A

Abbott, Judge, IV., 348
Abolitionists, III., moral and physi-
cal courage needed by, 12, 13
Adams, Brooks, III., 225
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., II.,
368, 380, 447; III., to, I; from,
156; to, 157; from, 215; to 216;
to, 258; to, 348; to, 362; to, 409;
to, 415; IV., 220; VI., to, 1; to,
36; to, 46; to, 121; from, 257;
to, 260; from, 263; to, 264; to
281; from, 286; president, com-
mittee of anti-imperialists, 289,
296; to, 302; to, 306; to, 307; to,
308

Adams, Charles Francis, Sr., I.,
47; III., suggested as Presidential
candidate, 156, 218, 219, 220,
223, 224, 413; VI., unwittingly
insulted by Sumner, 286
Adams, Henry, IV., will entertain
Schurz, 494

Adams, John, I., 93, 96; III., 296,
302; IV., 317; V., member,
convention to revise Massachu-
setts constitution, 435; VI., and
the Continental Congress, 252
Adams, John Quincy, III., 19, 311;

V., 162; Webster supports the
Administration of, 436; did not
send Webster to Court of St.
James, 439, 440
Adams, John Quincy, 2d, IV.,
advises Lodge to declare for
Blaine, 220; mentioned by Cleve-
land for Cabinet position, 348
Adams (D.D.), William, III., 232
Addicks, John Edward, VI., Roose-
velt disgusted with, 380; and then
his friend and ally, 381

Address to the people, III., 240;
political corruption, 241; irre-
deemable paper currency cause
of lack of prosperity, 242; de-
grading effect of the spoils system,
243; need of reform, 244; Presi-
dent must be a man of known in-
tegrity, 246; cooperation to in-
fluence patriotic public opinion,
248

Adler, Dr., VI., speaks on the
Philippines, 303

Agoncillo, VI., protests against
Treaty of Paris, 15

Aguinaldo, VI., 65, 81, 82; organizes
his government, 83, 90, 94, 96,
105, 107, 118; invited to join
Dewey, 159, 222, 226; Filipinos
cooperating with United States
troops, 247

Aiken, Wm. A., V., to, 142
Alabama case, III., 46

Alaska, V., purchase of, 193; VI., 5,

Allen, William, III., 156, 157, 166,

170, 171, 172, 177, 183, 184, 185,

188, 193, 197, 215, 239, 254, 320
Allison, Miss Emma, III., to, 501
Altgeld, Governor, VI., 264
Althaus, Friedrich, I., I n.; to, 28, 36
Alvensleben, von, V., 7

American Protective Association
(A. P. A.), V., as a campaign issue,
232, 242
Americanism, True, I., 48; gun-
powder and the printing-press-
the avant-couriers of the Reform-
ation, 52; characteristics of the

Americanism, true-Continued

different nationalities settling the
new world, 53; their blending, 54;
the spirit of individualism, 55;
the dominant Anglo-Saxon traits,
56; America the Republic of
equal rights, 57; the Roman and
the American Republic contrasted
58; identity of interests guarantee
a republic's stability, 59; diffi-
culties to be conquered, 60; self-
government only to be learned by
practising it, 61; toleration, the
key-note of American institu-
tions, 62; slavery, a menace to
the life of the Republic, 63;
restriction ultimately destroys
the thing restricted, 64; nothing
wrong in principle, right in prac-
tice, 65; danger in the sacrifice
of principle to political expe-
diency, 65, 66; border ruffians of
Kansas terrorize the free-State
men, 66; class distinctions sub-
versive of natural rights, 67;
force, privilege, expediency, the
foes of republican government,
68; Sumner a true American, 69;
prominence in national affairs
of Massachusetts, 70; Western
Republicanism, 71; the right to
freedom and self-government in-
herent in man, 72

Ames, Representative, II., 465, 466;

movement to propose as governor
of Massachusetts, IV., 459
Amnesty, II., time ripe for, 312;
general, 320; the South slow to
recuperate after the war, 323;
necessity of good government,
324; the franchise a necessity,
though not exercised intelligently,
326; the educated voter debarred
by "political disabilities," 329;
policy suggested by common-
sense, 331; arguments in favor
of continuing the disabilities, 332;
leniency at the close of the war,
334; lesson drawn from the story
of Absalom, 335; civil vs. political
offenders, 337; argument in favor
of the three excluded classes, 339;
against making and preserving
lists of the pardoned, 343; against
making any exceptions, 344; the
real punishment of the South,
345; difference in sufferings of the

North and South, 346; the whole
American people to be benefited,
349; the lesson of the civil war,
350; what the flag should sym-
bolize, 352; brothers because
equal in political rights, 353;
granted, with restrictions, 397;
not desired by Grant, 420
Anderson, Chandler P., VI., to,
424

Anderson, Ellery, V., 245
Anderson, T. C., III., 119
Anderson, Brig.-Gen. Thos. M.,
VI., writes to Aguinaldo, 83, 162;
reports to Secretary of War, 165;
interview with Aguinaldo, 227
Andrassy, Count, II., 338
Andrew (Governor), John Albion,
I., 47; president of Emigration
Society, 275; to meet Schurz in
New York, 276; IV., 450
Angell, James Burrill, V., 133
Annexation V., of tropical countries,
to be decided by popular vote, 530
Anthony, Henry Bowen, II., 500
Anti-Blaine speech contains the
whole case, IV., 285; great
demands for German edition
of, 286
Anti-Grant and Pro-Greeley, why,
II., 392; tasks for the Adminis-
tration at the close of the civil
war, 393; neglected opportuni-
ties, 394; proper method of re-
nationalizing the South, 395;
"Carpetbag" government, 396;
restricted amnesty, bayonet and
Ku-Klux laws, 397; Carpetbag-
gerdom, 399; Republicans' failure
to win the South, 401; Grant's
conspicuous nepotism, 401, 417,
421, 423; Santo Domingo scheme,
402, 418, 420, 423; civil service
reform, 404; decline of the Repub-
lican party, 407; New York
customhouse scandal, 408; sale
of arms to French agents, 409;
charges against the Secretary of
the Navy and against Govern-
ment officers at New Orleans, 410;
incriminating documents lost or
withheld, war-vessels sent to
Santo Domingo, 411, 419; party
to be served at any cost, 412;
favorable conditions when Grant
came into office, 413; selects his
Cabinet, 416; distributes offices,

417; desires reëlection, 420; sub-
jection of the Republican party,
421, 425; Grant's fondness for
amusements, 422; his faults those
of ignorance and self-will, 423;
danger in apathy, 427; nomination
of Greeley and Brown, 428; over-
throw of party despotism, 430;
defeat of Grant, first step toward
reform, 432; tariff and civil ser-
vice reform under Greeley, 434,
435; the benefit and the evil of
enfranchising the colored man of
the South, 437; attitude of the
young South, 438; National recon-
ciliation the great desideratum,
440; the era of new political
parties, 441; the result, a non-
partisan Administration, 442
Anti-Imperialist League, American,
VI., platform of, 77 n.; Chicago
Conference of, 121; Philadelphia
Conference, 150; should issue an
address, 275

Anti-Imperialist League of N. Y.,
VI., petition of, 302; Moorfield
Storey becomes president of, 428
Anti-Imperialistic Executive Com-
mittee, VI., to call a meeting,
266; the purpose of, 289 n.
Anti-imperialists, VI., crusade and
speakers, 192; to speak only on
important occasions, 444
Anti-Lecompton Democrat, I., 90
Antilles, Confederation of, V., 519
Anti-reform movement in Demo-
cratic party, IV., 409

Anti- and pro-slavery parties, I.,

29

Anti-slavery, I., 36, 42, 44, 77; old
chieftain of, 116; sentiment strong
in St. Louis, 122; Schurz an
advocate of, 123, 146, 153, 154,
155, 170, 190; policy of, 233;
advocated by every European
nation, 236; III., 12, 13, 18, 19, 20,
24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35,
42, 46, 53, 330; IV., 24, 181, 220,
249, 269, 273; championed by
Franklin, 342; V., 405, 419, 443;
supporters of, turn against
Webster, 444; VI., party of,
joined by Schurz, 42, 189, 302;
its betrayal by President Johnson
suspected, 326

VOL. VI.-29

Anti-Tammany Democrats, V., sup-
porting Hill for governor, 237.
Anti-Tammany organizations, V.,
233

Appleton & Co., III., 116
Arbitration, International, V., 260;
disputes settled by, have stayed
settled, 261; eternal watchfulness
the price of European peace, 262;
practically unassailable position
of United States, 263; not more
war-ships but more merchant
vessels, 267; importance of per-
manent system of, between Great
Britain and the United States,
269; Alabama case settled by, 271;
United States natural champion
of, 275; VI., additional views on,
424, 436 n., 437 et seq.
Arbitration Treaty, V., signing of,
339, 367; VI., between Germany
and the United States, 445
Arco, Count, V., conversation of,
with Schurz on the Samoan
business, 1-7, 9, 10

Armed or unarmed peace, V., 398;
building of big Navy urged as
peace measure, 399; peace long
continued promotes effeminacy
and destroys patriotism, 400;
United States does not need a
great Navy, 401; needs only
enough for police duty, 402
Armenian atrocities, VI., 434, 437
Armstrong, Captain, IV.,
134
Arthur, Chester A., IV., 146, 147,
201, 202, 203, 365; V., 83, 149, 150
Ashburton treaty, V., 442
Astyanax, II., 309

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé
R. R., IV., 177, 189

Atkinson, Edward, III., to, 481, 498;
VI., to, 430

Autobiography, Schurz, IV., sug-
gested by Hayes, 479; begun, 480

B

Babcock (General), Orville E., II.,
431

Bacon, Captain, IV., 407, 408 n.
Bacon, Dr., III., 232

Bacon, Theodore, V., 521, 525
Baez (President), Buenaventura,
II., government of, upheld by
United States, 72; the logical
consequence, 78; treaty with,

380, 384, 439, 447

Bancroft, Frederic, I., viii., 223 n.
Bancroft, George, V., 128, 133
Banks, Governor, I., 46, 47, 75, 76
Banks, National, see Currency
Barrett, John, VI., Minister to
Siam, 86, 159, 247
Barstow, Governor, I., 23
Bates, Edward, I., as a possible
Presidential candidate, 107, III,
113

Baxter, N., Jr., II., signs letter to

Schurz from over two hundred
ex-Confederate soldiers, 307
Bayard, Thomas F., III., to, 225;
to, 507; IV., from, 146; from, 151;
to, 205; from, 208; to, 213; sug-
gested by Beecher in Cleveland's
place, 222; from, 291; to, 291; to,
296; consulted by Cleveland,
304; spoken of, for Cabinet posi-
tion, 348; political affiliations, a
bar to secretaryship of the
Treasury, 349; wide reputation
in Democratic party, 352; pos-
sessed of statesmanlike qualities,
353; asked to protest against
Whitney's being a Cabinet officer,
355; Lamar to discuss Schurz's
letter with, 359; to, 420; to, 437;
from, 439; to, 442; from, 477; to,
493; to, 506; V., to, 1; from, 7;
official conduct of, being secretly
inquired into by the Senate, 9;
to, 9; to, 15; from, 16; from, 17;
from, 333; to 338; from, 458; to,
464

Beach, James, II., 29
Bear's Ear, IV., 108
Beattie, IV., surveyor, port of New
York, 407

Beauregard (General), Pierre Gus-
tave Toutant, I., 464

Bechtner, Paul, IV., to, 275
Beecher (Rev.), Henry Ward, I.,
415; from, 222; to, 222; agrees
with Schurz concerning Cleve-
land, 224 n.

Belknap, Wm. W. (Secretary of
War), III., 124, 133, 222, 224, 281,
292; V., sanctioned sale of arms,
37
Bell, Alonzo, IV., from, 147
Bell, John, I., 137
Benton-Stone case, IV., 465 and #.,
468, 475

Benton, Thomas Hart, III., 179
Berlin, V., man of culture, as Minis-
ter to, 128, 129

Berlin Conference, V., in re Samoa,
3, 7, 10, 16, 18
Big Bull, IV., 109

Big Snake, IV., killing of, 148, see
also letter to Henry L. Dawes,
February 7, 1881

Biglin, Barney, IV.,

349

Bill of Indictment, the, I., 162 and л.
Billings, Frederick, III., 232; from,
408

Bird Club, III., 115

Bird, F. W., III., to, 229
Bird, Mrs. F. W., III., 230
Birney, William, VI., as Presidential
nominee, 203, 204

Bismarck, Prince, IV., praised by
the Kaiser, 498, 499; 503, 507,
508, 509; V., Samoan business, I,
3, 5, 10, 16; VI., 357
Bissell, W. S., V., 176; to, 249,
Björnson, Björnstjerne, V., to, 513
Black, Governor, V.,
520
Blaine, James G., III., 218, 219, 220,
232, 239, 283, 287; Blaine letters,
386, 388, 402, 419, 421, 506; IV.,
as a civil service reformer, 154,
155, 156; Kansas strongly for, 200;
Schurz doubts his carrying New
York, 201; nomination of, might
mean breaking up of the party,
202; nomination of, likely, 203;
large compaign fund at disposal
of, 206; election of, a calamity,
207, 208, 212, 214, 215, 216; not
a weak candidate, 206, 210; Lodge
feels compelled to vote for, 219;
Why James G. Blaine should not
be President, 224; his election
would mean that honesty is no
longer an essential for public of-
ficials, 226; Little Rock and Fort