supports Breckinridge Democracy; bitter words of on Mass. election,193.Dabney, Thomas, sketch of,100ff;experiences of after war,337,339,355.Davis, David, on Hayes-Tilden commission; in Senate,349.Davis, Henry Winter, favors radical reconstruction,270.Davis, Jefferson, in Senate,86,89;sketch of life and principles of,132ff;active in politics, in Mexican war, in Senate, Sec'y of War, leader in secession,134;hostility toward,135;final estimate of,136;presents ultimatum of South in Senate (1859),184;residence of at North,193;defends secession,215;opposes immediate secession (1860),221;with others withdraws from Congress to organize Confederacy,225;elected President of Confederacy,226;North's hatred of,301;imprisoned by Pres. Johnson,329;attacked by Blaine,346.Davis, Rebecca Harding (Mrs.), describes terrors of Civil war in border states,242.Dawes, Henry L., in House,284,331.Dayton, William L., Vice-Presidential candidate (1856),129.Declaration of Independence, clause in regarding wrongs of slave trade suppressed,9.DeForest, J. W.,209.Delaware, votes against extension of slave trade,13;rejects Thirteenth amendment,262,276;rejects Fifteenth amendment,315.Democratic party (seeDemocrats),power of South in,185;extreme South breaks up,187;Alex. H. Stephens explains move,189;geographical lines of in campaign of 1860,192.Democratic sentiment, growth of,21,29.Democrats, opposed to strong central gov't,21;favor annexing Texas,75;nominate Cass for President,81;combine with Free Soilers,92;nominate Pierce for President, desert Free Soilers,93;vote for Kansas-Nebraska bill,114;in Republican party,127;platform (1856), campaign, Buchanan candidate of,128;uphold Ostend manifesto,129;divided over Lecompton constitution,151;convention of 1860,185ff;delegates from S. C. and Gulf States leave,187;adjourns,188;regular convention at re-meeting nominates Douglas and Johnson, seceders nominate Breckinridge and Lane,188;inharmonious in North,253;gain in 1862,261;nominate McClellan for Presidency, defeated,265;in Congress of 1865-6,284;hold convention of 1868, repudiate reconstruction acts, favor repudiation, nominate Seymour,313;regain control in many Southern States,323;join Independent Republicans,328;indorse Greeley's nomination, Independent Democrats nominate O'Conor,329;organize resistance to Republicans in South and begin intimidation,339ff;in Congress of 1875-6,346;nominate Tilden for President,347;claim election,348ff.Denison, John, Dr., characterizes Gen. Samuel Armstrong,357.Devens, Charles, Attorney-General under Hayes,353.Dickinson, Edward, helps organize Republican party,114.Dickinson, John, opinion of slave trade,12."Disfranchisement," paper on, by Charles W. Chestnutt,384.District of Columbia, slavery abolished in,251.Dix, John A. (Gen.), in Buchanan's cabinet,224.Dorsey, Stephen W., in Grant faction,344.Douglas, Stephen A., sketch of,112;introduces "Kansas-Nebraska" bill to aid his Pres. candidature,112ff;doctrine of "popular sovereignty,"150;supports Republicans on Lecompton bill,151;returns to Democrats and becomes Senator,153;famous debates of with Lincoln,180;elected U. S. Senator,181;struggle of, with extreme South on Democratic platform (1860),185;great power of in convention; principles of; followers defy Southern Democracy,186;nominated for President,188;denounces secession; pop. vote for,194;assails Lincoln's position, proposes plans to conciliate South,233;supports Lincoln,235.Douglass, Frederick,96."Dred," anti-slavery novel,123ff.Dred Scott decision,147ff.DuBois, Prof.,5,379;on need of higher education for negroes,398,399.Dunbar, Paul Laurence,379.Duncan, James,38.Durell, E. H. (Judge), in Louisiana election struggle,341.Education, of negroes,37;urged by Beecher,279;nat'l, of negroes neglected,325,326;higher, for negroes,358,377ff,398ff;Blair bill for local aid to, on basis of existing illiteracy,372,404;of negroes undertaken by Southern whites,373;standard of in South being raised,381;efforts to restrict for negroes, unjust Kentucky law,385;estimate of amt. paid out for negro education to date,388;improved industrial for negroes,388;of negro presents great difficulty,396-7;amount spent by South for edu. of negro in past30years,397;problems of in South,397ff;need of higher for negroes,398-9;gov't aid to in South advocated,404.Eggleston, General, Republican leader in Miss.,336.Eliot, Thomas D., helps organize Republican party,114.Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln presents to cabinet, decides to delay promulgation of,257;reintroduces,258;discussed and approved by cabinet, issued (1862),259;goes into effect, immediate results of,260ff.Emerson, Ralph Waldo, in anti-slavery movement,56;in literature,94;influence of,143;pen picture of John Brown by,160;243."End of an Era, The,"169.English bill, the,151.Evarts, William M., in Republican convention (1860),191,192;defends President Johnson,312;Secy. of State under Hayes,353.Everett, Edward, nominated for Presidency,189.Federalist Party, principles of,20.Fee, John G., and Berea College,73,170.Fessenden, William P., in Senate,114;in Republican party,127;heads reconstruction committee,281;in U. S. Senate,283;sketch of,284,285;opposes President Johnson's plan of reconstruction,286;votes to acquit Pres. Johnson,312;death of,331.Fillmore, Millard, becomes President, character of,90;candidate for Presidential nomination,92;nominated (1856) by "Know-nothings,"129.Fish, Hamilton, in Senate,114;in settlement of Alabama claims,325.Fisk University,358.Florida, secedes,225;emancipation in,260;provisional gov't of,275;reconstructed,310;rel. number of negro voters in,311;Presidential vote of contested (1876),348ff."Flower de Hundred,"100.Floyd, John B., Secy. of War, resigns,224.Foot, Solomon, in Senate,114.Force bill, of 1833,33;—— proposed, of 1875, defeated in Senate,345.Fort Moultrie, commanded by Anderson,223;Buchanan refuses to aid,224;abandoned by Anderson,224;occupied by So. Carolinians,224.Fort Sumter, Anderson removes to,224;debate over,233;Lincoln sends aid to,234;Confederates attack and take,235.Fortune, T. Thomas,379.Fowler, Senator, votes to acquit Pres. Johnson,312.Franklin, Benjamin,8;labors against slavery, skill of as a leader,19.Freedmen's Bureau,287,289;Pres. Johnson vetoes bill to increase powers of,294;bill amended, passed,297;labors of,357,362."Free Soil" party, previously "Liberty" party, gains from Whigs and Democrats,81."Free Soilers," convention of (1848), nominates Van Buren,82;form alliance with Democrats,92;nominate John P. Hale for President, lose Democratic allies,93;vote against Kansas-Nebraska bill in House,114;unite with Whigs in Mich. in formation of Republican party,115;in Republican party,127.Free State men, in Kansas struggle,117ff;refuse to vote in Kansas,150;give up separate organization, and win,152;triumph of,153.Fremont, John C. (Gen.), nominated for President,126;sketch of,126ff;declares martial law, and emancipation of slaves in Missouri,248;emancipation measure of set aside by Lincoln, results of incident,249.Fugitive slave law, demanded by South,85;resisted in North, dissatisfaction over,91.Galveston Bulletin, view of reconstruction in,267.Garfield, James A., in House,284,331.Garrison, Wm. Lloyd, becomes interested in emancipation,39;early experiences, foundsLiberator, principles,40;founds New England Anti-Slavery Society,44;fight of against slavery,51ff;aims and methods of,52,53;followers of divided,54;personality of,54;mobbed,55;scorns Republican party,127;propagandism of inflames North and South,207;declares all war unchristian,210;favors disunion,217,228.Geary, John W., governor of Kansas,117,121.Genius of Universal Emancipation, founded,38,39.Georgia, demands representation in Congress based on slave numbers,11;refuses to join Union if slave trade forbidden,12;forbids entry of free negroes into State, forbids circulation of insurrectionary pamphlets,41;citizens of characterized,137;becomes pivotal point of Southern politics,138;considers secession (1860),221,225;secedes,226;emancipation in,260;provisional govt. formed,275;signs of promise in during reconstruction period,301;rights of negro conserved in,302;readmitted, relative number of negro voters in,311;Democrats regain control in,323;discrimination against negro suffrage in,384.Giddings, Joshua, in "Free Soil" convention,82.Godkin, E. L.,327.Gold, at premium of250,264.Gorman bill to limit suffrage, defeated (1905),383, note.Grand Army of the Republic, chooses negro commander in Mass.,406.Grant, Ulysses S. (Gen.), votes for Buchanan,130;refuses to exchange prisoners,246;report of on conditions in South after war,286;on proper policy toward South,302;against exclusion clauses of14th amendment,310;nominated for President, elected,314;problems of administration, displays lack of statesmanship,324ff;defeats inflation policy,325;personal honesty of,326;strong opposition to develops,327;prominent men and events of second term,331ff;growth of independence of,332;recommends State govt. of Arkansas be declared illegal,344;favors "Force bill,"345;disinclination of to further interference in South,345;attitude of in disputed States in 1876,349;remarks of to Lee on surrender,354.Greeley, Horace, votes for Taylor,82;helps prolong Whig organization in N. Y.,115;sketch of,140;opposes Seward in Republican convention. (1860),191;criticises Lincoln, Lincoln's reply to,255;supports Independ. Repub. movement, nominated for President,328;nomination of indorsed by Democrats, weakness of as candidate, generous sentiment of toward South,329;bitter opposition to, defeat and death of,330.Grimes, Senator, votes to acquit President Johnson,312.Hale, Edward Everett, in New Eng. Emigrant Aid Society,116.Hale, Eugene, in House,331.Hale, John P., nominated for President,93.Hamlin, Hannibal, nominated for Vice-President,192.Hampton, Wade, nominated for governor of So. Carolina; violence of campaign,333;claims governorship,348;governor,353.Hampton Institute, founded,362;work at begun, success and growth of,363ff;work of,377.Harper's Ferry, raid on, by John Brown,162ff.Harper's Weekly, opposes Greeley,330.Harrison, Mrs. Burton, personal reminiscences of Virginia before the war,100.Harrison, William H., campaign of,74.Hart, Albert Bushnell, gives estimate of wealth of negroes,375.Harvard College, awards class oratorship to negro (Bruce of Miss.),407.Hawley, Joseph R. (Gen.), in House,331.Hawthorne, Nathaniel,242.Hayes, Rutherford B., in House,284;nominated for President,347;election of claimed,348ff;declared elected,352;ends military interference in South, inaugurates new régime,353.Hayne, Robert, debate of with Webster,33.Hedrick, Prof., driven from North Carolina for anti-slavery sentiments,129.Helper, Hinton R., publishesThe Impending Crisis,109,154;driven from N. C.,157.Henderson, Senator, votes to acquit Pres. Johnson,312.Henry, Patrick,8; views of on slavery,19.Herndon, William H., Lincoln's partner and friend,179,180.Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, supports John Brown,160.Hilo (Hawaii) Manual School,360.Hoar, George F., characterizes Sumner,282;describes polit. methods of Henry Wilson,283;in House,331;on Louisiana investigation committee,343.Hoar, Samuel, driven from So. Carolina,73;joins "Free Soil" party,81.Holt, Joseph, Secy. of War,224.Holtzclaw, William, story of,378.Hopkins, John H. (Bishop),141.Hopkins, Mark, as president of Williams College,356.Hopkins, Samuel (Dr.), denounces slave trade,9.Howard, O. O. (Gen.), chief of Freedmen's Bureau,289.Howard University,358.Howe, S. G. (Dr.), supports John Brown,160,168.Hunter, David (Gen.), attempts partial emancipation as war measure,253.Illinois, admitted as free State,23;attempt to introduce slavery in,34;anti-slavery rioting in,74;Abolitionists in, ally themselves with Republicans; Lincoln the central figure at first State convention,179.Impending Crisis, The,109;resumé of,154ff;effects of,157.Independent, The, criticises Lincoln,254.Indiana, admitted as free State,23.Indians, unfitness of for slavery,5.Jackson, Andrew, characteristics, administration,29;denounces nullification,33;opposes circulation of anti-slavery literature through U. S. mails,72.Jackson, Stonewall,135.Jefferson, Thomas,8;denounces slave trade in first draft of Decl. of Independ.;plans of for gradual emancipation,9,17-18,and for exclusion of slavery from unorganized territory,9;polit. ideals, views on slavery,17;unskillful as President,21;fears of for Union; sympathies with slave States, jealous of State rights,25,250;on dangers of slavery,391.Jenkins, Charles J. (Gov.), pleads for negro rights in inaugural,301.Jerry, fugitive slave, rescued,91.Johnson, Andrew, in Senate,214;early life and character of, becomes President,273;retains Lincoln's cabinet, Seward's influence on,274;issues proclamation of amnesty; appoints provisional governors in South,275;favors qualified negro suffrage,276;message (1865),281;policy of reconstruction of opposed in Congress,285ff;supported by Democrats,286;vetoes Freedmen's Bureau bill,294,296;loses support of party; undignified speech of strengthens opposition to,295;vetoes Civil Rights bill,297;strong opposition to reconstruction policy of,303;undignified conduct of during tour of North,304;impeachment and trial of,311ff;acquitted; in Senate; place of in history,312.Johnson, Herschel V., nominated for Vice-President,188;opposes immediate secession,225.Johnson, Oliver,44.Johnson, Reverdy, in U. S. Senate,284.Jones, C. C. (Rev.), on condition of slaves,49.