ABOLITIONISTS, THE, 131, 187, BALLOT REFORM, 276.
Alabama Claims, 225.
Alien Law, 47.
All-American Congress, 275.
American Alliance, 266.
American Federation of Labor,
274.
American Party, 169.
American Whigs, 5, 6.
Ames, Oakes, 231.
Ames, Fisher, 40.
Amnesty, 212, 228, 241.
Anarchists, 270.
Annexation of Louisiana, 59;
of Florida, 91; of Texas,
145-148.
Anti-Federal Party (see Demo-
cratic-Republican Party).
Anti-Masonic Party; 110.
Anti-Nebraska Men, 169.
Apportionment Act, 261.
Bank, National, 24, 74; the
second. 87; overthrown by
Jackson, 111-126; substi-
tutes for, 141, 163, 202.
Banks, N. P., Jr., 170.
Barbour, P. P, 98.
Barnburners, 156.
Bayard, Thos. F., 260.
Bell, John, 191, 196.
Birney, James G., 138. 145.
Black Cockade Federalist, 56.
Black Republican, 171.
Blaine Amendment, 241.
Blaine, James G., 220, 225,
265, 277.
Blair, F. P., 218.
Blair Educational Bill, 264,
275.
Bland Silver Bill, 250.
Bloody Bill, 121.
Border Ruffians, 173.
Boycott, 271.
Boyd, Linn, 163, 168.
Breckenridge, John C., 176,
178, 190, 196.
Bristow, B. H., 243.
Broad Seal War, 136.
Brooks, John A., 278.
Brooks, James, 231.
Brooks, Preston S., 175.
Brown, B. G., 228, 230, 232.
Brown, John, 187.
Buchanan, James, 176, 178,
188, 193.
Burr, Aaron, 29, 43, 53, 54, 62,
66, 68.
Butler, Benjamin F., 201, 266.
Butler, Wm. O., 156, 158.
Calhoun, John C., 75, IOI,
105, 112, 115, 121.
Calls for Troops, 239.
Canada, Retaliation against,
272, 276; (Canadian Fisher-
ies, see Fisheries Dispute).
Capital, The National, 23, 53.
Carlisle, J. G., 263, 269, 274.
Cary, S. F., 242.
Cass, Lewis, 156, 158.
Caucus Nominations, 52, 100,
108.
Censure of Jackson, 125, 130;
of Giddings, 143; of Brooks,
175.
Centennial of the Constitution,
274.
Centennial Exhibition, 242.
Chambers, B. J., 256.
Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of
the Treasury, 203, 217, 222.
Chase Trial, 62, 63.
Cherokee Indian Case, 114,
119.
Chesapeake Case, 68, 69.
Chinese Exclusion, 261, 276.
Cincinnati Riots, 265.
Cipher Telegrams, 251.
Civil Rights Bill, 210, 227, 238.
Civil Service, Introduction of
the Spoils System, 112, 113;
accepted by both parties,
149; reform under Grant,
227; attention called to, 260;
approved by Arthur, 261;
Civil Service-Continued.
Pendleton Act, 262; under
Cleveland, 268, 269: Civil
Service Commission, 270;
approved by Cleveland, 271;
dissatisfaction with, 273; ex-
tension of, 276, 279.
Clay, Henry, 75, 81, 86, 89, 90,
93, 95, 96, 99, 101, 103, 110,
118, 121, 125, 137, 145, 147,
161.
Cleveland, Grover, 262, 266,
267, 277.
Clinton, De Witt, 76, 79.
Clinton, George, 28, 62, 63, 70,
72.
Cobb, Howell, 161.
Cochrane, John C., 205.
Colfax, Schuyler, 204, 209,
215, 218, 219, 230.
Commerce (see Inter-State
Commerce Act).
Compromise of 1820, 94, 168,
172; of 1850, 161, 162, 166,
168; Crittenden, 194.
Confederation, Articles of, 7,
280; revision, 10.
Confederate States, 195,
Congress, Peace, 194.
Congress, Powers of, 13.
Conkling, Roscoe, 260.
Conservatives, 135.
Constitution, The, 12, 17, 195,
199. 207, 295; its Amend-
ments, 21, 36, 61, 206, 210,
219, 316.
Constitutional Union Party,
Convention of 1787, 10.
Conventions, Nominating, 118.
Cooper, Peter, 242.
Copperheads, 205 (note).
Corporal's Guard, 142.
Court of Claims, 272.
Debt, Hamilton's Settlement
of Public, 22, 23, 24.
Democrat, 27, 104.
Democratic Clubs, 32, 37.
Democratic Party, overthrows
the United States Bank, 113-
126; supports War with
Mexico, 146; ruled by South-
ern members, 167, 182;
division of, 190; opposes
War against the Rebellion,
205; opposes Reconstruc-
tion by Congress, 218; sup-
ports reduction of the Tariff,
277.
Democratic-Republican Party,
27, 48; first great success
of, 53, 56, 57; supports
War with England, 76; div-
ision of, 86; (see thereafter
Democratic Party).
Demonetization of Silver, 250.
Deposits, Removal of, 123,
Disputed Elections, 53. 54,
IOI, 102, 132, 247, 248.
Dominica, 224, 234.
EDMUNDS, GEORGE F., 263.
Election Laws, General, 222,
223, 253, 254.
Electoral Counts, 19, 29, 43,
54, 63, 72, 79, 87, 97. IOI,
122, 132, 139, 148, 158, 166,
178, 196, 206, 219, 248, 258,
267, 279.
Electoral Count Act, 271,
Electoral Votes, 325.
Electors, mode of choosing,
19, 109, 205, 306, 319.
Ellmaker, Amos, 118, 122.
Emancipation, 202.
Embargo Act, 70, 72, 82.
England, 33, 67, 73; War
against, 78, 79; Difficulties
with, 109; (see Alabama
Claims and Fisheries Dis-
pute).
English, Wm. H., 257. 258.
Equal Rights Party, 278.
Era of Good Feeling, 98.
Everett, Edward, 191, 196.
FAREWELL ADDRESS, Wash-
ington's, 41; Jackson's, 132.
Fauchet, Citizen, 37.
Federal Powers, 12.
Federalist, The, 17.
Federal Party, 15, 26, 28, 51
first great defeat, 53, 56
opposes the Embargo, 71;
Federal Party-Continued.
and War with England, 78;
becomes extinct, 85.
Filibustering, 183.
Fillmore, Millard, 156, 158,
163, 176, 178.
Fisheries Dispute, 269, 271;
rejection of Fisheries Treaty,
275.
Fisk, Clinton B., 278.
Florida, 244, 248.
Florida Purchase, 91.
Floyd, John, 119
Folger, Chas. J., 262.
Foot's Resolution, 114.
Force Bill, 121, 225, 228.
France, 30, 44, 46; War with,
50; treaty with, 61; claims
against, 109.
Freedmen's Bureau, 209, 211,
Free Soil Party, 156, 165.
Free Trade, 94 (see Tariff).
Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 146,
148.
Fremont, John C., 176, 178,
201, 205.
French Revolution, 27. 30.
Fugitive Slave Law, 162, 165,
GARFIELD, JAMES A., 250,
256, 258, 260.
Genet, Citizen, 31, 33.
Gerry, Elbridge, 76, 80.
Giddings, J. R., 143.
Graham, William Alexander,
165, 166.
Granger, Francis, 128, 132.
Grangers, 235.
Grant, U. S., 216, 218. 219,
224, 227, 230, 232, 234, 237,
240, 243, 245, 268.
Greeley, Horace, 230, 232.
Greenback Party, 242, 252,
266
Greenbacks, 202, 222, 235.
Grow, G. A., 200.
Gunboat System, 65.
HABEAS CORPUS, 67, 203, 208,
226, 228.
Hale, John P., 165, 166.
Hamilton, Alexander, 17, 20,
22, 23, 24, 25, 37, 51, 53,
62, 87.
Hamlin, Hannibal, 191, 196.
Hancock, W. S., 257, 258.
Harper's Ferry, 187.
Harrison, Benjamin, 277, 279.
Harrison, Wm. H., 128, 132,
139. 140.
Hartford Convention, 84, 169
(note).
Hayes, R. B., 243, 244, 245,
248, 252.
Helper's Impending Crisis,"
Internal Improvements, 66, 98, Know Nothing Party, 169,
99, 100, 105, 108, III, 114,
115, 116, 137, 144, 153, 154,
163, 195, 275.
Internal Revenue Law, 204.
International Marine Confer-
ence, 275.
Knox, Henry, 21.
Ku Klux Klan, 223.
LABOR, COMMISSION OF, 271.
Labor Parties, 278.
Inter-State Commerce Bill, Lane. Joseph, 190, 196.
Lecompton Constitution, 184,
185.
Lee, Henry, 119, 122.
Lemoyne, Francis, 138.
Legal Tender, 202, 222.
Liberty Party, 138, 151.
Liberal-Republicans, 228, 229.
Lincoln, Abraham, 191, 196,
201, 202, 205, 206, 207.
Lincoln, Robert, 260.
Loco-foco, 128 (note).
Logan, J. A., 265.
Loose Construction, 2, 15,
104, 171, 217, 218, 265.
Louisiana, 233, 236, 237, 246,
Lopez Expedition. 183.
MCCLELLAN, 205, 206, 268.
McLean, 118, 128.
Macon, Nathaniel, 57, 61, 64.
Madison, James, II, 17, 49,
70, 72, 76, 79, 112.
Mangum, W. P., 132.
Marshall, John, 68.
Mason and Dixon's Line, 92.
Maysville Road Bill, 115.
Mexico. War with. 149, 150.
King, Rufus, 33, 62, 63, 70, "Midnight Judges," 58.
Missouri Compromise, 92, 94,
96. 168, 172.
Knights of Labor, 263, 265, Monroe Doctrine, 100.
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