urged by constituents to stand firm,117-119;
writes Gov. Yates, advising military preparations,120;
declines to listen to "Compromisers" from N. Y.,122;
his troubles with office-seekers,139;
in N. Y. meets remonstrants against Seward's inclusion in Cabinet, and reports to Lincoln,139,140;
Lincoln's reply,141;
Greeley's advice to,141;
advises Lincoln not to appoint Cameron,145,146,147;
is urged to use his influence to that end,147,148;
favors Judd for seat in Cabinet,148,149,150;
reëlected senator (Jan. 1861),152;
announces death of Douglas,152;
his eulogy of Douglas,153,154;
the Harvey dispatch to Gov. Pickens, commented on in letter to Mrs. T.,155,156.
Witnesses first battle of Bull Run, and describes it in letter to Mrs. T.,165-167;
his reconstructed telegram,168;
his first Confiscation Act passed by Congress,168;
his physical aspect, etc., in 1861,168;
his family,169;
letter of M. C. Lea to, on financial affairs,170,
and his reply,171;
brings in his second Confiscation Act,173;
his report thereon,173;
history of the bill in Congress,173-176;
speaks on War Dep't. frauds,184;
leads opposition to confirmation of Cameron's nomination as minister to Russia,187;
votes against confirmation,189;
introduces resolution of inquiry concerning arbitrary arrests in loyal states,191,192;
his colloquy with Dixon of Conn.,192,193;
his resolution shelved,194;
reports from Judiciary Committee House bill on same subject,197;
offers substitute for that bill, which is opposed by Democrats, but finally passed,198,199;
offers substitute for Stevens's bill to indemnify Pres. for arbitrary arrests,199;
reports from conference his substitute combined with his habeas corpus bill,200;
his report concurred in, after Democratic filibuster,201,202;
his speech at meeting of protest against the order forbidding the publication of ChicagoTimes,207,208,209;
letter of Judge White to, regarding certain dispatches of Seward to Adams,210,211,
and his reply,211,212;
one of committee to urge Lincoln to get rid of Seward,211;
divers letters to, relating to the war,212,213,215,216,217;
and Delahay's appointment to a judgeship,213-214;
letters of J. M. Palmer to, concerning the election of 1864,214,216;
first evidence of personal difference between Lincoln and,217,218;
deems the government inefficient in putting down the rebellion,218;
falsely accused of refusing to speak in favor of Lincoln's reëlection,220.
Reports to the Senate as a substitute for Henderson's proposed Constitutional Amendment what later became the 13th Amendment,224;
his speech thereon,225-226;
his authorship thereof, his title to immortality,230;
and the new Senators from La.,233;
reports resolution recognizing Hahn government of La.,233;
breaks temporarily with Sumner,234;
letter of Shaffer to, on conditions in South,242,243,
and of Ray, on Reconstruction,243;
his speech on postponement of Wilson bill invalidating certain acts, etc., of seceding states,248-251;
colloquy with Saulsbury,250;
introduces Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills,257;
speaks, in debate on the former, on construction of second clause of 13th Amendment,258-260;
colloquy with Henderson,260;
letter from Ray, on negro suffrage,261;
favors Stockton in N. J. election contest,261ff.;
in debating his Amendment to Civil Rights bills, speaks again on power of Congress to pass laws for ordinary administration of justice in States,265-267;
answered by Saulsbury,267-268;
quotes Gaston as to citizenship of free negroes,270;
his great speech in reply to Johnson's message vetoing Civil Rights bill,272;
theNation, quoted, on his speech,273;
his leading position in the campaign of 1866,273;
opposed to Ku-Klux bill of 1871,275,356,357,358;
reëlected Senator (1866),277;
sustains Johnson until veto of Civil Rights bill,277,278;
letter of Mrs. F. C. Gary to,278,
and his reply,279;
not active in drawing 14th Amendment,284n.;
his influence as against radical measures lessened by refusal of Southern states to ratify 14th Amendment,287;
on Stevens's Reconstruction bill, votes against Sumner's amendment making negro suffrage a permanent condition of reconstruction,292,
but supports bill with that amendment,292;
at fault in so doing,292;
votes to pass bill over veto,294;
votes to pass supplementary registration of voters bill over veto,294;
writing in ChicagoAdvance, denies power of Congress to regulate suffrage in states,294,295;
reports bill for readmission of Va., but opposes amendments applying new conditions,296;
has a lively dispute with Sumner,296,297,
but supports him strongly in the later movement to oust him from chairmanship of Com. on Foreign Relations,297,344,420;
supports Bingham proviso to the Georgia bill,298,
and makes a powerful speech thereon,299;
theNation'shigh praise of the speech and its author,299,300;
votes for Tenure-of-Office bill, as amended,302;
abused for his stand against conviction of Johnson,313,315,323;
Spencer's threat,315;
N. Y.Evening Post, ChicagoTribune, andNation, quoted, as to abuse of the "traitors,"314-317;
his written opinion on the case against Johnson,318,319;
J. F. Rhodes quoted on the action of the seven,322;
his only reply to his vilifiers,323,324;
his eulogy of Fessenden,324,325;
death of Mrs. Trumbull,326.
Retained for the War Dep't. in the matter of McCardle's petition for habeas corpus,327;
appears before Supreme Court,327,328;
votes to pass over veto the Act of March 27, 1868, which the Supreme Court held to applyex post factoto McCardle case,329, 330:
his action criticized,330,332;
his acceptance of counsel fees attacked by Chandler as being connected with his vote on impeachment,330,331;
his defense,331,332;
the Chandler charge would not down,332;
supports Vickers's amendment to 15th Amendment,338,
and opposes Wilson's amendment,339;
letter of Grenier to, on Republican corruption,341;
offered English mission,347;
his reason for declining,348;
in speech at Chicago, discusses claims of U.S. against England,349,
and the urgent need of reform of the Civil service,349,350;
indorses Cox's stand,349,350;
casts only vote in Judiciary Committee in favor of Hoar's confirmation as Supreme Court Justice,350;
votes against tacking Sumner's Equal Rights bill to Amnesty bill,359;
offers amendment for general investigation of public service to Conkling's resolution concerning Hodge,362;
his remarks thereon,363;
not appointed on investigating committee,366,367;
not moved by personal hostility to Grant,369;
interview with, inCourier-Journalon his relations with Grant (Dec. 1871).369andn.,370;
letter of S. Galloway to, on Grant,371;
mentioned by Stanley Matthews as possible candidate of Liberal Republicans,372;
J. H. Bryant and others urge him to become a candidate,375;
his replies somewhat non-committal,375;
defends Mo. Liberal Republican platform as Republican doctrine,376;
on civil service reform,376;
letter of Palmer to, offering his support,377;
in letter to author, gives qualified assent to use of his name,378,379;
letter of author to, on his candidacy,379;
his strength impaired by division of vote of Ill. at Cincinnati,380;
opinions of editors as to candidates,381;
vote for, in the convention,383,384;
his supporters decide to support Greeley,384;
letter of W. C. Bryant to, urging him not to support Greeley,386,
and his reply,386,387;
how Greeley's nomination was brought about,389,390;
how Trumbull received the news,390,391;
takes active part in campaign,394ff.;
his speech at Springfield, Ill., denouncing Republican corruption,395-399;
his tribute to Greeley,399;
if nominated, could have been elected,402;
Adams, the stronger candidate,402,403;
his speech on La. election of 1872, his last speech in the Senate,405,406.
His official career ended by defeat of Greeley,407;
defeated for reëlection by Oglesby,407;
resumes practice of law,407;
one of the "visiting statesmen" sent to La. to watch canvass of votes (1876),409;
of counsel for Tilden before Electoral Commission,409-411;
marries Mary Ingraham,412;
Democratic candidate for governor of Ill. (1880),412;
defeated by Cullom,412;
entertains W. J. Bryan in 1893,413;
inclined to free silver,413;
his geniality, and vigor of mind and body,413;
appears for Debs before Supreme Court, on petition for habeas corpus,414;
his speech in Chicago published as Populist campaign document,414,415;
no more radical than present-day "Progressive" doctrines,415;
draws declaration of principles for Populist national conference,415-417;
his death (June 5, 1896),418;
Judge Moran quoted on his career,419;
eminent as a political debater, well grounded in the law,419,420;
his character and talents reviewed and discussed,419-422;
"a high-minded, kind-hearted, courteous gentleman, without ostentation, and without guile,"421;
his place among the statesmen of his time discussed,422;
his connection with the 13th Amendment,422;
his opposition to arbitrary arrests unpopular,422,423;
his position as one of the "Seven Traitors" a proud one,423;
change in his course on Reconstruction,423,424;
Medill quoted as to effect of vote in impeachment trial on his future,424,425;
his partners quoted, as to his kindliness,424;
Darrow on the "socialistic trend" of his opinions,425;
letter of his daughter-in-law to author,426;
his estimate of Lincoln's character and career,426-430;
his views on religion, in letter to his mother,430,431;
his descendants,431,432.
Trumbull, Mary (Ingraham), T.'s second wife,413,432.
Trumbull, Walter, T.'s son,18,19,121-123,169,425,426,431.
Trumbull family, the,1,2,431,432.
Turner, J. B.,71.
Turner, matter of, in Circuit Court of U.S.,274.
Underwood, John C, quoted,52,53.
Union Pacific R. R.,402.
United Statesv.Harris,106U. S.,275,276,358.
United Statesv.Rhodes (Circuit Court),274.
Vagrancy law of Va.,247.
Vallandigham, Clement L., "the incarnation of Copperheadism,"203;
his speech of Jan. 14, 1863,203,204;
his arrest ordered by Burnside,204;
tried by military commission,204;
his sentence of imprisonment commuted to banishment to the South,204;
all proceedings against, after arrest, illegal under habeas corpus suspension act,205;
nominated for governor of Ohio, but defeated,206;288.
Van Buren, John,379.
Van Buren, Martin,xxi,32,37.
Van Tyne, C. H.,Letters of Daniel Webster, xxivn.
Van Winkle, Peter G., Senator, on Civil Rights bill,269;261,302,314.
Van Wyck, Charles H., Congressman,181,182,184.
Vermont, in convention of 1860,106.
Vickers, George, Senator,338.
Villard, Oswald G.,John Brown,52n.
Virginia, efforts to prevent secession of,158ff.;
Lincoln's plan of reconstruction in, adopted by Johnson's Cabinet,237;
Peirpoint recognized as Governor of,237;
vagrancy law of,247;
additional conditions imposed on readmission of,296,297.
Virginia Resolutions of 1798,xxiii.
"Visiting statesmen," and the contested election of 1876,408,409.
Wade, Benjamin F., Senator, opposed to Lincoln's renomination,220;102,107,108,111,150,166,233,287,332,343.
Waite, Morrison R., Chief Justice Sup. Ct.,275.
Walker, Robert J., appointed governor of Kansas,71;
and the Lecompton Convention,71,72;
denounces Cabinet conspiracy,73;
resigns,73;81,82.
Wall, James W., Senator,200.
Wallace, Lew, General, attempts to usurp powers of Attorney-general under Confiscation Act,176,177.
War Department, frauds in,178ff.
War of 1812,xxiv.
Warren, Hooper,27,28.
Washburne, Elihu B., appointed Secretary of State,333;
a strong partisan of Grant,333;
his qualifications,333;
terms of his appointment,334;
resigns,334;45,46,168,281,304,407.
Washington, Bushrod,xxxi.
WashingtonChronicle,300.
Washington, George,xxiii.
Washington, gathering of troops at, in Jan., 1861,121,122.
Watterson, Henry,372,373.
Wayland, Rev. Francis,xxxii.
Ways and Means, Committee of,354.
Webster, Daniel, quoted, xxiv andn.; xxiin., xxvn.,xxvi,xxvii,27,39,125.
Weed, Thurlow, and Cameron's appointment,143;
and the War Dep't. frauds,179,180;108,112,139,141,146,151,181,182;184.
Welk, Jesse W.,101n.,143n.
Welles, Gideon, quoted, on Cameron's appointment,142,144,146,151;
on the Harvey dispatch,157,158;
on Douglas's attitude in April, 1861,163,164;
on Cameron's emancipation hobby,172n.;
on Cummings,181n.;
on inefficiency of Union armies,212;
on Halleck,226;
on Cabinet meeting of Jan. 8, 1867,290ff.;
opinion of, on question of territorializing states,290;
on Stanton and the Tenure-of-Office Act,303;
on Methodist pressure on Senator Willey,319,320;
on divers matters,273n.,313,314,324,423.
Wells, David A.,353,377,379.
Wentworth, John,90,93.
Whigs, the, and the Kansas-Nebraska bill,41.
White, Andrew D.,343.
White, Horace, and Lincoln's Peoria speech,39;
his recollections of the Lincoln-Douglas campaign,89,
quoted,92;
impressions of John Brown,97;
on Douglas's speech to Ill. legislature,153;
his friendly relations with T.,168,169,413;
and the ousting of Sumner,346,347;
interview with Blaine,354;
on the outlook at Cincinnati (1872),378;
letter from T. to, and his reply,379;
chairman of platform committee at Cincinnati,382;
his view of the result,385,
and of Greeley's nomination,389,390;
thinks Adams or T. could have been elected,402,403;
last meeting with T.,413.
Whitfield, pro-slavery Delegate in Congress from Kansas,49,50.
Whitney, Henry C, quoted,143n.
Wigfall, Louis T., Senate, colloquy with T. in debate on Crittenden Compromise,129,130;133,134.
Wilkinson, Morton S., Senator,150,189.
Willey, Waitman T., Senator, Methodist pressure on, in impeachment trial,317,320;
votes "guilty,"320;
had agreed to vote "not guilty" if necessary,321;261,302,314.
Williams, Archibald,45.
Williams, George H., Senator,281,298,299,328,329.
Wilmot, David, Congressman,146,150.
Wilson, Henry, his speech on Kansas affairs,65;
quoted on possible alliance of Douglas with Republicans,79;
his resolution on suspension of habeas corpus,190,191;
opposes bill authorizing Pres. to suspend habeas corpus,197;
his denunciation of Lincoln,219;
brings in bill to nullify new labor laws in seceding states,247,248;
T.'s speech thereon,248-251;
nominated for Vice-Pres.,393,