first message of,34-5;tribute to DeWitt Clinton,35;prophetic of Erie canal,36;renominated, 1840,42;elected,45;weakness of,45;reasons for,48-50;declines renomination,50-1;unhappy, 1844,84-5;predicts disunion,86;Clay's Alabama letter,87-8;on Wilmot Proviso,102;absence of, from constitutional con., 1846,104-5;picture of candidates, 1846,121;on the stump, 1848,141-3;first meeting with Lincoln,143;elected U.S. senator,145-7;gratitude to Weed,148;opposes compromises, 1850,152;higher law speech,152;Whigs approve his course,153-5;opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise,190-3;Blair on,192-3;opposed a Rep. party, 1854,200;re-elected to U.S. senate,205-7;Raymond on,205;Evening Poston,205;opposed by Know-Nothings,205-6;gratitude to Weed,208;speech for Rep. party,217-8;criticised,219-20;speech on Kansas,225-6;declined nomination for President,229-32;hinted Weed betrayed him,230;grouty,239;suspicions of trimming,252;irrepressible conflict speech,252-3;criticism of,254;goes to Europe,260-1;bill to admit Kansas,261;speech on,265-7;criticised as bid for Presidency,267-8;Phillips, Garrison, and Greeley on,268;confident of nomination for President, 1860,283-4;on Greeley's fidelity,284, note;character of opposition,285;defeated on third ballot,289;sorrow of friends,290, note;personal bearing of,291-3;letter to wife,292;to Weed,291-3;Greeley's letter, 1854,311-17;its effect upon him,317;admits Greeley should have had an office,323;vindictiveness of,323,386;in New England,328;in the West,329;climax of career,329;predicted Alaska purchase,330;on threats of disunion,334;as to Weed's compromise,368,380;waiting to hear from Lincoln,368-9;on Buchanan's message,369-70;offered secretaryship of state,370;generally anticipated,370;Weed saw Lincoln for,371;Astor House speech,371-3;opposes Crittenden Compromise,373-4;answers Jefferson Davis,376-7;non-committalism,377-9;purpose of,377-8;Whittier's poem on,378;speech criticised,379;secession in White House,379;controversy with Mason of Virginia,381-2;brilliant and resourceful,383;modifies Lincoln's inaugural address,384-5;a blow at Curtin,386;opposes Chase,386;declines to enter Cabinet,386;tenacious as to patronage,390;conference with Harris and President,390,396,397;Barney's appointment,390-7;President or Premier,397;secures all important offices,398;Dickinson's appointment,399-401.Disapproves relief of Fort Sumter, iii.1;orders arrests,19;favours Dix for gov., 1862,41;position in Cabinet,41;views on emancipation,41;opposes Wadsworth,50;criticism of Seymour,83;relations with Lincoln,84-5;humorous illustration of,84;Radicals resent his influence with Lincoln,89;influence in state lessened,89;supports Johnson,143;favours Philadelphia con., 1866,143;shares Raymond's unpopularity,146;influence with the President,146;writes veto messages,147;speech of May 22, 1866,147;a leader without a party,149;criticised in Rep. state con., 1866,151;his home speech, 1868,212.Seymour, David L., character and career of, ii.232-3;at Charleston con.,272.Seymour, Henry, elected canal commissioner, i.261;deprives Clinton of patronage,261.Seymour, Horatio, leading Conservative, ii.53;member of Assembly,60;report on canal,61;legislative skill and influence,61;appearance,61;Hoffman and,63;elected speaker of Assembly,91-2;poise and gifts,91;beginning of leadership,91;controls in election of U.S. senators,93;fight over fourth constitutional con.,99;harmonises Hunkers and Barnburners,149;John Van Buren,150;nominated for gov., 1850,156;defeated,158;supports Marcy for President, 1852,169-72;nominated for gov., 1852,172-3;Conkling on,172;elected,178;secures canal constitutional amendment,183-4;approved by Barnburners,184;renominated for gov., 1854,197;vetoes Maine liquor law,199;defeated,203;pleads for Softs at Nat. con.,226-8;leader of united party,232;condemns Rep. party,239, note;declines nomination for gov., 1858,249;Richmond's choice for President at Charleston,276,298, note,299;name withdrawn at Baltimore,301;at Softs' state con.,325;at Dem. state peace con.,354;sentiments of,355-6, and note.View on war issues, iii.27-9;opposes a Union state con., 1861,15;nominated for gov., 1862,38;prefers another,38;Richmond's appeal to,38;his influence,40;speech of acceptance,40;criticised,44,45;speaks in campaign,47;resents Raymond's attack,47;elected,51;not a member of the Union league,61;inaugural address,61;views about the war,62;Lincoln's letter to,63;his opinion of President,63;fails to write Lincoln,64;vetoes bill allowing soldiers to vote,64;criticises arrest of Vallandigham,65;sends troops to Gettysburg,66;refuses to reply to Lincoln's thanks,67;Fourth of July speech,67;draft-riot,68;speech to rioters,68;calls them "friends,"68;no complicity,69;influence of his speech,69;his use of the word "friends,"69;cause of embarrassment,70;views about the draft,70;dilatoriness of,70;his letter to Lincoln,71;dreary speech,79, note;severely criticised,80-1;charged with nepotism,80;speeches in reply,81-2;message of, 1864,98-100;a bid for the presidency,100;heads delegation to Dem. nat. con., 1864,101;war depression favours,107;his journey to Chicago,107;candidacy for President,107;opposed by Richmond,107;dislike of McClellan,107;delegation supports him until defeat is certain,108;refuses to vote for McClellan,108;ch'm. of con.,110;his speech,110-12;delivery of,111;renominated for gov., 1864,117-9;Richmond fooled,119;criticises Lincoln,123;defeated,125;supports President Johnson,133;ch'm. Dem. state con., 1867,179;on payment of U.S. bonds,181;drops Johnson,182;on canal frauds,183;on negro suffrage,186-7;president of Nat. Dem. con., 1868,197;favours Chase for President,198;approved platform with negro suffrage,198;refuses to be candidate for President,200;nominated,201;much affected,201;accepts,204;criticism,205;high character of,208;tours the West,211;defeated,214;but carries New York,215;evidences of fraud in election,215-8;in Dem. state con., 1871,270;shabbily treated,270;absent from Dem. state con., 1872,287;also from Dem. Nat. con., 1872,287;advises Tilden not to run for gov.,311;writes platform, 1874,314;nominated for gov., 1876,346;declines,346;Tam. urges him for President, 1880,451;preferred a funeral to a nomination,451.Seymour, Horatio, Jr., nominated for state eng., 1877, iii.384;elected,387;renominated, 1879,424;elected,427.Seymour, Silas, nominated for state eng., 1882, iii.485;elected,486.Sharpe, George H., holds office of surveyor of port of New York, iii.399;successor appointed, 1877,399;suggests Arthur for Vice President, 1880,444;Conkling objects to it,444;fails to get Conkling to present Arthur's name,444;secures Woodford to do it,444;character and services,464;elected speaker of the Assembly,464;supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881,465;urges Conkling to seek re-election at Albany, 1881,481;prophecy of Payn,481, note;aids election of Miller for U.S. senator,481.Sharpe, Peter B., speaker of Assembly, i.262;unfriendly to canal,261-2;opposition silenced,262;approves Tompkins' war accounts,276;opposes Jackson,357;nominated for Assembly, 1827,358.Shaw, Samuel M., CooperstownFreeman's Journal, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Sheldon, Alexander, speaker of Assembly, i.194;charges Southwick with bribery,194.Sherman, John, aids Cornell's election as gov., 1879, iii.427;reply to criticisms,427, note;indignant over Arthur's nomination for Vice President,445, note.Sherwood, Henry, nominated for speaker of Assembly, 1863, iii.53;defeated,53."Short-hairs," faction of Tam., iii.325, note.Sickles, Daniel E., member of the Hards, ii.209;represented Tam.,249.Early life of, iii.8;offers services to Government,8;interview with President,9, note;del. to Rep. nat. con., 1868,192;ch'm. of New York delegation,192;supports Fenton,193;destroys the Erie-Gould ring,293.Sigel, Franz, named for sec. of state, 1869, iii.226;defeated,227.Silliman, Benjamin D., nominated for atty.-gen., 1873, iii.308;defeated,309.Silver-Grays, faction of Whig party, ii.155;origin of name,155;secede from Whig con., 1850,155;hold con. at Utica,155-6;indorse Hunt for gov.,156;become Know-Nothings,202,204;also Hards,204;defeated Reps., 1855,219;finally absorbed by other parties,332.Skinner, Roger, member of Council, i.288;U.S. judge,294;member of Albany Regency,294.Skinner, William I., nominated for canal com., 1862, iii.41, note;elected,51.Slavery, Jay fails to recommend abolition of, i.68,111;abolished by Legislature of New York,111;agitation against, ii.5-10;Beardsley heads a mob,6;state anti-slavery society formed,8;Van Buren's attitude toward,10-12;Wilmot Proviso,102;Free-soil movement,126-44;prohibition of, in Territories,282;platform of Rep. party,282.Sloan, George B., career and character, iii.417;elected speaker of Assembly, 1877,417;defeated for speaker, 1879,407,417;votes for Cornell, 1879,417;resented,417.Slocum, Henry W., record of, iii.128;nominated for sec. of state, 1865,129;defeated,135;aspires to be gov., 1879,421;defeated by Robinson,423;presented for gov., 1882,488;favoured by Manning,489;charges against,489;contest with Flower,491;elected congressman-at-large, 1882,498, note.Smith, Alexander, brigadier-general, relieves Stephen Van Rensselaer on Niagara frontier, i.222;character and failure of,222.Smith, Carroll E., SyracuseJournal, a leading Rep. editor, iii.413-4.Smith, Charles E., AlbanyJournal, a leading Rep. editor, iii.413;ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1880,430;character and career,430-2.Smith, Gerrit, career and gifts of, ii.7-8;Weed on,7-8;wealth of,7;becomes an Abolitionist,8;generosity of,8;organises state anti-slavery society,8;influence, 1838,25;1844,83;rescues a fugitive,165;elected to Congress,179.Del. to Rep. nat. con., 1872, iii.291;boasts that delegation is without an office-holder,291.Smith, Henry, known as "Hank," iii.250;leader of Tam. Reps.,250;controversy over,255-63.Smith, James C., at peace congress, ii.350.Smith, Melancthon, member of Poughkeepsie con., i.33;ablest opponent of Federal Constitution,34;Fiske on,34;wisdom of suggestions,34;change of mind,35;supports Clinton for gov., 1789,43.Smith, Peter, father of Gerrit, ii.7;large landowner,7.Smith, William S., appointed U.S. marshal, i.44.Smyth, John F., forsakes Pomeroy, 1879, iii.416;calls a snap con., 1880,429;career and character,429-30;supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881,465;ch'm. Rep. state com., 1882,494;disclaimed any part in fraud and treachery,498;overwhelmingly defeated,498.Social Democratic party, state con., 1877, iii.384.Softs, name of Dem. faction, ii.185;successors to Barnburners,185;why so called,185;ticket defeated, 1853,189;strained position as to repeal of Missouri Compromise,196;withdrawal of anti-slavery leaders,197;Seymour renominated for gov. by,197-8;defeated,203;disapproved extension of slavery,210;became pro-slavery,226;humiliated at Nat. con.,226-8;Seymour pleads for,226-8;unite with Hards,232;support Buchanan and Parker,232;Wood captures their state con.,257;Dickinson yields to,258;control at Charleston and Baltimore,270-9,294-303;hold separate state con., 1860,325-6;nominated Kelley for gov.,326;fuse with Constitutional Union party,326-7.Soldiers' vote, scheme to defraud, 1864, iii.124.Soule, Howard, nominated for state eng., 1877, iii.377;defeated,387;renominated, 1879,416;