actions in regard to, I. 337. White, in Barbary States, I. 383. In antiquity, I. 396. A result of war, I. 398, 401. In modern times, I. 400. White, in Algiers, com- pared by different authorities to American, I. 445-451. The Koran on, I. 475. Milton on, I. 482; VIII. 378. Black, in Barbary States, I. 483. Necessity of political action against extension of, II. 55. Con- demned in East, II. 57. Lafayette's opinions and plans concerning, II. 58; V. 392, 394, 397, 414 et seq., 417, 425; IX. 301. No compromise with, II. 59, 82; III. 462; V. 472; VI. 91; VII. 271. Union among men of all parties against extension of, II. 74. Patrick Henry on, II. 79; III. 118; IX. 282. The only important American question, II. 85, 288, 418; III. 100; IV. 35, 63. Appeal to all parties against, II. 86, 419; III. 201, 354. Opposition to its extension, principle of Free- Soil Party, II. 155, 302; but not of Whig Party, II. 155. Discussion of, cannot be silenced, II. 288, 418; III. 100, 328; V. 205. Illustra- tions of opposition to, at the time of the Revolution, II. 283-292. Not authorized by the Consti- tution, II. 272; III. 106. 126, 542: V. 202, 269: VIII. 360-363, 370. Evils of, II. 299: III. 291; IV. 11; V. 14, 209: IX. 125, Jefferson on same, II. 299: III. 371. Extension of, threatened, II. 300. Is sectional, III. 67, 72, 97. 103, 324; V. 249. Union against sectionalism of, III. 70. Cannot exist unless specially legalized, III. 105: V. 111; VI. 412; VIII. 123, 361, 410. Did not exist under national jurisdiction in 1789, III. 115; V. 202. Opposed by government at that time, III. 116, 318,- by the country, III. 118, 318; V. 202,- by the Church,
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III. 119; V. 201; IX. 283-286, - and by colleges and literature, III. 121; V. 201; IX. 281. Actions of 1st Congress in regard to, III. 123, 317. Unconstitutional under na- tional jurisdiction, III. 127, 129; IV. 156; V. 118; VI. 403, 412-416; VII 540; VIII. 369. Influence of, on national government, III. 130, 318; V. 200, 213. In England, III. 131; VI. 416, -declared illegal in same, III. 132, 509; VI. 417. Sym- pathy with escapes from, III. 183. German emigrants should oppose, III. 215. Defined, III. 291; V. 17. Prohibition of, in Territories, all- important, III. 295; V. 266, — le- gality of same, III. 321; V. 121, 269. Influence of, on Northern men, III. 327. Duke of Clarence on, III. 330. Agitation against, not dangerous to the Union, III. 330. Mr. Sumner's final protest against, in Nebraska and Kansas, for himself and N. E. clergy, III. 336. History of, in Mass., III. 383-386; V. 279-283; IX. 98, 277. Labors of Granville Sharp against, III. 496, 512: VI. 417; VIII. 411; IX. 293. Brougham on, III. 511; VI. 400. Brought before Congress by Southern members, III. 542; V. 263. Not sanctioned by Chris- tianity, IV. 19. Duties of the North in regard to, IV. 38-48; V. 205. A new outrage for, IV. 52. Growth of opposition to, IV. 81. Example of Washington against, IV. 95. Macaulay on, IV. 417. Presentation of petitions against, IV. 452. The barbarism of, V. 1, 234, 269; IX. 422. Defended by Southern Senators, V. 10. Incom- patible with civilization, V. 15. Barbarism of, shown in its laws, V. 17, 58 et seq., 207. Five elements of, V. 19-24, 207. 248: VI. 401. Motive of, V. 25, 208, 248: VI. 401. Rousseau on, V. 25. Origin of
law of, V. 27-30; VI. 401. Prac- tical results of, in slave States, V. 30-49. Its influence on emigra- tion and value of border lands, V. 46. Outrages for, V. 75-84. Con- duct of slave-masters in Congres- sional debates on, V. 90-99. Opin- ions of Calhoun and Adams on, V. 194. Favoring influences of, in United States, V. 202; VI. 82. Gurowski's book on, V. 235. Mo- tive for extension of, V. 242. Letter on unconstitutionality of, V. 269. Example of Massachusetts against, V. 273. No popular sove- reignty in Territories can establish, V. 309. Prohibited in Territories by United States Government from the first, V. 326. The cause of the Civil War, VI. 10, 98; VII. 230, 323, 429; IX. 94. Must be over- thrown by that war, VI. 12, 111; VII. 466; VIII. 76; IX. 67, 114. Ceases legally and constitutionally on lapse of rebel States, VI. 303; VII. 541; IX. 123, 398. Founded on force, VI. 401; judicial de- cisions declaring same, VI. 402. History of British intervention against, VII. 397-410. Recogni- tion of, by nations, forbidden by morality and prudence, VII. 435, 436. Guaranties against, VIII. 75. Sources of power over, in the Con- stitution, VIII. 364–370. Mode of overthrowing, VIII. 380. Prohibi- tion of, in foreign constitutions, VIII. 400. And the Rebellion: speech, IX. 83. In American his- tory, IX. 112. Objections to re- cognizing in the Union, IX. 122- 126. Results of overthrowing, IX. 132. Testimony against, by Ame- rican States and European coun- tries before 1789, IX. 276-309. Lincoln on, IX. 414. Precaution against revival of, XI. 54: XII. 534. See Abolition of Slavery, Algerine Slavery, Barbary States,
Emancipation, Slaves, and Slave- Trade.
Slavery and Freedmen, appointment of committee on, VIII. 51. Slaves, sufferings of, when transferred from Northern to Southern slave
States, I. 156. First brought to English colonies of North America, I. 408; V. 276; VIII. 41; IX. 95. White, in Barbary States, I. 390– 394, 403-483; VI. 421-436: peti- tions of American, in same, quoted, I. 441, 442; VI. 429: black, in same, I. 483. Laws of Maryland on stealing and transporting, III. 50. Proceedings against Drayton and Sayres for liberation of, III. 51 -53. Definition of, in laws of slave States, IV. 12; V. 17 et seq., 207. Compensation for emancipation of, IV. 26; VI. 28, 397, 418; VIII. 373, 378. Not dangerous to mas- ters, if released, IV. 28. Testi- mony to relations of masters with, V. 56-63. Burning of, alive, V. 210. Are persons, not property, ac- cording to the Constitution, V. 249; VI. 75, 130. Number of, in United States, fit for military service, VI. 26. Dread of, in ancient wars, VI. 26. Danger of insurrection by, VI. 27. Involuntary assistance of, to Rebellion, VI. 99; testimony to same, VI. 99. Ransom of, at national capital, VI. 389. Libera- tion of, included in rights of war, VII. 43, 71, 131, 146. Information in regard to freeing, by our armies, VII. 82. Help from, and protec- tion of, VII. 83, 214. Debates in Federal Convention on taxing, VII. 94. Aid of, necessary against Re- bellion, VII. 212, 227; appeal to, for same, defended, VII. 215-227. Testimony to employment of, in war, especially in the Revolution,. VII. 217-220. Exclusion of testi- mony of, especially in slave States of America, VIII. 179-208; rea-
sons for same considered, VIII. 208-215. Judicial testimony to propriety of examining, under oath, VIII. 209 et seq. At first re- presented by their masters, X. 188, 196. See Algerine Slavery, Bar- bary States, Emancipation, Freed- men, Fugitive Slaves, Slave-Mas- ters, Slave-Trade, and Slavery. Sleep, amount of, required, I. 202-
Slidell, John, VI. 170. Seizure of, on the Trent, VI. 171. Benjamin Franklin and, at Paris, VIII. 1. Smith, Adam, on slave-masters, V. 53; IX. 291. On value of metals, VIII. 445. His prophecy con- cerning America, XII. 113; same anticipated by John Adams, XII. 114.
Smith Brothers, protest and opinion
on case of the, IX. 341. Testimony of Hon. S. Hooper on case of, IX. 348; and of witnesses for the pro- secution, IX. 349-351, 352, 354. Snelling, George H., letter to, IV. 442.
Soldiers, modern, generally unsuc- cessful as statesmen, XV. 95; same stated by Buckle, XV. 96. Somerset Case, the, III. 132, 500–509; VI. 417; VIII. 410; IX. 290. South Carolina, disobedience to law in, III. 381. Expulsion of Hon. Samuel Hoar from, III. 382; V. 81 -84. Tribute to, III. 391. Testimo- ny to her weakness in Revolution- ary War, III. 394, 396-407; VII. 222. Compared to Kansas, IV. 241 et seq. Reluctant at first to enter the Union, V. 296; VI. 77. Testi- mony to character of early settlers of, IX. 100, 109. Prohibition of colored suffrage in, X. 193. Hon- or to a constant Union man of, X. 479.
Sovereignty, rights of, and rights of war, VII. 1; VIII. 76. Constitu- tional limitations on rights of,
against criminals, VII. 25-30. See Popular Sovereignty and Squatter Sovereignty.
Spain, testimony of, against slavery, quoted by Prescott and Mackin- tosh, IX. 302-305. Her growth into a nation, XII. 201. Duty of, towards Cuba, XIII. 118-120. Revolt of American colonies of, XIII. 197. Reannexion of San Domingo by, XIV. 175-178; re- sult of same, XIV. 181. Numerical size of its Cortes, XV. 3. Sparks, Jared, letter to, V. 357. Specie Payments, necessity of, XII. 468-473, 539 et seq., 545; XIII. 113, 298; XIV. 134. Means of arriving at, XII. 473–478. Ease of transition to, XIII. 252. Hin- drances to, XIII. 271. First steps towards, XIII. 273–276. Squatter Sovereignty, defined, IV. 68; V. 313. Gen. Cass the author of the artifice of, V. 253. In Ne- braska Bill, a trick, V. 254. Re- sults of, in New Mexico, V. 260. Stackpole, Joseph Lewis, obituary notice of, I. 533. Stage-coaches, denounced by an old English writer, II. 130. Stamp Act, John Adams on the, II. 406; III. 174. Compared to Fugi- tive-Slave Bill, III. 169, 361. Op- position to, in America, III. 169- 175, 361-366; X. 165-168. Chat- ham on, III. 175, 365. Stanly, Edward, closes colored schools in North Carolina, VII. 113. Not upheld by Lincoln, VII. 116. Ille- gal actions of, VII. 119. Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, suspension and removal of, by President Johnson, XII. 356, 374– 379. Application of Tenure-of-Of- fice Act to, XII. 361-371. Substi- tution of Adj.-Gen. Thomas for, contrary to Acts of Congress, XII. 371-374, and unconstitutional, XII. 379, Services of, XII. 408.
His opinion of General Grant, XV. 98-100.
Stark, Benjamin, of Oregon, speeches on admission of, to Senate, VI. 346.
State Banks, VIII. 429, 431. Circu-
lation of, in 1862 and 1863, VIII. 430.
State Department, its confession of support of Baez in San Domingo by United States navy, XIV. 194– 197; and of intervention in Hayti by same, XIV. 200–203. State Rebellion, State suicide; Eman- cipation and Reconstruction, VI. 301, 381.
State Rights, defined, III. 155; VII. 508; XII. 197, 244; XIII. 88, 332. Jefferson on, III. 155. Infringed by Fugitive-Slave Bill, III. 156, 533, 537. Pretended cause of the war, VII. 323, 517; IX. 395. Proper, to be respected, VII. 502; XII. 420. Pretension of, in Amer- ican history, VII. 502-505, 516– 519; XII. 198, 241 et seq. Same denied by Washington, VII. 505; IX. 258: XII. 219, by the Constitution, VII. 507; IX. 258; X. 304,- by the National Conven- tion of 1787, VII. 509 et seq.; IX. 257; X. 305; XII. 221 et seq., and by Nathan Dane, VII. 511; IX. 257. Opposed to Congres- sional governments of rebel States, VII. 520. Establishment of na- tional banks hindered by, VIII. 420. Pretension of, denounced, XII. 197, 538; XIII. 331, 360,— examples of same in European history, XII. 199-204. Limita- tions on, XII. 420, 538; XIII. 38, 217, 332, 368, 376; XIV. 280. Alexander Hamilton on, XII. 437. States, disarmed by the Constitution,
II. 228. National parties must interfere in elections of, II. 315- 317. Subordinate to national gov- ernment, VII. 508, 511-516; X.
304; XII. 205. Definition of, VII. 523. May cease to exist, VII. 524. Burke on extinction of, VII. 525. Intercourse between, by railway, IX. 237; X. 469. Webster on mo- nopolies in, IX. 259. Early laws of, on colored suffrage, X. 190-194. Pretensions of, to exclude colored citizens from the franchise, X. 213; XII. 430; XIII. 40, — refutation of same, X. 214; XII. 430-436; XIII. 40-49. Validity and necessity of fundamental conditions on admis- sion of, XII. 414; XIII. 218, 334, pretensions opposed to same, XII. 420, 430; XIII. 332. Equality of, according to the Constitution, XII. 421, 427; debates on same, in Na- tional Convention of 1787, XII. 422-424; Story on same, XII. 425. Equality of, according to Ordi- nance of 1787, XII. 425, 426. Na- ture of conditions to be imposed on, XII. 428. Powers of, limited by Declaration of Independence, XIII. 218. See Land States, Rebel States, Slare States, and State Rights. Statutes, revision and consolidation of the national, VI. 140. Declara- tory, VIII. 111 et seq. Decision of Supreme Court on interpretation of, XII. 361.
Stephens, Alexander H., on character of the Confederacy, VI. 75; VII. 426 et seq.; XIV. 377. Stevens, Thaddeus, Representative from Pennsylvania, remarks on death of, XIII. 2.
Stewart, William M., Senator from Nevada, answer to his denial of Mr. Sumner's authorship of provi- sion for colored suffrage in rebel States, XIII. 308-330.
Stockton, John P., Senator from New Jersey, case of, X. 377, 391; XII. 280.
Stone, Charles P., Gen., surrenders fugitive slaves, VI. 146. Arrest of, VI. 148.
Story, Joseph, obituary notice of, I. 133. Lord Campbell on, I. 140, 269. Verses by, I. 145. Amount of sleep taken by, I. 203. Tribute to, as jurist, in Phi Beta Kappa ora- tion, I. 258-272. Mackintosh and Denman on, I. 269. His labors in Harvard Law School, II. 387. Ex- tract from his will, II. 387. His benefactions to Harvard Univer-
sity, II. 390. On pardoning power of the Executive, III. 57. Judg- ment of, on Fugitive-Slave Act of 1793, III. 145 et seq.; VIII. 407. On plans for representation, III. 251. On treaties, IV. 102; XIV. 232 et seq. On adoption of Missouri Compromise, V. 298. On policy of prohibiting States from coining money, VI. 322. On power of Congress to regulate commerce between States, IX. 247; X. 445, --and to establish post-roads, IX. 249. On power of Congress under the Constitution, X. 216. On the Chief-Justice's presiding at trial of the President, XII. 274. On im- On peachment, XII. 323, 330. debate in the National Convention of 1787 on equality of States, XII. 425. On meaning of "domicile," XIII. 343 et seq. On allotment of On duties war-powers, XIV. 229.
of innkeepers, XIV. 389; and of common carriers, XIV. 390. object of Constitutional prohibi- tion of interference with religion, XIV. 444 et seq. Story, William W., X. 553. Strabo, his prophecy of a new world, XII. 7.
Suez Canal, opposed by Great Britain, VII. 408.
Suffrage. See Colored Suffrage, Fe- male Suffrage, Male Suffrage, and Universal Suffrage.
Sumner, Charles, refuses to lecture
where colored persons are not ad- mitted with equal rights, I. 160;
VIII. 402. Refuses to be a candi- Not date for Congress, I. 330. desirous of public office, I. 332; II. 428, 429; III. 98. Relations of, to Boston Prison-Discipline Society, I. 490, 494. Letter of Dr. Wayland to, I. 491. Letter of De Tocque- ville to, I. 530 (note). Renounces Whig Party, II. 76. Accepts Free- Soil nomination for Congress, II. 149-151. His relation to the Fugi- tive-Slave Bill, II. 408. Beginning of his political career, II. 423. Political aims of, II. 423, 429, 439; IV. 384. Letters written by, dur- ing election of United States Sen- His ator in 1851, II. 428-430. sentiments on the Union, II. 429, 439. His letter accepting office of United States Senator, II. 437. His belief in democracy, III. 98. His independence of party, III. 98: XV. 212. Replies to verbal attacks in the Senate, III. 371-412; IV. 250-256. Defends his fidelity to the Constitution, III. 374-383, 465-467; IV. 251-254; XIV. 461- 465. His personal testimony as to slavery, IV. 64. Brooks's assault upon, IV. 257-271 (Appendix). Previous personalities and aggres- sions upon, IV. 280-301 (Appendix). His injuries and continued disabil- ity, IV. 328-342 (Appendix). Re- fuses to allow Massachusetts to assume expenses of his illness, IV. 343. Refuses to receive testimonial in approbation of Kansas speech, IV. 344. His longing for restora- tion to active duties, IV. 352, 357, 378, 412. Sends contribution to Kansas, IV. 356. Public reception of, at Boston, in 1856, IV. 368. Accepts reëlection to Senate, IV. 392. State of his health in 1858, IV. 411. Recognizes duty of de- His nouncing slavery, V. 206. visits to Lafayette's grave and home, V. 374-376. Attitude of,
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