And seeSlavery, Slaves.
Emancipation movement, history of,xxviii.
Emancipation Proclamation, issued,200;
distasteful to Democrats,200;
force and extent of,222;
doubt as to its legal effect,229,230.
Embargo, the,xxiv.
Emerson, Dr., Dred Scott's master,82.
Emigrant Aid Co. (Worcester),50,59n.
Emigrant Aid societies,59n.
Emory, William H., General. 9th article of impeachment based on alleged conversation of Johnson with,310.
England, mission to, offered to T.,347,348,
and declined,348;
T.'s speech on claims against,348,349;
and demands surrender of Mason and Slidell,349andn.
English, William H., Congressman, his bill for admission of Kansas, passed by Congress,83,84,
but rejected by people,84.
Equal Rights Act (1875) held unconstitutional by Supreme Court,275.
Europe, and Lincoln's death,231.
Evarts, William M., of counsel for Pres. Johnson,309.
Farragut, David G., Admiral,221.
Federalist party,xxiii.
Fenton, Reuben E.,386,390.
Fessenden, William P., Senator, Chairman of Reconstruction Committee,281,282;
opposes conviction of Johnson,313;
abused by radicals,313;
"read out" of Republican party,324;
called upon to resist Greenback heresy in Maine,324;
his death and character,324;
T's eulogy of,324,325;82,83,89,102,168,194,202,287,292,316,317,335.
Field, Alexander P.,11.
Field, D. D.,147.
Field, Stephen J., Justice,275,289,409.
Fillmore, Millard, candidate for Pres., in 1856,70;92,108.
Finkelnburg, Gustavus A., Congressman,354.
Fish, Hamilton, appointed Secretary of State,335;
letter of, to T., offering English mission,347,348;362.
Flack, Horace E., history of the 14th Amendment,284n.
Florida, and the 13th Amendment,229;
order for reconstruction of,238;
disputed returns from (1876),408ff.
Flournoy, Charles G.,212.
Floyd, John B., Secretary of War, resigns,128;130.
Fogg, George G.,144,146.
Foot, Solomon, Senator,168,261,263.
Ford, Thomas, historian of Ill., quoted,11;
as governor, requests T.'s resignation as Secretary of State,12andn.,13;18.
Foreign Relations, Senate Committee on, reorganization of, to punish Sumner,343-347.
"Forever," meaning of, in Missouri Compromise Act,62,63n.
Forney, John W.,300,342.
Forsyth, John, Senator,xxvii,156.
Foster, Lafayette S., Senator,189,273.
Fouke, Philip B.,38.
Fowler, Joseph S., Senator,285,314,316,317.
Free-silver, T. a believer in,413.
Free Soilers, in 1854,40;
nucleus of the Republican party,41.
Free State men, in minority in Kansas in 1855,49,51;
convention of,55;
refuse to take part in election of constitutional convention,71,72;
elect majority of territorial legislature,72.
Free trade, meaning of, in 1871,355.
Freedmen's Bureau, powers of,257,258.
Freedmen's Bureau bill, introduced by T.,257;
provisions of,257,258;
vetoed by Johnson,260,261;
fails to pass Senate over veto,261;
T.'s course on,423.
Freeport, Ill., joint debate between Lincoln and Douglas at,94n.,96.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., Senator,314,316,347n.
Frémont, John C, Republican nominee for Pres.,69;
his defeat fortunate for the country,70;
candidate for nomination in 1860,103;
his order emancipating slaves revoked by Lincoln,169,170,171;
nominated for Pres. by Anti-Lincoln Republicans (1864),219,220;
withdrawn,220;
connection between his withdrawal and Mr. Blair's retirement,220andn.;141,194.
French, Augustus C, Governor,18.
French Revolution, effect of, on parties in U. S.,xxiii.
Fugitive Slave Law,114.
Galloway, Samuel, quoted,75;
letter to T. on Republican grievances against Grant,371.
Garfield, James A., General,412.
Garrison, William L., his crusade mistakenly interpreted at the south,xxxiii;
supports Lincoln's reconstruction plan,235,236;388.
Gary, Mrs. F. C., letter of, to T.,278,
and his reply,279.
Gaston, William, Judge,270.
Geary, John W., Governor,53,72.
"General order" system in N. Y. custom-house,364ff.
Genius of Universal Emancipation, the,xxxi.
Georgia, and Garrison,xxxi;
order for reconstruction of,238;
re-reconstruction of,297-300;
status of negroes in,298;
bill for reorganization of,298,299;
T.'s attitude on treatment of,298,299,300.
German vote, the, and the Republican nomination in 1860,103.
Germans in St. Clair county, Ill.,38.
Gettysburg, battle of, and its effect on Vallandigham's ambition,206.
Gillespie, Joseph,10.
Gilman, Winthrop S.,9.
Godkin, Edwin L., quoted,381,382;
refuses to support Greeley,385;
deprecates Schurz's contrary decision,392,393;
and Greeley's defeat,404;353.
Godwin, Parke, quoted, against Greeley,393.
Goodrich, Grant, quoted,119.
Government bonds, falling off in subscriptions to, in autumn of 1861,170.
Government contracts, House committee on,178ff.;
censures T. A. Scott,184,185.
Gowdy, W. C.,40n.
"Grandfather clause," the, in constitutions of southern states,339.
Grant, Ulysses S., J. M. Palmer on his character and future,216;
his southern tour of inspection, and report,252,253,254;
Secretary of Warad interim,305;
retires in favor of Stanton after action of Senate,306;
his correspondence with Johnson, submitted to Reconstruction Committee,306,307;
his reason for retiring,307;
Johnson on his attitude,307n.;
and the McCardle case,327;
nominated for Pres., and elected,332,333;
his first cabinet a conglomerate,333;
and Washburne's appointment,334;
his agreement with J. F. Wilson,334;
compels Washburne to resign,334;
appoints Fish,335;
nominates Stewart for Treasury,335,336,
then Boutwell,336;
his other appointments,337,338;
his army-headquarters transferred to White House,342;
the San Domingo treaty, and quarrel with Sumner,342ff.;
removes Motley as minister to England,347,348;
offers English mission to T.,347,348;
and civil-service reform,349,350;
and Attorney-General Hoar,350;
and the Liberal movement in Mo.,355;
shortcomings of his administration, the main cause of Liberal movement,361;
his failings in civil station reviewed,361ff.;
nominated because of his military renown,361,362;
his great services on two occasions,362;
and the Leet and Stocking case,365ff.;
T. not personally hostile to,369,370;
Republican dissatisfaction with,370,371,
and opposition to,372ff.;
Sumner's speech against,387,388;
his services overlooked by Sumner,388;
compared favorably with Greeley,392,393;
renominated by Republicans,393;
not personally involved in Crédit-Mobilier scandal,401;
reëlected,402;
and the contest in La., in 1872,405,406andn.;
his second administration,407,408;212,214,215,226,227,236andn.,240,308,309,330,384,408,411,420.
Gray, Horace,275.
Gray, Robert A.,161.
Greeley, Horace, "puffs" Douglas,80,91,92;
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination,377;
his career and character,378;
editorial attitude toward his candidacy,381;
Brown withdraws in his favor,382,383;
nominated,384;
effect of his nomination,384ff.;
Godkin and Bryant refuse to support,385;
T.'s letter in favor of,386,387;
author's view of his nomination,389,390;
refuses Schurz's advice to decline,391;
meeting of Liberal Republicans opposed to,391,392;
Schurz's attitude toward,392,393;
nominated by Democrats,394;
supported by T. in the campaign,395ff.;
T.'s tribute to,399;
his failings laid bare,400;
caricature by Nast,400;
on the stump in Ohio, etc.,400;
his tariff views,401;
his stumping tour too late,401;
overwhelmingly defeated,402;
fatal effect of defeat on,403; andn.;
his last letter to Schurz,403;
his death,403;
reflections on his fate,404;86,87,88,141,307n.,369.
Green, James S., Senator,114.
Greene, Francis V., General, quoted,227.
Greenville Academy,5.
Gregory, S. S.,414.
Grider, Henry, Congressman,281.
Grier, Robert C. Justice Sup. Ct.,289.
Grimes, James W., Senator, denounces impeachment,313;
censured by radicals,313;
striken with paralysis, but votes against impeachment,325;
"though pure as ice," did not escape calumny,326;
quoted, on Republican corruption,341;
his character,341;150,165,166,168,189,202,281,287,316,317,338.
Grimshaw, Jackson, quoted,213.
Grinnell, Moses H., collector of N. Y.,364;
and Leet,367,368.
Groesbeck, William S., of counsel for Johnson,309;372.
Grosvenor, William M.,352,353,382,383.
Guthrie, James, Senator,271.
Habeas corpus, authority to suspend, given to Scott,190;
discussion of power to suspend,191,194;
case of Merryman,194-196;
writ of, denied Vallandigham,205;
suspension of, authorized in Ku-Klux bill of 1871,356,357.
Habeas Corpus Suspension bill, passes House,196;
reported by T. to Senate, but fails to pass,197;
T. offers substitute for,198,
which is opposed by Democrats,199,
but passes Senate,199;
in conference, combined with Stevens's indemnity bill,199;
debated, filibustered against, and passed,200-203;
characterized,203;
violated by banishment of Vallandigham,203ff.;
and the Milligan case,288,289;
invoked by McCardle,327.
Hahn, Michael, chosen governor of La., under reconstruction,232,233.
Hale, Eugene, Congressman, as a revenue reformer,354.
Hale, John P., Senator, speech of, on Kansas affairs,65;xxi,37,38,102,189,194.
Hall's carbines, fraudulent repurchases of,184.
Halleck, Henry W., General, G. Welles on,226;
other opinions of,227;212.
Halstead, Murat,380,381,384.
Hamilton, Alexander,xxiii.
Hamlin, Hannibal, Vice-President,108,109,112,141.
Hancock, Winfield S., General,422.
Hardin, John J.,10,427.
Harding, A. C, quoted,118.
Harlan, James, Senator,150,189,320,338,366,419.
Harlan, John M., Justice Sup. Ct., his dissenting opinion in Civil Rights Cases,276,278;275.
Harper's Ferry, Brown's raid on,96-100.
Harris, Ira, Senator,176,262,281.
Harris, N. Dwight,Negro Servitude in Illinois,29andn.;30,31;
on T.,31.
Harrison, William H., Governor, favors slavery in Northwest Territory,24.
Hartford Convention,xxiv,xxv.
Harvey, J. E., divulges purpose to send supplies to Sumter,155ff.;
rewarded by Seward,155,157;
Republican senators seek his recall from Portugal,155,156.
Hatch, O. M., Secretary of State of Ill.,87,213.
Hay, John, his diary, quoted,158,190,227.
And seeNicolay and Hay.
Hayes, Rutherford B., President, disputed election of,406,407ff.;
declared elected by Electoral Commission,411.
Hayne, Robert Y., Senator, xxiin.,xxvi,xxvii,3.
Heath, Randolph,42.
Hecker, Fred, quoted,215;38.
Henderson, John B., Senator, proposes amendment to Constitution, forbidding slavery,223;
his resolution, amended, reported by T.,224;
his speech in its favor,227;
the only one of the "Traitors" whom the Republican party publicly forgave,326;260,314,316,317,321n.;362.
Hendricks, Thomas A., Senator,228,258,262,271,285,301,329,402.
Henn, Bernhart, Congressman,35.
Herndon, William H., quoted,75,80,89,90,91,92,107,119,214,429;87,112,143n.;426,428.
Herold, conspirator,289.
Hewitt, Abram S., Congressman,408,409.
Hickox, Virgil,13,19.
Hill, Adams S.,341.
Hilton, Henry, and A. T. Stewart,336.
Hoadley, George,372,382.
Hoar, E. Rockwood, appointed Attorney-General,337,338;
cause of his resignation,350;
his recommendations for vacant judgeships,350;
his nomination to Supreme Court not confirmed, and why,350;
Grant asks his resignation,350.
Hodge, Paymaster,362,363,395.
Hoffman, John T., Governor,379.
Hogeboom, Henry,147.
Holden, W. H.,238.
Horner, William N., quoted, on T's character,425.
House of Representatives, Kansas-Nebraska bill in,37;
rejects Lecompton bill,83,
but passes substituted English bill,84;
passes proposed Amendment to Constitution, forbidding interference with slavery,117;
passes Confiscation bill,175;
Committee on Government Contracts of,178ff.;
censures Cameron,187;
passes bill concerning political prisoners,196;
passes Stevens's indemnity bill,198;