppose it,130;Rep. state con., 1865, dodges it,133;not squarely met, 1866,153;aids to defeat Rep. party, 1867,185-7;defeats Constitution of 1867,227.Nelson, Absolom, nominated for canal com., 1870, iii.238;defeated,244.Nelson, Homer A., nominated for sec. of state, 1869, iii.226;elected,227;aspires to be gov., 1872,297;again an aspirant for gov., 1882,488.Nelson, Samuel, member of constitutional con., 1821, i.298;career of,298;investigates death of Morgan,360;made justice of U.S. Supreme Court, ii.97,103;in constitutional con., 1846,103.Nepotism, practised by DeWitt Clinton, i.117,347;Gov. Lewis,147;Gov. Yates,321;Gov. Bouck, ii.57.Gov. Seymour, iii.80;Gov. Dix,316.Newspapers, leading Rep. journals in state, iii.413-4;leading Dem. journals in state,420.New York City merchants, their losses, 1861, iii.31.New York City, work of radicals in, i.1;census of, 1820,295.New York, Colony of, tainted with Toryism, i.23.New York draft-riot, 1863, iii.68,69.New YorkEvening Post, established by Hamilton and Jay, i.117;edited by William Coleman,117.New York Legislature, gerrymander of, iii.397-8.New York troops, promptly forwarded after Lincoln's call, 1861, iii.7;engaged at battle of Bull Run,12, note.Nicholas, John, member of Council of Appointment, 1807, i.156.Nichols, Asher P., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii.231;elected,244;renominated, 1871,273;defeated,275;renominated,308;defeated,309.Noah, Mordecai Manesseh, editorNational Advocate, i.262;character and career of,262,351;opposed to Erie canal,262;opposition silenced by Van Buren,262;supports Clinton for gov., 1826,351.North, S. Newton Dexter, AlbanyExpress, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.