Peck, Rev. John M.,27,28.
Peirpoint, Francis M., recognized as Governor of Va., under reconstruction,237;161.
Pendleton, George H., Congressman, and the "Greenback" movement,324.
Pennsylvania, opposed to Seward,103;
in convention of 1860,106,107;
in Liberal Republican movement,374;
election of Oct. 1872, in,402.
People's party, issues T's speech at Chicago as campaign document,415;
T. draws resolutions for meeting of,415-417.
Philadelphia, National Union Convention at,285,286.
Phillips, D. L., quoted,75,89;213.
Phillips, Wendell, opposes reëlection of Lincoln,220;
savagely attacks Johnson,239,240;
reproved by N. Y.Tribune,240,
andTimes,240,241;388.
Piatt, Donn,Memories of Men who saved the Union, quoted,222.
Pickens, Francis W., Governor,121,155,156,157,158.
And seeHarvey.
Pierce, Edward L.,Life of Sumner, quoted,292n.,347n.;66.
Pierce, Franklin, President, makes Reeder Governor of Kansas,49;
removes Reeder and appoints Shannon,55;
his special message on Kansas affairs,55;xxi,37,52,54,65,73,83,246.
Poland, Luke D., Senator,262,304.
Pomeroy, Samuel C., Senator,202,203.
Poore, Ben: Perley,342.
"Popular sovereignty,"39.
Porter, Horace, General,366.
Postage in early 19th century,7,20.
Pottawatomie massacre, the,97.
Powell, Lazarus W., Senator, opposes habeas corpus suspension bill,198,199,200,201,202;116.
Protection, meaning of, in 1871,354.
Pullman Co., strike of employees of,413-415.
Randall, Alexander W., Postmaster General,285.
Randall, J. G.,174andn.
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, and article6of Ordinance of 1787,25;xxxi.
Raum, Green B., quoted,67andn.
Rawlins, John A., General, appointed Secretary of War,337;330.
Ray, C. H., quoted,74,75,87,148,243,261;79,80,151.
Ray, P. Ormon, Repeal of the Missouri Compromise,37n.
Raymond, Henry J., Congressman,272.
Read, John M.,108.
Reconstruction, Lincoln's plan of, set forth in proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863,232;
the La. attempt at,233,234;
Lincoln's address on, Apr. 11, 1865,235;
his plan endorsed by Garrison,235,236,
and adopted by Johnson,237;
in Va.,237;
in Tenn.,237,238;
in Ark.,238;
in No. Carolina, and other seceding states,238;
Shaffer and Ray on conditions in those States under,242,243;
theNationon Johnson's plan of,244,245;
Lincoln's plan of, definitely abandoned,291;
supplementary measure of, passed by Congress, vetoed, and passed over veto,294;
drastic provisions of,294;
further measures of, passed over vetoes,295;
a failure,341;
change in T.'s course on,423,424.
Reconstruction, House Committee on, inquires into suspension of Stanton,306;
refuses to recommend impeachment,308.
Reconstruction, Joint Committee on, members of,281;
amendment to Constitution proposed to, by Bingham and Stevens,282;
reports 14th Amendment,283,284.
Reconstruction bill (Stevens's) establishing military government in South,291,292;
amended by provision for negro suffrage,292;
passed by Congress, vetoed, and passed over veto,293,294.
Reeder, Andrew H., appointed Governor of Kansas,49;
confirms elections of Whitfield as Delegate to Congress,49,50;
and the Missourian invaders,50,51,53,54;
removed by Pierce,55;56,59,63,108,150.
Religion, T.'s views on,430,431.
Republican National Convention (1856),69;
(1860), nominates Lincoln,105,106;
(1868) on negro suffrage,332,333;
its negro-suffrage plank too brazen to be long maintained,338;
(1872), nominates Grant and Wilson,393;
platform of,394.
Republican party, first national convention of,69,70;
rumored alliance of Douglas with,78-80;
still inchoate in 1860,102;
candidate for presidential nomination of, in 1860,102ff.;
T.'s views concerning,103,104;
T.'s view of duty of, in 1861,113,114;
T.'s position in, in campaign of 1866,273;
control of, shifted to radical wing by veto of Civil Rights bill,277;
power of that wing of, increased by refusal of South to ratify 14th Amendment,287;
lead of, in Congress, assumed by Sumner and Stevens,291;
definitely abandons Lincoln's plan of reconstruction,291;
generally adopts Sumner's view of impeachment,312;
treatment of "traitor" Senators by,322-326;
Henderson alone forgiven,326;
corruption in, in 1870,341ff.;
division in, in Mo.,351ff.;
both sections of, in Mo., adopt "Anti-tariff" resolution,352;
defeated in Congressional elections of 1874,408;
T.'s separation from,420.
Republicans of the first period,xxiii.
Republicans, Eastern, favor Douglas's re-election to Senate,86;
and the Lincoln-Douglas campaign,91,92;
in Ill., distrust Douglas,86,
and prefer Lincoln for Senator,86;
those opposed to Lincoln, nominate Frémont and Cochrane (1864),219,220.
Retrenchment, Joint Committee on, report of,362,363;
and the Leet and Stocking case,364ff.
Revenue reform, an element in Liberal Republican movement,352,353;
conference of advocates of,353,354;
in the Cincinnati convention,381,382.
Reynolds, John, Governor, and the pro-slavery attempt to amend the constitution of Ill.,26;
quoted,28;6n.,11,38.
Rhode Island, opposed to Seward,103.
Rhodes, James F.,History of the U. S., quoted on "anti-impeachment" Senators,322;
on La. returning board,408;
cited,406n.
Richardson, William A., Senator,10,197,201,427.
Riddle, A. G.,Recollections of War-Time, quoted,228n.;219.
Robbins, Henry S., T.'s partner,407;
quoted, on T.'s character,425.
Robertson, Thomas J.,359.
Robeson, George M., appointed Secretary of the Navy,337;
action in the Secor case,396,397,398.
Ross, Edmund G., Senator, immortalized by his vote against impeachment,322;
his later years, and death in poverty,322;299,314,317.
Russia, Cameron appointed Minister to,186,187-189.
San Domingo treaty, opposed by Sumner,342,343;
Wade commission,343,
and its report,386;
attempt to secure ratification of,360.
Sands, Mahlon D., convokes conference of revenue reformers,353.
Saulsbury, Willard, Senator,201,228,249,250,267,268,272.
Scates, Walter B., Judge, quoted,213;21,375.
Schenck, Robert C., Congressman,165,166,167.
Schurz, Carl, Senator, report of, in his Southern tour,253-255;
his report has great influence,254;
his later doubts as to his conclusions,254n.;
succeeds Henderson in Senate,351,352;
a leader in Liberal Republican movement,352;
opposes Ku-Klux-Klan bill,356,358;
his speech a masterpiece,358;
on Leet and Stocking case,365,366;
chairman of Cincinnati Convention,383;
his view of nomination,384,385;
how connected with course of Blair and Brown,385andn.; his attitude toward Greeley's candidacy,391,392;
urges him to decline,391;
Godkin and Godwin remonstrate with,392,393;
in the campaign,399;
Greeley's farewell letter to,403;107,189,343,344,353,359,363,369,371,373,377,378,389,402.
Scott, Dred, not consciously a party to suit brought in his name,82,83.
And seeDred Scott case.
Scott, Thomas A., censured by House Committee,184,185;172n.,186.
Scott, Winfield, General, has authority from Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus,190;121,122,128,171.
Scripps, John L.,87.
Secession movement, history of,125ff.
Secors, the, and the Navy Dep't,397,398.
Senate of U. S., debates Kansas-Nebraska bill,34,
and passes it,37; T. takes his seat in,48;
debates on affairs in Kansas in,55ff.,63,64,65,76ff.,81,82,83;
passes Lecompton bill,83,
and substituted English bill,84;
debate on popular sovereignty in,94;
debate on Davis's anti-Douglas resolutions in,95,96,
and on John Brown raid,98-100;
J. Davis's last speeches in,110,114,115;
debates Crittenden Compromise,115-117,
and rejects it,117;
passes proposed amendment to constitution forbidding interference with slavery,117;
Douglas's death announced to, by T.,152,153;
struggle in, over confirmation of Cameron as Minister to Russia,187-189;
debate in, on arbitrary arrests,190ff.;
passes bill concerning political prisoners,197;
debates habeas corpus suspension bill,198ff.;
Democratic filibuster thereon,200-203;
debates 13th Amendment,223ff.;
debates Louisiana bill,233,234;
Sumner's attack on Johnson in,246,247;
debate on Wilson bill in,247-250;
calls for Schurz's report on Southern affairs,253;
debates Freedmen's Bureau bill,258-260,
but fails to pass it over veto,261;
Stockton election contest in,261-265;
debates Civil Rights bill,265-270,
and passes it over veto,272;
passes 14th Amendment,283;
passes bill admitting Texas,284;
amendment looking to negro suffrage offered in,287;
adopts Sumner's negro-suffrage amendment to Reconstruction bill,292,
and passes bill over veto,293,294;
pass bills readmitting divers States,296,297;
debates Georgia bill,298,299;
debates Tenure-of-Office bill,301,302,
and passes it over veto,303;
non-concurs in removal of Stanton,305,306;
trial of Johnson impeachment in,309-314,318-320;
acquits him on three counts,320,321;
debate on T.'s connection with McCardle case,331,332;
debates and passes 15th Amendment,338-340;
debate in, on ousting Sumner from Foreign Affairs Committee,343ff.;
debates Ku-Klux-Klan bill,356-358,
and Amnesty bill,359,360,
and Hodge resolution,362-364;
orders inquiry into Leet and Stocking scandal,365,366;
discusses make-up of committee,366,367;
T.'s speech on Mo. convention of 1872,376;
Sumner's anti-Grant speech in,387,388;
orders investigation of La. election,405;
T.'s last speech in,405.
Seward, William H., speech of, on Kansas affairs,64;
the "logical candidate" in 1860,102;
opposition to nomination of,102,103;
too radical for some states,103;
T. and Lincoln on candidacy of,103,104,105;
his inclusion in Cabinet opposed,139ff.;
State Dep't. offered to,141;
and Cameron's appointment,143;
and the Harvey despatch to Gov. Pickens,155ff.;
and Harvey's appointment to Portugal,155,157;
his assurance to Confederate envoys as to evacuation of Sumter,156;
his purpose, to defeat relief of Sumter,157;
had induced Lincoln to agree to evacuation to prevent secession of Va.,158;
sends Magruder to Va. convention,161;
and Douglas, in April, 1861,163,164;
his aims patriotic but futile,164;
assumes power to order arbitrary arrests,190ff.;
his dispatches of Apr. 1861, and July, 1862, to Adams,210ff.;
his attitude toward Lincoln's war policy,210;
unjustly blamed for non-success of Union arms,210,211,212;
committee of Republican Senators urge Lincoln to demand his resignation,211;
Lincoln's comment thereon,212;
on real date of emancipation,222;
his construction of 13th Amendment confirmed by Supreme Court,229;
on Johnson as a speaker,246;
opinion of, on matter of territorializing States,290;
prepares Johnson's veto message of Tenure-of-Office bill,303;48,79,82,84,86,88,106,107,108,112,116,118,119,145,146,147,150,151,170,172,181n.,182,197,238,307,430.
Seymour, Horatio, elected Governor of N. Y.,197;
Democratic nominee for Pres. (1868),333;355.
Shaffer, J. W., quoted, on conditions in seceding states,242,243.
Shannon, Wilson, succeeds Reeder as Governor of Kansas Terr.,55.
Sheahan, James W.,79.
Sheridan, P. H., General,221.
Sherman, John, Senator, on Tenure-of-Office bill,301,302,303;
his view of impeachment,309,310;
and evidence of Johnson's intent,313;
on Sumner and the Foreign Affairs Committee,344,345;
on Caucus secrets,345,346;102,248,249,292,316,320,363,371,409.
Sherman, William T., General, quoted, on conditions in La. (1859),xxxv,165,166,221,257,308.
Shields, James, Senator,39,43.
Shiloh, battle of,334.
Simpson, Matthew, Methodist bishop, and the impeachment trial,317,320.
Slave trade, extension of, deemed a vital necessity in the South,xxxiv.
Slavery, how involved in the War,xxi,xxii;
history of, in the U. S., xxviiff.;
change in Southern view of,xxxii,xxxiii;
in Ill., early history of,23ff.;
provisions of Ordinance of 1787 concerning, violated by legislature,25;
prohibited by State Constitution,25;
attempts to perpetuate in Ill.,28-30;
and the Kansas-Nebraska bill,34ff.;