Abolitionists—Abolition Intelligencer,35;brute force dooms slavery,77-78;early western movements of,35;favor emancipation in District of Columbia,144-146;Garrisonian,117;"Genius,"35;Illinois, hated in,76-78;political,118-119;public service performed,78.Adams, John Q.,22.Alton Observer,83.American Government, Lincoln's Essay on,28.American party, see Know-nothing party.American Preceptor,35.Anti-slavery, see Slavery.Armstrong, Jack,43-44,46.Atchison, D. R.,158.Baker, Col. E. D.,90,96-98,112-115,121,128,138,149.Battles, greatest,161.Birney, James G.,118.Bissel, Gov.,195.Black Hawk War,47.Bloomington Convention,190-193.Brackenridge, John V.,31.Brooks, Preston S.,190.Browning, O. H.,90,138.Buchanan, Pres. James,194-195,201,203-205.Burke, Edmund,119.Butterfield, Justin,149-150.Calhoun, John (Ill.),55-56,90-91,119.Calhoun, John C.,20,116-117,158.Campaign, 1834, in Ill.,59.Campaign, 1836, in Ill.,64.Campaign, 1838, in Ill.,87-88.Campaign, national 1840, exuberant speech,95-96.Campaign, national 1844,116-120.Campaign, national 1848,137-142.Campaign, national 1852,155.Capitalists,74.Cartwright, Rev. Peter,124-127.Cass, Gen. Lewis,138,140.Chase, S. P.,145.Chatham,119.Civilization, test of,213.Clary Grove boys,43-44,50,66-67.Clay, Henry,18,22,34,116-120,138,153-155,159;colonization proposal,154-155;tribute to in defeat,120.Clinton, De Witt,23-24.Columbian orator,35.Compromise,147;slavery not settled by,158.Compromise measures, 1850,152.Convention system,110-111.Darbey, J. F.,141.Davis, Judge David,180.Dawson,60.Democratic Party—Anti-Nebraska Democrats,190;banks, hostility to,105;New Salem Democrats work for Lincoln,54-55;Northern complicity in crime of Kansas,201-202;Northern repudiate Kansas crime,202;Northern resent Southern support of Taylor,144;patriotic minority in 1854,165-166;run Lincoln as candidate in 1834,58.Democracy, political religion of Lincoln,217.Dixon, Archibald,158.Douglas, Fred,20,35.Douglas, Stephen A., See Lincoln,—Buchanan, braves,203;conqueror, returns as in 1858,204-205;debate, defeats Ewing in,97;debate, Whig's challenge to,90;Democratic administration fights,202-203;howled down in Chicago,162;judiciary reorganized,100-101;Kansas issue, not the author of,157-158;Lincoln, debates with,92,97-99,119,170-175,211;Missouri Compromise,167-168;patriot, not humanitarian,159;Republican leaders coquette with,203-204;senate, Anti-slavery leaders in, confounded by,170;State Fair speech,162-163;Supreme Court, Jackson's attack on,199.Dred Scott decision, See Lincoln.Dueling,105.Economic interest,216.Edwards, Cyrus, angry at Lincoln,149-150.Emancipation, gradual,147.Emancipation proclamation,86.Emancipation, race,85.Erie Canal,22-23.Ewing, W. L. D.,73.Ewing, Gen. John,97.Fillmore, Pres. Millard,150,194.Ford, Gov.,69-70.Forquer's lightning rod,67-68.Franklin,199.Free Soil men,142-143.Fremont, J. C.,193-195.Garrison, W. L.,173,185.Gentry, Allen,34.Gentryville, Ind., people of,31-32.Giddings, J. R.,145.Gillespie, Joseph,106.Graham, Minter,42,55.Great Britain,117.Great Debate, The,91.Greeley,127,133,204-205.Grigsby, Nat., Story of,119.Grigsbys, fight with,32-33.Hardin, John J.,112,115,121-124,128.Harrison, Pres. W. H.,90,95-96.Head, Jesse,19.Heine's, Lorelei,219,220.Henry, Patrick,119.Herndon, W. H.,82,109-112,131-132,156,163-165,177,188,192-193,204,207-208.Herndon, Rowan,45.Ideals, political,219-220.Illinois—Abolitionism, hated in,76;Abolition societies, early in,35;Black code of,76;judiciary in politics,100-102.Indiana—Gentryville,31-32;internal improvement policy,22-24;pioneer politics,21-23;Spencer County,21,24;Statutes revised,28,30.Injustice, nation cannot live on,208.Internal improvement policy,22-24,68-69,89.Jackson, Andrew,22,34,50,56,117,124-125,141,199.Jayne, William,176.Jefferson,17,154,199.Johnston, John, step-brother of Lincoln,30,32.Judicial system of Ill. prey of partisanship,100-102.Kansas, Neb. struggle,181-183,189,201-204;crisis, national, marked by,182;Lecompton Constitution,202;violence begets violence,189.Kentucky—Abolitionism,18,35;Anti-federalist,17;frontier life,15-17;law-abiding,16-17;passion for politics,17;pioneer hardships,16;schools,16;slavery,18.Know-nothing party,190;seek Lincoln,182;opposed by Lincoln,185,187.Labor, Lincoln sympathizes with,135-136;grapple with slavery,182.Lambourn, Josiah,90.Lamon, W. H.,93,100,102,109-110,163,192,207-208,210.Legislature Ill. in 1834,60-61;corruption in,126.Liberty men,118.Lincoln, Abraham,—Abolitionist, not,41.Ambition,53-54,109-110.American Government, essay on,28.Ancestry,15.Aristocrat, charged with being,113-114.Armstrong, Jack, fight with,43-44.Athlete,36,44.Bargain with Democrats in 1834,58.Black Hawk War,47-49.Campaign, 1840, active for Gen. Harrison,96.Campaign, 1844;enthusiastic forClay,119;speaks in Indiana,119.Campaign, 1848,137-142;strong for Taylor,137-138;speaks in New England,142.Campaign, 1852;colorless,155.Campaign, 1856, received flattering vote for vice-presidency in Republican convention,193;great demand for as speaker,193-194.Campaign, purse returned by,87-88.Capitalists, comment on,74.Capitol removed from Vandalia to Springfield,70-71.Captain, elected in Black Hawk War,47-48.Clary Grove boys, the,43-44.Clay, Henry—admirer of,119;opposed to in 1848 campaign,138;tribute to at death,153-155.Colonization proposal of Clay—approved by,154-155.Congress, candidate for, in 1843—bargain as to nomination at Pekin Convention,121;defeated by Baker,113-115;explanation of his defeat,114-115;Hardin defeated by for the nomination in 1846,121-124;elected in 1846, defeating Cartwright,126-127.Congress, in,—anti-slavery radical resolution opposes,144;anti-slavery bill skillfully introduces,144-145;democratic postmaster general supports,135;internal improvement policy approves,136-137;Mexican War, attitude to,127-134;Mexican War policy, hateful to constituents,131,151;speech, Campaign,139;"Spot resolutions,"130,151;training in,151;war of aggression, opposes,129-134;Wilmot Proviso, votes for,144.Conservative radical,79.Convention system, favors,110-111.Court trial, attended by,31.Debater,—convincing,141-143;demagogue, exposes,88;fairness in debate,66;skill in,175;youthful,31,47.Douglas—followed with facts,98-99;match for,175;popular sovereignty doctrine crushed,171-172;sought by Lincoln in debate,91-92;sophistry of exposed,170;State fair speech, replied to,163;truce tendered Lincoln,174-175.Declaration of Independence—not a lie,174,199-200.Deist, charged with being,115,126.Demagogue, exposed by,88.Democrats—bargain with,58;charges with having vulnerable heels,92;popular with,54.Democracy, faith in,63-64.Disappointments, familiar with,54.Diplomacy,74-75.Dred Scott Decision,197-200;Lincoln's opposition to,198-199;weakened respect for Supreme Court,198.Drink, does not,87.Duality of his life,35-36.Duels—Ewing with,73;Shields with,104-105.Education—books that mould his political opinions,28-30;early,19-20;law, studies,56;learning, love of,27;legislature in,60-61;libraries, haunts,161;method of,26-27;practical for leadership,36-38;subjective,27,36;Weems' Life of Washington,29.Environment,20,32,33;poverty of,25,26;Kentucky,17-18.Fairness,46.Federalist,17.Financier—69,99;De Witt Clinton, aims to be of Ill.,68;merchant, failure as,45-46.Foresight—foresees slavery struggle,47,127,132,157,172.Free Soil Men attacked,142;converted,143.Genius, towering and race emancipation,85.Greatness,216-217.Greeley corrected,133.Grigsbys, fight with,32.Harrison, Gen. W. H., candidacy for presidency promoted,90.Herndon, W. H., see Herndon above;letter to,111-112.Hero of New Salem,57.Honesty,45.Horse races, judge at,45.Humility—50,54,91,100;lesson in at murder trial,31.Imagination,139.Indian, protects old,48-49.Internal improvements—public lands proceeds for,61-63;persistent supporter of,68,69,89,136-137.Judiciary—function of,198-199;Jackson's attitude to,199;opposes political interference with by legislature,101;speaks bitterly of relation to slavery,156;war on Dred Scott decision,198-200.Justice, nation cannot exist on injustice,208;negro, to,170;south, to,168-169.Kindness,46-47.Know-nothingism,184-185,187,190;