NASHVILLE ARISTOCRACY in 1788, 214. NOVEL mode of balloting, 382.
OSTEND MANIFESTO, 357.
PALO ALTO, battle won by Gen. Taylor at, 310. PARTY-SPIRIT in the United States, 157. PEOPLE, new meaning of this word, 364. PERILS of frontier life, 27.
PIERCE, FRANKLIN. His birth and early life, 333. Elected to various offices, 334. His bereavements, 335. His march to join Gen. Scott, 338. Is seriously injured, 344. His perseverance, 346. Returns to his profes- sion, and is chosen President, 348. Retires from the "White House," 350. His atti- tude during the civil war, 351. POLK, JAMES K. His ancestors in the Revo- lution, 285. His early life and education, 286. Practises law, and is elected to Con- gress, 289. Chosen Governor of Tennessee, 290. Inaugurated President, 292. His views of the war with Mexico, 295. Leaves Washington, 297. His death, 298. POPULATION of the United States at the com- mencement of the Revolutionary War, 29. PROCLAMATION of Great Britain, 106. PROSLAVERY feeling towards Abraham Lin- coln, 370.
RECONSTRUCTION defined, 469.
REMOVAL of Congress to Washington, 130. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION of 1860, 396. RESOLUTION offered by Richard Henry Lee, 67. Drawn up by Jefferson, 103.
RETREAT of the British from Boston Harbor, 32.
Leads the Mexicans at Buena Vista, 319. His estate, 342. SAVAGE barbarity in Virginia, 27; reasonings and consequences, 17. SCOTT, MAJOR-GEN. WINFIELD. Describes
President Taylor, 323. Marches to the city of Mexico, 343. Urges Buchanan to send re-enforcements to certain United-States forts, 372. His remarks on the inaugura- tion of President Lincoln, 405. SECRET EMBASSY of Caleb Cushing, 372. SENTIMENTS of Lord Chatham, 44. SEWARD, W. H., Secretary of State. Attempt to assassinate him, 432.
SILLIMAN MEMORIAL, its influence, 391. SLOAT, Commodore United-States navy. His conduct on the Pacific coast, 308. SOUTH CAROLINA secedes, 371. SPEECH. Of Hon. L. M. Keitt, 373. Of A. Lin- coln, at Springfield, Ill., 391. Of Stephen A. Douglas, at Chicago, 411. Of Andrew Johnson, at Nashville, 451; to the colored people, 455. Of Gov. Oglesby, 462. SPIRIT of The Richmond Examiner," 400. "SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN" describes Presi- dent Lincoln, 388.
STATEMENT of Gov. Hamilton of Texas, 472. STATE-RIGHTS principles advocated by Presi- dent Van Buren, 245.
ST. CLAIR, Gen., defeated on the Wabash, 255. STONY POINT fortress captured, 45. SUFFERINGS of the patriot army, 38; of our soldiers at Monterey, 316.
TAYLOR, ZACHARY. His birth and early home, 299. His shrewdness and courage, 301.
Engages in the Seminole War, 302. Sent to Mexico, 306. Brevetted major-general, 311. Crosses the Rio Grande, 313. His re- port of the battle of Monterey, 317. Posts his force at Buena Vista, 318. His election to the presidency, and death, 322. TECUMSEH. His character, 260. TEMPERANCE principles of Abraham Lincoln, 398.
TERMS for reconstruction adopted by Con- gress, 476.
TESTIMONY of Jefferson to the character of Madison, 151, 153.
TEXAS. How it came into the Union, 291. Its western boundary, 306. THRILLING scene in the House of Representa- tives, 201. TREACHERY of Tecumseh and his brother, 261. TREATY OF PEACE. Signed at Paris, 49; with Indian tribes, gained by Gov. Harrison,
TYLER, JOHN. His parentage, 274. Sent as representative to Congress, 275. Opposes J. Q. Adams when in the Senate, 276. Be- comes President, 278. Endeavors to con- ciliate all parties, 279. Allies himself with the South in the civil war, and dies, 283.
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VAN BUREN, MARTIN. His parentage, 242. His marriage, 243. Chosen Governor of New York, 245. Appointed Secretary of State by Gen. Jackson, 246. He is sent to the court of St. James, 248. His perfect self-control, 249. Elected President, 250. Retires to Lindenwald, and dies, 252. VANDAL spirit of the Mexicans, 340.
WALKER, rebel Secretary of War. His proph- ecy, 411.
WANT of power in Congress, 48. WAR. Its consequences, 19. Declared against Great Britain, 163. What is civil, and what international, 468. WASHINGTON, the family, 9-18. WASHINGTON, GEORGE. His birth and home, 10. His early toils, 15. Chosen surveyor of the State, 17. Sent to remonstrate with the French, 19. His cool courage, 21. Order of the day issued by, 24. His sagacity at Braddock's defeat, 26. His marriage and home, 28. Chosen commander-in- chief, 29. Exhibition of Christian charac- ter, 34. His true heroism, 37. Assailed by his countrymen, 42. Takes leave of the officers of the army, 49. Closing words to the Continental Congress, 50. Elected first President of the United States, 52. His opinion of slavery, 54. His last sickness, and death, 55, 56. His opinion of John Quincy Adams, 188. His letter to Jay, 243. WASHINGTON, MARY. Her noble character,
WAYNE, Gen., defeats a strong Indian force,
WEBSTER, DANIEL, his views upon slavery extension. 292.
"WHITE HOUSE," the, description of it as in its early days, 159. WILL AND TESTAMENT of George Washing- ton, 54.
WILMOT PROVISO, 294.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS suspended, 417.
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