in Lecompton Constitution,72,76;
Douglas's attitude toward,78,86;
in territories, doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty,94andn.,95;
resolutions concerning, proposed by Lincoln,112;
proposed Amendment to Constitution forbidding interference with, passes both Houses,117;
T.'s review of question of,124ff.;
T.'s view of effect of 13th Amendment on,249,250,251,258,259,260.
And seeConstitution (Amendment XIII), and Squatter Sovereignty.
Slaves, premature attempts to emancipate, by Frémont,169,170,
Cameron,172,
Hunter,172;
T.'s confiscation bill,173ff.,
the first step toward full emancipation,176.
Slidell, John,80,349, andn.
Smith, Caleb, Secretary of the Interior,142,148,149,151,429.
South, the, and the right of Secession,xxx;
and the Missouri Compromise,xxx;
condition of, in second quarter of 19th century,xxxii,xxxiii;
changing view of slavery in,xxxii,
and of the slave trade,xxxiv.
South Carolina, and Nullification,xxv,xxvi;
attitude of, in 1861,110;
forts in, Lincoln's attitude concerning,112,113;
and the 13th Amendment,229;
disputed returns from (1876),408.
Southern States.SeeStates seceding.
Spaulding, Rufus P., Congressman, moves for inquiry into suspension of Stanton,306;304.
Spencer, Charles S., threatens T. for his attitude on impeachment,315.
Spoils system, T. on iniquities of,349.
Springfield (Ill.)Journal,142.
Springfield (Mass.)Republican,372.
Squatter Sovereign, the, quoted,51.
Squatter Sovereignty, doctrine of, reaffirmed by Douglas,94;
denied by Jefferson Davis,94.
Stallo, J. G.,373.
Stanbery, Henry, Attorney-General, opinion of, on question of territorializing states,290,291;
of counsel for Johnson,309;327.
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, and arbitrary arrests,197;
general jail delivery by,198;
opinion of, on question of territorializing states,290,291;
and the Cabinet section of Tenure-of-Office bill,302;
advises veto, and assists Seward in preparing veto message,303;
declines to resign as Secretary of War,305;
suspended,305;
denies power of Pres. to suspend him,305;
surrenders office to Grant,305;
resumes office, after Senate's action,306;
his embarrassing position,308;
Johnson attempts to remove,308;
refuses to turn over office to Thomas,308;
change in popular feeling concerning,308,309;
attempted removal of, basis of first8articles of impeachment,309,310;
claims to be protected by Tenure-of-Office Act,310;
evidence of his advice to Johnson as to that act, excluded,313;
articles based on removal of, not voted on,320;
relinquishes office,321;
his conduct condemned,321;177,186,189,237,318,319,330,430.
Stanton, F. P., acting Governor of Kansas, removed by Buchanan,73.
State Register, the,13,14.
State sovereignty,xxii,xxv.
States, admitted in pairs,xxix.
States, seceding, opposing views as to status of,231,232;
Sumner and Stevens against Lincoln,231,232;
reconstruction of, mapped out before 39th Congress met,237,238;
witches' caldron in, under reconstruction,241;
labor problem in,241,242;
new labor laws of,242,
and their effect in the North,242;
Shaffer quoted on conditions in,242,243;
reports of Grant and Schurz on conditions in,252-254;
Committee on Reconstruction on status of,284;
Stevens reports bill to restore political rights of,284,285;
except Tenn., refuse to ratify 14th Amendment,287;
cause and consequence of their refusal,287;
Stevens's bill to make military authority supreme in,291,292;
constitutions adopted by, in 1868,295,296.
Stephens, Alex. H., on Johnson's speech against secession,246.
Stetson, Francis L., letter of, to author,40n.
Stevens, Simon,184.
Stevens, Thaddeus, his bill of indemnity for arbitrary arrests,198;
his views of status of seceding states,231;
on Reconstruction Committee,271;
proposes amendments to Constitution,282;
reports bill to restore political rights of states,284;
his bill making military authority supreme in the South,291,292;
author of 11th article of impeachment,311;184,260,278,287,304,306,308,309.
Stewart, Alex. T., nominated by Grant as Secretary of Treasury,335,
and why,335,336;
ineligible,336;
on the "general order" system,365.
Stewart, William M., Senator,261,262,264,265,298,339,366.
Stockton, John P., elected Senator from N. J.,261,262;
his election contested,262-265;
unseated for partisan reasons,265.
Storey, Wilbur F., and the ChicagoTimes,206-208.
Stoughton, E. W.,411.
Stringfellow, J. H., quoted,54.
Strong, Moses M.,208.
Stuart, John T.,32.
Sturtevant, J. M., quoted,118.
Suffrage, in seceding states, restriction of,294.
Summers, George W.,158,159,161,162.
Sumner, Charles, his speech on Kansas affairs,64;
Brooks's assault on,65;
quoted, in T.'s debate with Douglas,66;
and Cameron,188,189;
his view of status of seceding states,231;
opposes recognition of new state government of La.,233,
and defeats it,234;
attacks Johnson,246,247;
and the 14th Amendment,283;
secures adoption of negro suffrage as permanent element of reconstruction,292andn.;
Northern views concerning,293;
dispute with T. on Va. bill,297;
T. opposes ousting of, from Foreign affairs Committee,297,344,420;
his theory of impeachment,312;
and Stanton,321;
and the San Domingo treaty,342;
charged with bad faith by Grant,342,343;
deposed as Chairman of Foreign affairs committee,343-347;
Sherman's advice to,345;
interview of author with,347;
on attitude of Anthony,347;
Motley's removal a blow at,347;
moves his Equal Rights bill as amendment to Amnesty bill,360;
and Grant's administration,361;
his speech against Grant,387,388;
his attitude toward Greeley's nomination,388;
chastised by Garrison,388;79,102,211,228n.,236,260,264,278,285,287,291,298,313,363,366,367,370,371,378,385n.,423,424.
Sumter, Fort, J. Davis's views concerning,110;
Buchanan's reported purpose to surrender,112,113;
effect on Douglas of attack on,115;
Harvey divulges plans to send supplies to, 155ff.;
Seward determined to prevent relief of,156,157;
Lincoln's earlier promise to evacuate,158ff.;
attack on, aroused forces that finally destroyed slavery,164;
attack on, and emancipation,222;128,129.
Sunderland, Rev. Byron,121.
Supreme Court of U. S., and the second clause of 13th Amendment,229;
construes 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, in U. S.v.Harris,275,276,358;
holds Ku-Klux Act unconstitutional,275;
holds Equal Rights Act (1875) unconstitutional,275,276;
and the Civil Rights Act,277;
divided decision of, in Milligan Case,288,289;
proposed legislation concerning,328;
its jurisdiction as affected by Act of Mch. 27, 1868,329,330;
dismisses McCardle's appeal,330;
and the Debs case,414.
Surratt, Mary E.,289.
Swayne, Noah H., Justice Sup. Ct.,274,289,409.
Swett, Leonard, quoted,428,429;69,144.
Talcott, Wait, quoted,118.
Tallmadge, James, Congressman, and the admission of Missouri,xxix,xxx.
Tallmadge, N. P.,48.
Taney, Roger A., Chief Justice Sup. Ct., on the power to suspend habeas corpus,195,196.
Tarr, Campbell,161.
Taylor, John, of Caroline,xxii,n.
Ten Eyck, John C., Senator,262.
Tennessee, loyal state government in, recognized by Johnson,237;
bill for readmission of,285.
Tenure-of-Office bill, purpose of,301;
not at first intended to apply to cabinet officers,301;
passes Congress,301;
cabinet advises veto of,301;
vetoed, and passed over veto,303;
and the Stanton case,306,309;
unconstitutionality of, alleged by Johnson's counsel,311,313.
Territorializing states, opinions of Johnson's advisers on question of,290,291.
Terry, Alfred H., General, and the legislature of Va.,247.
Texas, opposition in Mass. & admission of,xxvi;
order for reconstruction of,238;
fails to adopt new constitution promptly,295;
new conditions imposed on,296.
Thayer,Eli,50.
Thomas, Jesse B., Senator, Author of Missouri Compromise,xxx.
Thomas, Lorenzo, appointed Secretary of Warad interim,308;
Stanton refuses to give way to,308;
his appointment the basis of certain articles of impeachment,309,310,320,321;318,319.
Thomas, Morris St. P., quoted,21n.,421.
Thomas, William B.,374.
Thompson, Jacob, Secretary of Interior, and the Lecompton Constitution,73.
Thompson, John B., quoted,36.
Thurman, Allen G., Senator,367.
Tilden, Samuel J., and the Election of 1876,406,407ff.;
T. of counsel for, in La. case,409,410;
Electoral Commission decides adversely to,411;
legally elected,411.
Tillson, John, quoted,107.
Tipton, Thomas W., Senator,300,343,344,345,346,363,371.
Tompkins, D. D.,179.
Toombs, Robert, Senator,58,83,121.
Topeka Constitution, condemned by Buchanan and upheld by T.,76,77.
Toucey, Isaac,130.
Traveling in U. S., in 1847,20.
Treat, Samuel H., Justice,13,20.
Truman, Benj. C, quoted,245n.;307n.
Trumbull, Julia (Jayne), T.'s first wife, letters of, to Walter T.,121-123;
T.'s letters to, on Harvey dispatch,155,157,158,
and on first battle of Bull Run,165-167;
her personality,169;
her death,326.
Trumbull, Lyman, birth (1813) and ancestry,1-3;
education,3;
school-teaching in Georgia,4,5;
reads law there,5;
goes to Illinois (1837), and settles at Belleville,5,6;
practices law,7ff.;
describes murder of Lovejoy,8-10;
his early attitude toward slavery,10;
in State legislature,10;
his qualities as a debater,10;
appointed Secretary of State,11;
his resignation requested by Gov. Carlin, and why?12andn.,13;
his resignation splits the Democratic party,13,14;
resumes practice,14;
marries Julia M. Jayne,15;
describes river floods, and murder of Joseph Smith,16;
family affairs,16,17,19,20;
candidate for Democratic nomination for governor,18;
defeated by Ford's influence,18;
nominated for Congress, and defeated (1846),18,19;
his professional earnings,20;
elected Judge of Ill. Supreme Court (1848),20;
removed to Alton,21;
reëlected judge (1852), but resigns (1853),21;
Chief Justice Magruder on his judicial opinions,21,22.
Engaged as counsel for negroes, claiming their freedom,28;
case of Sarah Borders,28,29;
in Jarrotv.Jarrot, wins a victory which practically puts an end to slavery in Ill.,29;
N. D. Harris quoted on his efforts,30,31;
his return to politics due to repeal of Missouri Compromise,32;
takes stump in opposition to Kansas-Nebraska bill,37,38;
Anti-Nebraska candidate for Congress in 8th district,38,
and elected,38;
in Senatorial election of 1854, receives votes of Anti-Nebraska Democrats on early ballots,43,44;
elected by votes of Lincoln men, to defeat Gov. Matteson,44,45,46n.;
regarded as a traitor by regular Democrats,45;
Lincoln's attitude toward his election,45,46.
Takes his seat in Senate,48;
protest against his election overruled,48,49;
letter from J. C. Underwood to, on Kansas affairs,52,53;
and from I. T. Dement,53;
his speech on report of Committee on Territories endorsing Pres. Pierce's view of Kansas affairs,56ff.;
exposes Douglas's sophisms,57,58;
a welcome reinforcement to Republicans in Senate,57;
Douglas declares him not a Democrat,59;
his answer to Douglas's tirade against him,60,61;
Douglas's reply,61,62;
his construction of "forever" in the Missouri Compromise,62,63;
further debate with Douglas on Kansas,63,64;
effect of these debates on his reputation,65;
his intellect and personality compared with Lincoln's,65;
divers views of his first appearance in debate, quoted,66,67;
letter from G. B. Raum to,67;
campaigns in Minnesota,68;
attends Republican National Convention of 1856,69;
colloquy with Mason, on destruction of the Union,70;
letter of, to J. B. Turner, on conditions in 1857,71;
divers reports to, on effect of Douglas's Anti-Lecompton stand,74,75;
demolishes Buchanan's message on Kansas affairs,76,77;
letters to, on possible alliance of Douglas with Republicans,79,80;
Democratic overtures to,80,81;
speaks on Buchanan's claim that slavery lawfully exists in Kansas,81,82;
letters to, from Lincoln and others, voicing Republican distrust of Douglas in Ill.,87,88,
and, generally, on the campaign of 1858,90-92;
his cordial relations with Lincoln,93;
takes part in debate on resolution for committee of inquiry into John Brown's raid,98-100;
his notable speech,98,99,
and Lincoln's praise thereof,100;
letter from Lincoln on Delahay matter,100,101.
His view of candidates for Republican nomination in 1860,103;
writes to Lincoln thereon,103,104;
thinks Seward cannot be elected,104,
and believes McLean alone can beat him,104;
Lincoln his first choice,104;
Lincoln, in reply, avows his own ambition, and discusses other candidates,104,105;
divers letters to, on Lincoln's nomination,106-107;
post-nomination letters of Lincoln to,108;
speaks for Lincoln at ratification meeting,109,110;
confidential letters of Lincoln to, against compromise,111,112,
and on Buchanan's reputed purpose to surrender So. Carolina forts,112;
his own views on compromise set forth in letter to E. C. Larned,113,114;
his speech on Crittenden Compromise (March2, 1861),115,116, andn.,123-138;