how composed,379,380;
difficulties of, on tariff question, result in compromise,381,382;
Greeley nominated for President by,383,384.
CincinnatiCommercial,372.
Citizens of U. S., definition of, in 14th Amendment,283.
Civil Rights bill, introduced by T.,257;
T.'s proposed amendment to, debated in Senate,265ff.;
passes Senate,271, and House,272;
vetoed by Johnson,272;
passed over veto,272,273;
held constitutional by Circuit Court of U. S.,274;
in Supreme Court,275ff.;
Bingham's objections to,281;
relation of 14th Amendment to,282,283;
T.'s course on,424,425.
Civil Rights Cases,109U. S.,275,276.
Civil service, demoralization of, under Grant,341,342.
Civil-service reform, T. on,359,376.
Civil War, the, could not have been averted,xxi,xxii.
Clark, Daniel, Senator,262,264.
Clay, Clement C., Senator, his farewell speech in Senate,121;100.
Clay, Henry,xxvi,xxxi,27,39,125.
Clayton, John M.,63n.
Cleveland, Grover, orders troops to Chicago,414;413.
Clifford, Nathan, Justice Sup. Court,289,409.
Clingman, Thomas L., Senator,419.
Cochrane, John, General, nominated for Vice-President by anti-Lincoln Republicans (1864),219,220.
Cole, Cornelius, Senator,314.
Coles, Edward, and the "Anti-convention"
Contest in Ill.,27,28.
Colfax, Schuyler, elected Vice-President (1872),333;
and Grant,393,394;
and the Crédit-Mobilier,402;80,331,359.
Collamer, Jacob, Senator, speech of, on Kansas affairs,65;
attacks T.'s Confiscation bill,173,174;55,102,198.
Collins, James H.,30.
Colonization Society,xxxi.
Compromise of 1860,xxi,34,124,125.
Confederate States.SeeStates, seceding.
Confiscation bill, concerning slaves only, introduced by T., and passed by Congress,168.
Confiscation bill (II), introduced by T. (Dec. 1861),173,176;
debated all the session,173ff.;
report of Conference committee on, adopted,175;
Lincoln proposes to veto,175;
passage of joint resolution interpreting,175;
the first step toward full emancipation,176;
trifling proceeds of confiscation under,176;
controversy over enforcement of,176,177.
Congress, adopts Missouri Compromise,xxx;
passes Kansas-Nebraska bill,37;
Pres. Pierce's special message to, on Kansas affairs,55;
Pres. Buchanan's first message to,76;
Buchanan recommends admission of Kansas to,81;
passes first Confiscation bill,168;
debate on second Confiscation bill in,173ff.;
Pres. Johnson's first message to,244,245;
power of, to pass laws for ordinary administration of justice in states,258-260,265ff.;
attacked by Johnson,286;
radicals in, and the Milligan case,289,290;
makes general of the army virtually independent of the President,291;
measures of reconstruction passed by, over vetoes,291-295;
and impeachment of Johnson,303ff.;
intensity of contest in,312;
and the McCardle case,328-330;
passes Act of March 27, 1868, over veto,330;
and the 15th Amendment,338-340;
Pres. Grant's message to, on Ku-Klux-Klans,356;
and the Amnesty bill,359,360;
and the Crédit-Mobilier,402.
And seeHouse of Representatives, Reconstruction, Committee on, and Senate.
Congress of the Confederation, and Jefferson's ordinance concerning slavery (1784),xxviii,xxix;
passes Ordinance of 1787,24,25,29.
Congressional Globeof 1860-61,114.
Conkling, Roscoe, Senator,281,331,339,355,362,363.
Connecticut, opposed to nomination of Seward,103.
Constitution of U. S., obstacles to ratification of, xxii andn.;
its "educational work,"xxvi,xxvii;
and the power to free slaves,222,223;
projects of amending, in that regard,223;
the James F. Wilson resolution,223;
the Henderson resolution,223,
reported by T. in amended form,224.
AmendmentXIII, reported by T. in Senate,224;
his speech thereon,224-226;
favored by Henderson and R. Johnson,227;
adopted by both branches,228;
scene in House described by Julian,228andn.;
ratified by States,229,252;
Seward's interpretation of,229;
discussed in connection with Freedmen's Bureau bill,258,260;
and the Civil Rights bill,267,269,270;
construed by Supreme Court in U.S. v. Harris,275,358,
and in Civil Rights Cases,276,277;
T.'s connection with,422.
AmendmentXIV, construed by Supreme Court in U.S. v. Harris,275,358,
and in Civil Rights Cases,276;
prepared and reported by Joint Committee on Reconstruction,282,283;
provisions of,283;
passes both houses,283;
history of framing of,284n.;
Southern States refuse to ratify, and why,287;
and the power of Congress to enforce ordinary civil law in the states,356,357,358.
AmendmentXV, construed by Supreme Court in U.S.v.Harris,276,358;
history of,338-340;
passed by Congress,339;
text of,340;
ratified by States,340.
"Convention party," the, attempts to amend Illinois constitution to legalize slavery,25,26; defeat of,27.
Cook, Burton C.,41,43,45,46n.,93.
Cook, Daniel P., in the "anti-convention" contest,27,28;
Cook County, Ill., named for,27.
Cooper Union, Liberal Republican meeting at,376,377.
Copperheadism, Vallandigham the incarnation of,203.
Corbett, Henry W., Senator,314.
Corning, Erastus,205.
Corwin, Thomas, Congressman,112,117.
Cotton-gin, results of invention of,xxxii.
Cowan, Edgar, Senator, attacks T.'s Confiscation bill,173;
his great speech in favor ofhabeas corpussuspension act,201;
on Civil Rights bill,269,271,272;146,261,262,285,286,323.
Cox, Jacob D., appointed Secretary of Interior,337,338;
why he resigned,349,350;353,373.
Crédit-Mobilier scandal, the,401,402.
Cresswell, John A. J., appointed Postmaster General,337.
Crittenden, John J., Senator, his compromise measure, debated and rejected by Senate,115-117;48,60,66.
Crittenden Compromise, debated,115,116;
T's speech against,115,123-138;
rejected by Senate,117;
letters to T. from Illinoisans concerning,117-119.
Cullom, Shelby M., Senator, quoted,293;
defeats T. for governor of Ill.,412.
Cummings, Alexander, one of Cameron's agents,143,178;
the leading figure in War Dep't scandal,178ff.;
a candidate for office under Johnson,181n.
Curry, J. L. M., letter of, to Doolittle, as to Southern views,255,256.
Curtin, Andrew G., Governor, vote for in Cincinnati Convention,383;106,144,374,377,378.
Curtis, Benjamin R., of counsel for Pres. Johnson,309.
Curtis, George W.,338,368.
Curtis Commission on Civil Service Reform,376.
Dabney, Rev. R. L., his account of the Lincoln-Baldwin Interview,161,162.
"Danites."SeeBuchanan Democrats.
Darrow, Clarence S., quoted, on T.'s "socialistic trend,"425,426;414.
Davidson, G. C.,179,180.
Davis, David, and Cameron's appointment,142ff.;
bargains with delegates from Penn. and Ind.,142,429;
his influence with Lincoln,143andn.;
opinion of, in Milligan case,289;
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination at Cincinnati,377,378;
his candidacy objected to by editors,380,381;
and the Electoral Commission (1877),409;178,384.
Davis, Garrett, Senator, on Civil Rights bill,270;161,234.
Davis, Henry Winter, Congressman, opposes Lincoln's reëlection,220.
Davis, Jefferson, and "Squatter Sovereignty,"94,95;
his resolutions aimed at Douglas's nomination,95;
not a hothead,110;
his speech of Jan. 10, 1861,110;
his last speeches in Senate,114,115;
his farewell speech,121;
his Rise andFall of the Confederate States,123n.;83.
Dawes, Henry L., Congressman, on purchases of cavalry horses,182,183;
on corruption in government service,184;
replies to Cameron's statement to Hamlin,188,189;304,354.
Dayton, William L., Senator,69,142.
Debs, Eugene V., and the Pullman strike,413-415;
T. counsel for,414,415.
Delahay, M. W., opposition to his appointment as district judge,213,214;
appointed, impeached, and resigns,214;100,101andn.
Dement, Isaac T., on affairs in Kansas,53.
Democratic National Convention at Baltimore (1860), nominates Douglas,96;
Southern delegates secede from,96; 107;
(1872) adopts platform and candidate of Liberal Republicans,394.
Democratic party, in North, split by Kansas-Nebraska bill,37.
Democrats, condemn suspension of habeas corpus and arbitrary arrests,194,197;
in Senate, oppose habeas corpus suspension bill,198,199,
and filibuster against it,200-203;
in North, protest against Vallandigham's trial and sentence,205;
in Congress, oppose 13th Amendment,228,
but not unanimously,228n.;
union of, with Liberal Republicans, suggested by M. D. Sands,353;
sympathy of, with that movement,372ff.,379;
dissentient (in 1872), nominate O'Conor and Adams,394.
Denver, John A., appointed Governor of Kansas,73.
Develin, John E.,179.
Dexter, Wirt,208.
Dickens, Charles, describes Belleville, Ill., inAmerican Notes,14,15.
Disfranchisement, chief cause of bad conditions in South,356.
Dixon, Archibald, Senator, and repeal of Missouri Compromise,34;49.
Dixon, James, Senator, opposes inquiry as to arbitrary arrests,192,193;
his vote
against Impeachment,323;247,261,264,265,285,313.
Dodge, Augustus C., Senator,35.
Dodge, Grenville M., General,227,334n.,394.
Dodge, William E.,365.
Doolittle, James R., Senator, on Tenure-of-Office bill,303;
his vote against impeachment,323;
his resignation demanded,323;150,194,220,233,247,261,273n.,285,313,329,419,423.
Dougherty, John,18,89,90.
Douglas, Robert M.,32n.
Douglas, Stephen A., appointed to Ill. Supreme Court,10;
elected U. S. Senator,19;
his early career,32andn.,33;
his position in the Democratic party,33;
his personal appearance,33;
his talents and character,33;
reports Nebraska bill,33;
accepts Dixon Amendment repealing Missouri Compromise,34;
offers amendment dividing the territory,34;
his reasons,35,
and why not convincing,35,36;
not a pro-slavery man,36;
his reasons for repealing Missouri Compromise,36,37;
Lincoln's reply to his Springfield speech (1854),39,40andn.;
and the senatorial election of 1854,46n.;
his report on affairs in Kansas,55;
attached by T.,56;
his sophistry,57,58,62;
his debate with T.,59ff.;
declares T. not a Democrat,60,66;
further debate with T. on Kansas,63ff.;
T. a match for, in debate,65,66;
denounces Cabinet conspiracy regarding referendum on Lecompton Constitution,72,73;
his motion for that action,74,75;
his anti-Lecompton speech,77,78;
for the first time, opposes wishes of South,77;
was he sincere?77,78;
his lack of principle,78;
contemplates alliance with Republicans,78-80;
opposes English bill for admission of Kansas,84;
his attitude toward slavery,78,86;
his aid indispensable in defeating Lecompton bill,86;
appeals to imagination of Eastern Republicans,86;
distrusted by Republicans of Ill.,86-88,91,92;
his instability,88;
his campaign for reëlection in 1858,89ff.;
his health impaired,89;
reaffirms doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty,94;
answered by J. Davis,95;
his speech of May 1860,15,95;
answered by Benjamin,95,96;
nominated for President at Charleston, and by one faction at Baltimore,96;
favors Crittenden Compromise,116;
his views on causes of disunion,116,117;
his last days devoted to the Union,152,153;
speaks to Ill. legislature,153;
his influence alone saves Southern Ill.,153;
his death,153;
T.'s eulogy of,153,154;
G. Welles's account of his attitude in 1861,
and his interview with Seward,163,164;42,47,49,76,85,100,104,107,108,169,427.
Douglass, Frederick,236,237.
Drake, Charles D., Senator,296,298,352.
Dred Scott case, opinion of Supreme Court, criticized by T.,82;64.
Drummond, Thomas, Justice, enjoins executor of Burnside's order against ChicagoTimes,206;
his order disregarded,207;10,208,427.
Dubois, Jesse K., quoted,79,87,216,217;213,375.
Duncan, Joseph, Governor,11.
Dunning, William A., hisReconstruction, quoted,274,321n.;244.
Durell, Edward H., Justice, and the contested election in Louisiana,404.
Durkee, Charles, Senator,150.
Dyer, Thomas,91.
Eaton, Major,178.
Edmunds, George F., Senator,339,346,358,363.
Edwards, Ninian, Governor,11,45.
Electoral Commission (1877), composition of,409;
decision of,410,411;
its purpose, "not to do justice between man and man, but to save the Republic,"411.
Eliot, Thomas D.,172.
Ellsworth, Oliver, xxiin.
Emancipation, Seward on actual date of,222;
doubt regarding President's power in relation to,222,223.