A.

Abbott, Josiah G., member Elec-
toral Commission, ii., 61
Abolition in New York and New
Jersey, i., 7; in Northern States,
35; materializes into practical
shape, 83

Abolition societies, i., 35; member-
ship of, 89

"Abominations," Tariff of, i., 67
Adams, Charles Francis, nominated
for Vice-President, i., 114; Lib-
eral Republican candidate, ii., 5,
468
Adams, John, against Slavery, i., 4;
Minister to London, 10; elected
to the Presidency in 1796, 19;
favors Protection, 68
Adams, John Quincy, Secretary of
State, i., 40; candidate for Presi-
dent, 58; as a Republican, 54, 59;
and Monroe Doctrine, 59, 60;
Cabinet appointments, 60; favors
Protection, 70; advocate of anti-
Slavery petitioners, 83

ittee,

Address of Reform Committee,
1876, ii., 45

Akerman, Amos T., Attorney-Gen-
eral, i., 516

Alabama, fight with Kearsarge, i.,

429; protest to Great Britain re-
garding, 430; claims, 521
Alabama, readmission to Union, i.,
494

Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, ii.,
431

Alger, R. A., named for President,

1888, ii., 194; Secretary of War,
353
Alien and Sedition laws, i., 19
Allison, William B., vote on Thir-

teenth Amendment, i., 467;
named for President, ii., 194, 332
Ambassadors abroad, ii., 539

Amendment concerning Slavery in
Missouri, vote on, i., 45
Amendments to the Constitution,
first twelve, i., 37

American Conflict, Horace Gree-
ley's, on failure of Slavery re-
striction in Ordinance of 1787, i.,
8; on accession of Louisiana, 34;
on Benjamin Lundy, 85; on the
end of the war, 457

American Iron and Steel Associa-
tion opposes Cuban Treaty, ii.,

429

American party, council of, 1856,
i., 262

American Protective Tariff League,
opposes Cuban Treaty, ii., 429;
sketch of, 516

44

'American system," Clay's, i., 67,
71; Clay the father of, 107
Ames, Oakes, condemnation of, ii.,
33
Amnesty Proclamation, i., 425, 511
Anderson, Robert, evacuation of
Fort Sumter, i., 389

Angelica, N. Y., celebration of birth
of Republican party, 1884, i., 212
Annual Cyclopedia, on Morrill
Tariff, i., 332; on Liberal Repub-
licans, ii., 9

Anthony, Henry B., president pro
tem. of Senate, i., 513

Anti, President Tyler an ideal, i.,
99; evolution of the, ii., 478
Antietam, battle of, i., 406
Anti-Federalists, i., 17; favor acces-
sion of Louisiana, 33

Anti - Imperalist League, Conven-
tion of, 1900, ii., 409
Anti-Masonic party, i., 79
Anti-Nebraska party, candidates
and victories of, 1854, i., 218
Anti-Slavery Journals, i., 89
Appomattox, surrender of Lee at,

1., 454

Back salary grab, ii., 33
Balance of Free and Slave States in
the Senate, i., 43
Bancroft, George, Secretary of the
Navy, i., 110

Banks, Nathaniel P., elected Speak-

er, i., 136; offers resolution re-
garding Cuba, 513

Barker, Wharton, nominated for
President, 1900, ii., 408
"Barnburners," i., 114
Bates, Edward, Attorney-General,
i., 385

Bayard, Thomas F., opposes Demo-
cratic platform, 1872, ii., 10;
member Electoral Commission,
61; named for President, 1880,
86; Secretary of State, 165; Am-
bassador to Great Britain, 277
Bean, Irving M., secretary 1876
convention, ii., 48,
Beecher, Edward,' becomes

an

Abolitionist, i., 92
Belknap, William W., Secretary of
War, i., 513; impeachment of, ii.,

Benton, Thomas H., endorses Jack-
son, i., 79

Berlin and Milan decrees, i., 38
Bidwell, John, nominated for Presi-
dent, 1892, ii., 261

Bimetallism, international confer-
ence on, ii., 230

Bingham, Henry H., on result of
Reed's rules, ii., 243

Bingham, John A., impeachment
proceedings, i., 491, 492

Bingham, Kinsley S., first Republi-
can candidate for Governor, ì., 191
Birney, James G., i., 92

Birth of Republican party, i., I
Bissell, Wilson S., Postmaster-

General, ii., 277

Black, James, nominated for Presi-
dent, 1872, ii., 4

Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney-Gen-
eral, i., 274

Blaine, James G., speech at Strong
celebration of 1884, i., 211; on
Tariff of 1846, 319; vote on Thir-
teenth Amendment, 467; chosen
Speaker, 513; Speaker 42d Con-
gress, ii., 31; Speaker 434 Con-
gress, 37; charges against, 41;
acquittal of, 42; named for Presi-
dent, 1876, 57; named for Presi-
dent, 1880, 82; Secretary of
State, 93; oration on Garfield, 97;
nominated for President, 132,
137; nomination of, made unani-
mous, 140; reception of clergy-
men to, 157; on "Rum, Roman-
ism and Rebellion,
159; Del-
monico dinner to, 160; causes for
defeat of, 1884, 163; Secretary of
State, 206; nomination of, at
1892 convention, 254; on Schurz
and office-holders, 466; disproval
of charges against, 482
Blair, Francis P., Jr., nominated
for Vice-President, i., 508
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-
General, i., 385

Bland act, ii., 71

Bliss, Cornelius N., Secretary of the
Interior, ii., 353; treasurer Na-
tional Committee, 399

Blockade of Southern ports, i., 395
Bloomington, Ill., convention of
1856, i., 272

Bond issues under Cleveland, ii.,
304, 312

Booth, John Wilkes, assassinates
President Lincoln, i., 460

Borie, Adolph E., Secretary of the
Navy, i., 512
Boston Independents, meeting of,
ii., 144

Boutelle, Charles A., speech at 1888
convention, ii., 198
Boutwell, George S., on Kansas-
Nebraska law, i., 142; vote on
Thirteenth Amendment, 467; im-
peachment proceedings, 492;
Secretary of the Treasury, 513
Bovay, A. E., as father of the Re-
publican party, i., 173
Bowles, Samuel, author of minority
resolution in Virginia Convention
of 1855, i., 222; petition to Con-
gress to change Tariff of 1846,
328; in 1854, ii., 476
Boxer troubles in China, ii., 381
Bradley, Joseph P., member Elec-
toral Commission, ii., 61
Brandegee, Augustus, i., 228
Breckinridge, John C., nominated
for President, i., 352
Breckinridge, Robert J., temporary
chairman of 1864 Republican
Convention, i., 434

Brewer, David J., Justice of the
Supreme Court, ii., 208
Brewster, Benjamin H., Attorney-
General, ii., 96

Brimmer, Martin, ii., 45
Brinkerhoff, Jacob, bolts Liberal
movement, ii., 10

Bristow, Benjamin H., Secretary of
the Treasury, ii., 37; resignation
of, 40; named for President,
1876, 56

British Orders in Council, i., 38
Broderick, David C., duel with

ii., 33

Brooks, Preston, attack on Sumner,

i., 246; challenges Senator Wil-
son to a duel, 248
Brough, John, elected Governor of
Ohio, i., 423

Brougham's declaration in the

House of Commons, in 1816, i., 42
Brown, Aaron V., Postmaster-
General, i., 274

Brown, B. Gratz, heads call for anti-

Lincoln convention, 1864, i., 431;
Liberal candidate, ii., 5; nomi-
nated for Vice-President, 9
Brown, Henry B., Justice of Su-
preme Court, ii., 228

VOL. 11. 35.

545

Brown, John, at battle of Osawa-
tomie, i., 242; early history of,
305; raid at Harper's Ferry,
307
Brown, Joseph, remarks of, at 1868
convention, i., 500

Bryant, William Cullen, bolts Lib-
eral movement, ii., 10; calls con-
ference, 1876, 44.

Bryan, William J., extract from
speech at 1896 convention, ii.,
339; nominated for President,
1896, 342; nominated for Presi-
dent, 1900, 407
Buchanan, James, explanation re-
garding choice of Clay as Secre-
tary of State, i., 63; Secretary of
State, 110; and Ostend Manifesto,
243; nominated for President,
263; Cabinet of, 274; on Dred
Scott decision, 274; extract from
inaugural message, on financial
conditions, 317; extract from an-
nual message of 1857, 317; last
annual message of, 374; resigna-
tion of Cabinet of, 375.
Bullock, Alexander H., ii., 44
Bull Run, battle of, i., 395

Burchard address to Blaine, ii.,

Cabinet, Buchanan's, i., 274; of
Buchanan resigned, 375; Jeffer-
son Davis's, 382; Lincoln's, 384;
Grant's, 512; Hayes's, ii., 69; Gar-
field's, 93; Cleveland's, 165;
Harrison's, 206; Cleveland's sec-
ond, 277; McKinley's, 353, 417;
Roosevelt's, 534

Calhoun, John C., enters Congress,
i., 39; Secretary of War, 40; a
Protectionist, 43, 67; becomes a
Free-Trader, 68; leader of the
South, 74; brief sketch of, 122
Cameron, J Donald, calls to order
convention of 1880, ii., 74
Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War,
i., 385, 399

Campaign of 1796, i., 19; of 1800,
29; of 1828, 65; of 1844, 99; of
1856, 263; of 1860, 362; of 1864,
441; of 1868, 508; of 1872, ii., 29;
of 1876, 59: of 1880, 87; of 1884,
162;
of 1888, 201; of 1892, 262; of
1896, 349; of 1900, 409
Campbell, A. W., speech in conven-
tion of 1880, ii., 76

Campbell, Justice, opinion on Dred
Scott case, i., 280

Canisius, Theodor, Abraham Lin-
coln's letter to, i., 337
Canning, originator of Monroe Doc-
trine, i., 59, 60

Carlisle, John G., elected Speaker,

ii., 113, 167, 174, 209; Secretary
of the Treasury, 277,

Carter, George W., address at 1872
convention, ii., 23

Cass, Lewis, nominated for the
Presidency, i., 114; Secretary of
State, 274

Catron, Justice, opinion on Dred
Scott case, i., 280

Caucus nominations, end of, i., 58
Centennial Anniversary, ii., 173
Centennial celebration, i., 520
Centennial Exhibition, ii., 70
Chamberlain, E. N., president of

Labor Reform Convention, 1872,

ii., 3

Chandler, Zachariah, life of, de-
scribes Jackson movement, i.,
182; address at Jackson Conven-
tion, 185; Secretary of the Inte-
rior, ii., 37; chairman National
Committee, 1876, 58
Channing, Rev. Dr., letter to Web-
ster, i., 86

Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of the
Treasury, i., 385, 398; wisdom of,
417; and the Presidency, 468;
resignation of, 468; impeachment
proceedings, 492; announcement
concerning debt, 524; Liberal
candidate, ii., 5

Chase, Samuel, president Prohi-
bition Convention, 1872, ii., 4
Chautauquan, on Wisconsin move-
ment, i., 173

Cherokee Indians, expulsion of, i.,
78

Clarke, Albert, Secretary Home
Market Club, ii., 519, 524
Chili, war with, threatened, 1891, ii.
229

China, Boxer troubles in, ii., 381

Chinese exclusion, decision concern-
ing, ii., 309; Legislation on,
434
Choate, Rufus, on Compromise of
1850, i., 133; favors Buchanan,
264

Civil Rights bill, i., 476

Civil Service Commission, ii., 112,
210; Harrison on, 233

Civil Service, provisions of, i., 518;
report of Commissioners, 518;
McKinley on, ii., 360; Schurz
and, 470

Civil Service Reform, ii., 32; Hayes
on, 68, 69, 73; in platform of
1880, 81; Roosevelt on, 157;
Cleveland on, 167

Claflin, William, opens Republican
Convention, 1872, ii., 12

Clark, Myron H., letter to Cole, i.,
203

Clark, William A., admission to
Senate refused, ii., 381

Clay, Henry, Speaker of the House,
i., 39; and the Missouri Com-
promise, 52; opposes caucus
nominations, 55; candidate for
President, 59; Secretary of State,
63; on result of Tariff of 1824, 71:
American system" of, 71; nomi-
nated for President 80, 104; on
annexation of Texas, 103, 106;
address to Electoral College, 109;
brief sketch of, 120
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, ii., 446, 448
Clayton Compromise, i., 114
Clayton, Powell, presented for
temporary chairman, 1884 con-
vention, ii., 116
Cleveland, Grover, defeats Folger,
ii., 143; nominated for President,
1884, 141; early career, 142:
Cabinet of, 165; on Civil Service
Reform, 167; appointments of,
167; Tariff message of, 174; re-
nominated, 1888, 199; nomina-
tion of, 1892, 261; Tariff straddle
of 1892, 267; election of, 1892, re-
sult of, 269; on repeal of Sherman
law, 277; on Tariff Reform, 285;
letter to Wilson, 296; letter to
Catchings, 301; on bond issues,
305; veto of River and Harbor
bill, 1895,316; on Cuban question.
351; valedictory of, 352; action
on Pension bills, 437
Clifford, Nathan, member Electoral
Commission, ii., 61