FOOTNOTES:[133]Interview, June 13, 1910.[134]Diary of Gideon Welles, III, 21.[135]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.[136]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.[137]Herndon'sLife of Lincoln, 537, 538.
[133]Interview, June 13, 1910.
[133]Interview, June 13, 1910.
[134]Diary of Gideon Welles, III, 21.
[134]Diary of Gideon Welles, III, 21.
[135]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.
[135]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.
[136]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.
[136]ChicagoTimes, June 26, 1896.
[137]Herndon'sLife of Lincoln, 537, 538.
[137]Herndon'sLife of Lincoln, 537, 538.
Throughout the Index, the Initial T., standing alone, represents the subject of the book.
Links to first lettersAEIMQUYBFJNRVZCGKOSWDHLPTX
Abolition movement, the, and the murder of Lovejoy,10.
Act of March 27, 1868, purpose of,328,329;
passed by Congress, and vetoed,329;
passed over veto,330;
its application to McCardle case glaringly unjust,330.
Adams, Charles Francis, Seward's dispatches of April, 1861, and July, 1862, to,210ff.;
proposed for Liberal Republican nomination for President,372,373,374,381;
his attitude regarding the nomination,377,378;
defeated by Greeley,383,384;
why Blair and Brown opposed him,385andn.;
a stronger candidate than T.,402,403;xxi,182,389,390.
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.,The Trent Affair, etc.,349n.;353,378.
Adams, John,xxiii.
Adams, John Quincy,xxii,27,103.
Adams, John Quincy, 2d, nominated for Vice-President by dissentient Democrats (1872),394;
declines,394.
Akerman, Amos T., succeeds Hoar as Attorney-General,350.
Alabama, admission of,xxix;
and the 13th Amendment,229;
order for reconstruction of,238.
Alabama Claims, T. on,348;
Grant's great service in settling,362.
Aldrich, Cyrus,68.
Alien and Sedition laws,xxiii.
Allen, G. T.,42,43,46n.
Allen, Robert,13.
Allison, John,69.
Allison, William B., Senator,304,346.
Altgeld, John P., Governor, and the Pullman strike,414.
Alton, Ill., T. removes to,21.
Alton riot, the,8-10.
American Bottom, locus of slavery in Ill., in 1783,23.
American Historical Review, quoted,174.
American Railway Union,413.
Ammen, Jacob, General,206,208.
Amnesty, Johnson's proclamation of,239.
Amnesty bill, debated in Senate,359;
amended by Sumner, and rejected,359;
reintroduced and passed,359,360.
Anderson, Robert, Major, proposed recall of, from Sumter,122,123;128,155.
And seeSumter.
Andrew, John A., Governor,287,307n.
Anthony, Henry B., Senator, his attitude on ousting of Sumner from Foreign Affairs Committee,347;314,364,366,367.
Anti Ku-Klux bill.SeeKu-Klux Bill
Anti-Nebraska Democrats, in Ill. legislature,41ff.;
and the Senatorial election of 1854,46n.
Archer, William B.,69.
"Arm-in-Arm Convention."SeeNational Union Convention.
Armstrong, postmaster at St. Louis,81.
Arnold, I. N., Congressman,207.
Arrests, arbitrary, T's resolution of inquiry concerning,191ff.;
censured by Democratic Convention,193;
license to make, transferred to Stanton,197;
effect of change,197,198;
action of Democrats on,197;
T. took lead in stopping, in loyal states,422,423.
And seeHabeas corpus.
Arthur, Chester A., appointed Collector of New York,368.
Asay, E. G.,208.
Ashley, James M., Congressman,228n.
Atchison, David R., Senator, his advice to Missourians,52;49,54.
Atkinson, Edward,353.
Atzerodt, conspirator,289.
Babcock, Orville E., sent by Grant to San Domingo,342,362,369.
Bacon Academy,3.
Badger, George E.,49.
Bailey, G., quoted on Dred Scott case,83.
Baker, Edward D., Senator,10,132,427.
Baker, Henry L.,42,43,46.
Baldwin, J. B., and Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter,159,160;
his version contradicted by Botts,160,161;
R. L. Dabney's account of interview of, with Lincoln,161,162.
Bancroft, George, wrote Johnson's first message,244,245.
Banks, Nathaniel P., General,36,87,102,232,233.
Barney, Hiram, Collector of New York,147,181,182.
Barrett, A. B., quoted,117.
Bates, Edward, candidate for Republican nomination in 1860,103;
and enforcement of Confiscation Act,177;104,150.
Bayard, James A., Senator,200,201,228.
Bayard, Thomas F., Senator,366.
Beecher, Henry W.,287.
Belknap, William W., General,362.
Belleville, Ill., T. settles at,5,6;
described by Dickens,14,15.
BellevilleAdvocate, the,323.
Belmont, August, quoted, on Liberal Republican movement,373,374.
Benjamin, Judah P., Senator, on the Dred Scott case,82;
his reply to Douglas,95,96;
contrasts Douglas and Lincoln,96.
Benton, Thomas H., Senator,126.
Bigelow, Israel B., quoted,217.
Bigelow, John, his Diary quoted,403n.
Bingham, John A., Congressman, opposes Civil Rights bill,271,272,281;
on Reconstruction Committee,281;
proposes amendment to Constitution,282;
amends Georgia bill,298,299;196,304,309,339,424.
Bird, Frank W., quoted, on Cincinnati nominations,385n.;387.
Birney, James G.,37,40.
Bishop, Mr., killed in Alton riot,9.
Bissell, W. H., Governor, quoted,10,69,70,74,88,427.
Black, Jere. S., counsel for McCardle,327.
Blaine, James G., interview of, with author, on revenue reform,354.
Blair, Austin, Congressman,397,398.
Blair, F. P., General, Democratic candidate for Vice-President (1868),333;
and the Cincinnati convention,385andn.;37,120,382.
Blair, Gist, quoted,220n.
Blair, Montgomery, quoted, on Cameron's appointment,151;
on Cameron's emancipation hobby,172n.;
his resignation as Postmaster General and Frémont's withdrawal,220andn.;
on reconstruction,293;83,112,157,234,307n.
Blatchford, Samuel J., Justice,275.
Blodgett, Henry W.,419.
Blow, Henry T.,281.
Bonifant, U. S. Marshal,195.
Booth, J. Wilkes,289.
Border Ruffians.SeeMissourians in Kansas.
Borders, Sarah,28,29.
Borie, Adolph, appointed Secretary of Navy,337;
resigns,337.
BostonAdvertiser,300.
Botts, John Minor, hisGreat Rebellionquoted on Lincoln's offer to evacuate Sumter,159,160;
denies Baldwin's story,160,161.
Boutwell, George S., Congressman, appointed Secretary of Treasury,336,337;
and the Leet and Stocking scandal,364,365;281,291,304,309,339.
Bowles, Samuel,86,353,387.
Bradley, Joseph P., Justice,275,276,409.
Brainard, Daniel,80.
Brayman, Mason,13.
Breckinridge, John C., elected Vice-President (1856),70;
nominated for President (1860), by seceding delegates,96.
Brinkerhoff, R.,353.
Brooks, Preston S., Congressman, his assault on Sumner,65.
"Brother Jonathan,"2n.
Brown, Albert G., Senator,63.
Brown, B. Gratz, elected governor of Mo. as a liberal,352;
candidate for Liberal Republican nomination,377,378;
arrives at Cincinnati,382;
withdraws in favor of Greeley,383;
nominated for Vice-President,384;
divers views of his course,384,385andn.;
nominated by Democrats,394;220,285,389,402.
Brown, George T.,80.
Brown, John, his raid on Harper's Ferry,96-100;
author's impression of,97;
his own view of his mission,97,98;
T. on moral and legal aspects of the raid,98,99;53.
Brown, Joseph,375.
Brown, William G., quoted,xxxiv.
Brown, W. H.,87.
Browning, Orville H., Secretary of Interior, his views on question of territorializing states,291;92,194,197,285,307.
Brownlow, W. G., reconstruction governor of Tenn.,237.
Bryan, Silas L.,375.
Bryan, William J., student in T.'s office,407;
author's meeting with (1893),413.
Bryant, John H., quoted,67andn.;375.
Bryant, William Cullen, refuses to support Greeley,385;
correspondence with T. thereon,386,387;139,140,141,145,287,353,375,391.
Buchanan, James, elected President,70;
appoints Walker Governor of Kansas,71;
and the Lecompton Constitution,73;
his message to Congress on Topeka and Lecompton constitutions, answered by T.,76,77, and by Douglas,77;
said to favor rejection of pro-slavery clause,78;
recommends admission of Kansas under Lecompton Constitution,81;
his message thereon discussed by T.,81,82;
Chief Justice Caton on his attitude toward Lecomptonism,84,85;
and Justice McLean,122,123andn.;
policy of his government toward secessionists,127,128;
takes sides for the Union under pressure,128;74,75,113.
Buchanan Democrats in Ill., adopt name of National Democracy,89;
Lincoln quoted concerning,90;
their small poll,91;
their poll in 1860 even smaller,96.
Buckalew, Charles R., Senator,285,329.
Buckingham, William A., Senator,366.
Bull Run, first battle of, described by T. in letters to Mrs. T.,165-167.
Bullock, Rufus P., reconstruction governor of Georgia,297,298,299,300.
Burchard, Horatio C., Congressman,354.
Burke, Edmund,358.
Burlingame, Anson,86,88.
Burnside, Ambrose E., General, orders arrest of Vallandigham,204;
his proceedings against the ChicagoTimes,206-209;
his order revoked by Lincoln,208;
defeated at Fredericksburg,211.
Butler, Benjamin F., Congressman, reports Georgia bill,298;
author of 10th article of impeachment,311;304,309,359,362.
Butler, Fanny Kemble,xxxiv.
Butler, William, quoted,148;149,151.
Cabinet, Pres. Johnson's, discussion of Tenure-of-Office bill by,302,303;
unanimous in advising veto,303,311.
Cabinet officers, and the Tenure-of-Office Act,301,302.
Cadwalader, George,195.
Calhoun, John, and the Lecompton Constitution,73;18,75,84.
Calhoun, John C., Senator, and the doctrine of Nullification, xxv andn.,xxvii;4.
Cameron, Simon, history of his inclusion in Lincoln's Cabinet,142ff.;
visits Lincoln at Springfield,144;
Lincoln promises portfolio to,144,429;
urgent opposition to, from McClure, T., and others,144,145,146,147ff.;
and Frémont,172;
his report in favor of freeing and arming slaves suppressed by Lincoln,172andn.;
and the War Department frauds,178ff.;
and T. A. Scott,184,185;
Nicolay and Hay on causes of his leaving Cabinet,185,186;
made Minister to Russia,186;
McClure on his dismissal,186,187;
censured by House in Cummings affair,186;
his confirmation as Minister to Russia opposed by T. and others,187,188,
but favored by Sumner,188;
his statement to Hamlin,188;
vote on Confirmation of,189;
how he repaid Sumner,189;108,343,371.
Carlile, John S., Senator, opposes habeas corpus suspension act,199.
Carlin, Thomas,11.
Carpenter, Matthew H., Senator, counsel in McCardle case,327,329;300,358;
report on Louisiana election,405;
speech before Electoral Commission,411.
Carpetbaggers, and the San Domingo treaty,350;241.
Cass, Lewis, Senator, his Nicholson letter on squatter sovereignty,94;48,63,125.
Castle Pinckney,129.
Catiline, steamer,179,180,181,182.
Caton, John D., quoted, on Buchanan's attitude toward Lecomptonism,84,85;20.
Caulfield, B. G.,208.
Cavalry, fraudulent contracts for purchase of horses for,182,183.
Century Magazine, cited,245n.,307n.,321n.
Chandler, Zachariah, Senator, and T.'s connection with the McCardle case,331,332;150,166,233,355,363,371.
Channing, William Ellery,xxxii.
Charleston Convention of 1860,107.
Chase, Salmon P., Chief Justice, quoted,67;
and Cameron's dismissal,186;
presides at impeachment trial,309;
on the 11th article,311;
his ruling on evidence of Johnson's intent to make a case for the Supreme Court, overruled by the Senate,313;
vote for, in Cincinnati convention (1872),383;
T's estimate of, as Secretary of Treasury,429,430;79,102,103,107,145,147,148,150,151,170,234,240,274,289,320,372.
Cheever, Rev. George B.,220.
Cherokee Tract, the,5.
Chesnut, James,99.
Chicago, rioting at, in Pullman strike,414;
troops ordered to,414;
meeting at, addressed by T.,414,415.
ChicagoAdvance, T.'s article in, on restriction of suffrage,294.
Chicago Bar Association, and T.'s death,418,419.
ChicagoEvening Journal, quoted, on T.'s speech on Chicago Times matter,208;93.
ChicagoTimes, publication of, forbidden by Burnside,206-209;
meeting of protest against the order,207;
the order revoked by Lincoln,208;415,424,425.
ChicagoTribune, quoted, on the duty of Senators in impeachment trial,315,316;372,389,390.
Cincinnati, Liberal Republican Convention at (1872),374ff.;