interview with Koerner,149,150;
and the Harvey dispatch to Gov. Pickens,155ff.;
makes Harvey Minister to Portugal,155,157,158;
his previous consent to evacuate Sumter, to prevent secession of Va.,158ff.;
his interviews with Baldwin and Botts,159,160,161;
absurdity of Dabney's account,162;
revokes Frémont's emancipation order,169;
effect of his action,169;
letters of Lea and T. on the crisis,170-172;
T.'s view of his character,171;
suppresses Cameron's pro-emancipation report,172andn.;
revokes Hunter's order,172;
proposes to veto T.'s Confiscation bill,176;
his objections removed by resolution,175,176;
orders Wallace to desist from confiscation,177;
and Cameron,185;
nominates Cameron as minister to Russia,186;
assumes responsibility in Cummings affair,187;
authorizes Scott to suspend habeas corpus,190;
his action approved,191;
transfers authority to Stanton,197;
proclaims martial law as to certain classes,200;
issues Emancipation Proclamation,200;
commutes Vallandigham's sentence to banishment,204;
replies to protest of Northern Democrats,205;
his only evasion,205;
revokes Burnside's order suppressing ChicagoTimes,207,208;
criticized by N. Y.Tribune,309n.;
and certain dispatches of Seward to Adams,210ff.;
requested to demand Seward's resignation,211;
his comment,212;
and Delahay,214;
Palmer on his prospect of renomination,214,215,216;
first evidence of personal difference between T. and,217,218;
T.'s opinion of his administration,218;
feeling in Congress adverse to his reëlection,218,219;
denounced by Wilson,219;
basis of opposition to,219; renominated, but fears defeat,219;
requests Blair's resignation, and why,220andn.;
T. favors his reëlection,220,221;
reëlected by favor of Union victories,221;
and Halleck,226; his death,231;
European opinion of,231;
his view of status of seceding states embodied in proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863,232;
letter of, to Gov. Hahn of La.,233;
his address of Apr. 11, 1865, on reconstruction,234,235;
his plan adopted by Johnson,237;
had his life been spared,286;
his plan of reconstruction definitely abandoned,291;
T.'s estimate of his character and career,430;xxi,65,67,240,245,246,423.
Lincoln, Mary (Todd),42,46.
Lloyd, Henry D.,414,417.
Lodge, H. C, Senator,Daniel Webster, xxiin., xxvn.
Logan, John A., General and Senator,75,277,304,309,339,344,363,409.
Logan, Stephen T.,43,44,142,220.
Louisiana, election in, under Lincoln's reconstruction order,232;
Hahn chosen governor,232,233;
constitutional convention in,233;
U. S. Senators chosen
under new free constitution,233;
resolutions recognizing new government of, defeated by Sumner,233,234;
contested election of 1872 in,404,405;
Senatorial investigation thereof,405;
disputed returns from, in 1876,408ff.
Louisiana purchase, Federalist opposition to,xxiii,xxiv.
LouisvilleCourier-Journal, interview with T. in,369,370;372.
Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., murder of, described by T.,8-10;
its effect on Abolition movement,10;xxxiii.
Lovejoy, Rev. Owen, Congressman,43.
Lundy, Benjamin,xxxi.
McCardle, William H., arrest and imprisonment of,327;
remanded on habeas corpus,327;
appeals,327;
T. appears against in Supreme Court,327,328;
his appeal dismissed, under Act of March, 1868,329,330;
T.'s connection with case of, criticized,330,331.
McClellan, George B., General, inaction of,169;171,172,219.
McClernand, John A.,10,11,427.
McClure, A. K., hisLincoln and Men of War-Time, quoted,143;
opposes Cameron's appointment,144;374.
McClurg, Joseph,352.
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of Treasury, opinion of, on question of territorializing states,290.
McDougall, James A., Senator,166,228,285.
McDowell, Irwin, General, at first Bull Run,165,167.
McEnery, John, and the governorship of La.,404,405.
McLean, John, Justice Sup. Ct., candidate for Republican nomination (1860),103;
shakes his fist in Buchanan's face,122,123;69,104,105.
McLean, Mrs. John,121.
McPike. H. G., quoted,107,118;
T.'s letter to, on Lincoln's reëlection,218.
Madison, James, xxiin.,xxxi.
Magruder, Allan B.,161,162.
Magruder, Benj. D., Chief Justice of Ill., quoted,21,22.
Mails, irregularity of, in early 19th century,7.
Malaria, Trumbull family afflicted by,19.
Managers of impeachment, overmatched by defendant's counsel,309;
their conduct of the trial,312,313;
bring pressure to bear on Senators,313.
Mann, A., Jr.,140,141.
Marble, Manton, quoted,373.
Mason, James M., Senator, threatens dissolution of Union,70,71;
moves for committee of inquiry into John Brown raid,98;53,116,134,349andn.
Massachusetts, slavery in,xxvii.
Massachusetts legislature, Anti-Embargo resolutions of,xxiv.
Mather, Rev. Richard,2.
Matteson, Joel A., Governor,43,44,46andn.,60.
Matteson, O. B.,179.
Matthews, Stanley, Justice of Sup. Ct.,275,372.
Maynard, Horace, Congressman, quoted,293.
Medill, Joseph, quoted, on T.'s character and possible future,424,425.
Meigs, Montgomery C, Q.-M. Gen.,185.
Merryman, John, summary arrest of,194-196.
Methodist Church, the, and the impeachment trial,317.
Miles, Nelson A., General,167.
Military commission, trial of civilians by, divided opinion of Supreme Court on, in Milligan case,289.
Miller, Samuel F., Justice Sup. Ct.,275,289,409.
Milligan case, decided by majority of Supreme Court,288,289;
grounds of decision,288,289,
and its consequences,289;
radicals angered by,289,290;327.
Minnesota, proposed suffrage amendment to constitution of, repealed,295.
Mississippi, order for reconstruction of,238;
fails to adopt new constitution promptly,295;
new conditions imposed on,296.
Missouri, admission of,xxix,xxx,
during the war,351;
continued political warfare in, after the war,351;
state constitution of 1865,351;
division in Republican party of, results in Schurz's election as senator,351,352;
success of Liberal republican movement in,352;
liberal movement in, how viewed by Grant,355;
state convention of Liberal Republicans of, adopts platform and calls national Convention,372;
its platform defended by T.,376;
vote of, in Cincinnati convention,383.
Missouri Compromise, history of,xxx;
repeal of, causes T.'s return to politics,32;
not repealed by original Nebraska bill,34;
Dixon amendment for repeal of, adopted by Douglas,34;
repeal of, and Lincoln,39;
meaning of "forever" in,62,63n.;
repeal of,125,126;
and the Crittenden Compromise,131.
Missouri Democrat, the,142,352.
Missourians, and Kansas,35;
invade Kansas,49;
threaten Gov. Reeder,50,51;
Atchison's advice to,52;
in Kansas,56,57,58,65.
Monroe, James, President,103.
Moran, Thomas A., Judge, on T.'s public services,419.
Morgan, Edwin D., Governor,178,261,265,314,321.
Morrill, Justin S., Congressman,168,281.
Morrill, Lot N., Senator,263.
Morrison, J. L. D.,41.
Morton, Oliver P., Senator,298,307n.,339,346,355,363,371,376,405,406andn.
Motley, J. Lothrop, minister to England, removed,347,348.
Moultrie, Fort,129.
Murphy, Thomas, appointed collector of N. Y.,362,363;
and the Leet and Stocking case,365,368;371.
Nation, the, praises Johnson's first message,244,245;
quoted, on T. and the Georgia bill,299,300;
on Republican abuse of the "Seven traitors,"316,317;
on conference of revenue reformers,353,354;
on Liberal Republican movement,355,356;
on Leet and Stocking case,368,369;
on opposition to Grant,370,371;
on Cooper Union meeting,376,377;
on Schurz's attitude toward Greeley,392;
and the defeat of Greeley,404;273,372.
National Union Convention of Johnson men,285,286,323.
Nationalism, and the Constitution,xxvi,xxvii.
Nebraska, bill to organize territory of, reported by Douglas,33,34.
And seeAnti-Nebraska Democrats, and Kansas-Nebraska bill.
Negro suffrage, omitted from new constitution of La.,233;
Garrison opposes imposition of, in the South,235;
Pres. Johnson opposed to,236,237;
vote of Johnson's Cabinet on, as applying to provisional governments,238;
not included in executive orders,238,239;
W. Phillips's views on,239,240,
traversed by N. Y.Tribune,240,
andTimes,240,241;
in Northern States in 1866,243;
question of, not acute in early 1866,261;
Howard argues against,287;
made a permanent condition of reconstruction,292andn.;
Northern opinion concerning,293;
in Republican convention of 1868,332,333;
finally embodied in 15th Amendment,338-340.
Negroes, T. appears for in attempts to regain freedom,28ff.;
right of, to bring actions in U. S. courts,64;
condition of, in South, under reconstruction,241-243;
status of, in Northern states, in 1866,243;
debate on granting civil rights to,265ff.
Nelson, Samuel, Justice Sup. Ct,289.
Nelson, Thomas A.R., of counsel for Johnson,309.
Nesmith, James W., Senator,261,285.
New England, why opposed to Louisiana Purchase,xxiii,xxiv.
New England Emigrant Aid Co., attacked by Douglas,35;
blamed by Pierce and Douglas for disorders in Kansas,26ff.;
defended by T.,58,59.
New Jersey, opposed to Seward,103;
legislature of, elects Stockton Senator,262;
validity of his election challenged,262-265.
New York, "compromisers" from,122;
and the 15th Amendment,340;
majority against Greeley in,402.
New YorkEvening Post, quoted, on exclusion of negroes from suffrage,239;
on the impeachment trial,314,315;91,372,375.
New York Free Trade League,353.
New YorkHerald, quoted, on Cincinnati convention,390;50,378.
New York Republicans oppose Seward's inclusion in Lincoln's Cabinet,139ff.;
T.'s Interview with,140,141.
New YorkTimes, quoted, on T.'s debate with Douglas,66;
on Seward's dispatch to Adams,211;
on Johnson's first message,244.
New YorkTribune, quoted, in T.'s debate with Douglas,66;
praises Douglas,87;
and the Vallandigham case,205,206,209n.;
on Lincoln's revocation of order suppressing ChicagoTimes,209n.;
defends Johnson against Phillips,240;91,92,239,314,315,372.
New YorkWorld, circulation of, in Burnside's department, forbidden by him,206;373.
Newman, Professor,235.
Nicholson letter, on squatter sovereignty,94.
Nicolay, John G., quoted,75.
Nicolay (John G.) and Hay (John),Abraham Lincoln, on Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter,159;
on Cameron's leaving the Cabinet,185,186;
quoted,143,162,220.
Niles, Nathaniel,30.
North, the, took up arms to preserve the Union,xxi,xxii;
slavery in,xxviii.
North Carolina, attempt at reconstruction in,238;
qualifications of electors in,238;
election of August, 1872, in,399,400.
Northern States, negro suffrage in,243.
Northern view of reconstruction,293.
Northwest, the, its claim to consideration,132,133.
Northwestern Territory, slavery in, before
1787,23,24;
provisions of Ordinance of 1787, concerning slavery in,24;
main source of immigration to,24.
Norton, Daniel S., Senator, his vote against impeachment,323;261,285,313.
Nourse, George A.,68.
Noyes, William C.,140,141.
Nullification, in South Carolina,xxv,xxvi;
in Mass. (1885),xxvi.
Nye, James W., Senator,360.
O'Conor, Charles, nominated for Pres. by dissentient Democrats (1872), but declines,394.
Ogden, William B.,207.
Oglesby, Richard J., General, succeeds T. in Senate,407;277.
Ohio, in convention of 1860,107;
proposed suffrage amendment to constitution of, rejected,295;
and the 15th Amendment,340;
and the call for a Liberal Republican convention,372;
election of Oct., 1872, in,402.
"Old Public Functionary" (Buchanan),122.
Opdycke, George,147,178.
Ord, Edward O. C., General, orders arrest of McCardle,327.
Ordinance of 1787, provisions of, concerning slavery,24;
violated by territorial legislature of Ill.,24,25;
attempts to repeal 6th article of,25;
kept slavery out of Ill.,28.;
and the 13th Amendment,224.
Osgood, Uri (Illinois senate),41,42,43.
Otis, Harrison G., Mayor of Boston, and theLiberator,xxxii.
Owen, Robert Dale, principal author of 14th Amendment,282.
Palmer, John M., General, on Republican alliance with Douglas,87,88;
on Lincoln's prospect of renomination,214,215,216;
on Grant's character and future,216;
on Liberal Republican movement,377;21,41,43,45,46n.,93,109,277,373,419.
Parker, Rev. Theodore,78.
Parks, Sam C., quoted,46n.,75,119.
Particularism, and the Constitution,xxvi.
Patterson, James W., Senator,343,362,363,364,367,371.
Payne, conspirator,289.
Pearce, James A., Senator,194.
Peck, Ebenezer, quoted,74,80,119,147,148;13,87,150,427,431.