McMaster, John Bach, History of Naval appropriation bill, support of,
Navy, Wilmot advocates a strong,
73.
Nebraska. See Kansas-Nebraska.
Negro, Wilmot's attitude toward,
175 (note), 625, 626; opposes suf-
frage, 338, 345.
Mercur, Hon. Ulysses; Wilmot's let-
ters to, 140, 248, 355, 356-357, 373-
377, 434 (note); offers resolutions
endorsing Wilmot Proviso, 425;
active in protest against repeal of
Missouri compromise, 454; Wil-
mot refutes charge of judicial
favoritism toward, 745.
Mexican War, Wilmot's support of,
62, 158, 169, 173, 250-251, 332-
334; Forney's diatribe, 371-372;
Evening Post's rejoinder, 372-373.
Mileage abuses, Wilmot sympathizes | Nicholson letter (Lewis Cass's),
with Greeley's attack on, 331; en-
deavors to remedy, 409.
Miller, Senator (N. J.), supports
Wilmot Proviso in Senate debate,
218.
Minnesota, bill for organization of,
340, 341; the Wilmot Proviso as
related to, 341.
Mint at New York, Wilmot votes
for, 332.
Missouri Compromise, 100, 114, et
seq., 667-668; offered as substitute
for Wilmot Proviso, 100, 226; pro-
posed for Oregon, 286; Wilmot's
comments thereon, 296-297; formu-
lated as a principle antagonistic to
Wilmot Proviso, 383; Douglas ad-
vocates its abrogation, 445 et seq.;
repealed, 447; Wilmot leads pro-
test, 447 et seq., 499; reactions in
his State, 464-465; re-offered in
Crittenden resolutions (1861), 557;
in proposals of Peace Conference,
Morgan, Anna (Mrs. David Wil-
mot), 19-20.
Morrill tariff. See Tariff.
Nashville Convention, 379.
National Bank act, Wilmot supports,
624-625.
Native American. See American.
Naturalized citizens, Wilmot's atti-
tude toward, 502, 503, 504, 732,
734.
New Mexico; Schenck moves its
surrender, 333; Polk's anxiety for
its organization, 339-340; bills for
that purpose, 340 et seq.; proposal
to incorporate the Proviso therein,
340, 342. See also Two Million
bill, Three Million bill, California.
Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln,
a History; on free-soil conven-
tion (1848), and Wilmot's partici-
pation, 314; on Chicago convention
(1860), 528-529, 537-538; on Si-
mon Cameron in Lincoln's Cabi-
net, 549-550, 552; on Senate's sup-
port of Lincoln, 579; on the
Confiscation bill, 601.
Niles, J. M.; letter to Van Buren
on Administration's tyranny
against Wilmot Proviso, 238-239.
Nomination; as representative, first
tender of, 38, 39; to second term,
150; to third term, 273-277; to
fourth, 423-428; to Bench, 438; to
governorship, 496; renomination
to Bench, 523-525.
North American (Philadelphia);
comment on Wilmot's campaign
for the governorship, 511-512; on
plot to remove him from the
Bench, 518-519.
North Pennsylvanian, an anti-Wil-
mot paper founded by Buchanan's
aides, 413-417.
Odd Fellow, Wilmot becomes an,
31.
"Omnibus bill" (compromises of
1850), 403 et seq.
Ordinance of 1787, 108 et seq., 271,
666-667; proposed application to
Oregon, 286, 287.
Oregon, early administration of, 62
253.
Persinger, Prof. Clark E.,
on the
Wilmot Proviso, 119-121, 123, 124.
Philadelphia Convention (first Na-
tional republican, 1856), 485-491.
Pierce, Franklin K.; letter from
Persifor F. Smith re: Wilmot
Proviso, 279; Wilmot's reasons
for supporting in 1852, 443, 462;
his denunciation of, 457, 460, 487-
488.
et seq.; agitation for reoccupation | Pension bill, Wilmot's support of,
of, 118; hesitancy of the South,
120-121; territorial government es-
tablished in, 281, 284-288; Wilmot
Proviso applied to, 287.
Oregon bills, Wilmot's support of,
62; in the Twenty-ninth Congress,
65-66; joint resolution of notice to
Great Britain, 66 et seq.; Wilmot's
speech, 67-76; vote on the ques-
tion, 77-79; bill establishing terri-
torial government, 281, 284-288;
Wilmot's speech on, 288, 659 et
seq.
Orient, Wilmot's prophecy of com-
Ostend circular denounced in first
republican platform, 488.
Overton, Maria Wilmot, David Wil-
mot's half-sister, 6; describes his
boyish traits, 8; confirms Lincoln's
offer of Cabinet position, 548-549.
Packer, William F.; Wilmot pro-
poses joint debate with, 505-507;
campaign strategy of, 511-512;
Greeley's comment, 512.
Parrish, Isaac (Ohio), attacks Wil-
mot Proviso in House debate, 189-
190.
Parties, Wilmot's conception of po-
litical, 15, 22-28, 140, 266-269, 273,
355-357, 367-369, 419, 452-453, 638-
639, 674, 692, 694-696, 707, 709; his
first realization of necessity for
new, 454.
Partnerships in practice of law, 14,
34-35.
Peace Conference (1861), 555-571;
Wilmot appointed delegate, 558;
his skepticism of its usefulness,
563-564; his part in the proceed-
ings, 565-570; seeks to amend fugi-
tive-slave provisions, 565-566; op-
poses Missouri compromise, 567-
568.
Peace Congress, International, Wil-
mot's vote for, 408.
Pennsylvanian, a Buchanan organ,
attacks Wilmot, 237, 242, 246, 247,
261, 307, 407.
Piollet, Col. Victor E., appoints Wil-
mot asst. supt. of Tioga line canal,
29; Wilmot urges his appointment
as paymaster, U. S. A., 145; re-
ports Buchanan's opposition, 145,
240-242; Buchanan seeks to alie-
nate the Colonel, 243-244, 325, 411-
413; Buckalew felicitates him on
Wilmot's defeat (1857), 514; ac-
tive in plot for Wilmot's removal
from the Bench, 517.
Platform, Wilmot drafts first Na-
tional republican, 486-489; his part
in Chicago platform (1860), 537-
539; Greeley's contrast of the two,
555.
Political parties. See Parties.
Politics, factions in Pennsylvania,
15; Wilmot's early activities in, 15
et seq.; his conception of, 15, 24-
28, 140; his rapid advance in local,
29-36; his inaptitude for "practi-
cal," 117, 639.
Polk, James K.; early friendliness
toward Wilmot, 142, 143, 146;
Wilmot supports his administra-
tion, 158; his irritation over anti-
slavery efforts, 104; conference
with Wilmot on restrictive legisla-
tion, 143-144, 345-350; use of Ad-
ministration press, 156, 157
(note); attempts to embarrass
Wilmot's offer of Proviso, 201;
condemns Calhoun's policy, but de-
nounces Proviso, 231; his deter-
mination to veto it, 340, 343, 351-
352; explains his acceptance of
Proviso for Oregon, 287; anxiety
over Wilmot's influence, 325; ur-
gent for organization of California
and New Mexico, 339-340; rising
distrust of Buchanan, 145 (note),
241, 262 (note); complains of
Buchanan's treachery in use of
Administration press, 238. See
also Administration.
Pollock, James (Governor of Penn-
sylvania), recommissions Wilmot
as president judge, 515; serves
with him on Peace Conference,
558.
Polygamy, denounced in first repub-
lican platform, 487, 489; Wilmot
votes for bill punishing, 616.
Postage, Wilmot's ballot in favor
of cheap, 434.
Powell, Senator Lazarus (Ky.),
moves conference committee on
slavery issue (1861), 556-557; calls
on President for dispatches from
Fort Sumter, 574; opposes Morrill
tariff, 602; arraigned for disloy-
alty, 593-594.
Presidency, Wilmot suggested for,
248, 484.
Protection of home industry, Wil-
mot's criticism of, 259, 644-658;
claims it for iron and steel, 91-
93, 656-658; his shift toward pro-
tectionist viewpoint, 90, 572. See
also Tariff.
Proviso, the Wilmot; photograph of
original, facing page 122; fac-
simile copy, 122; antecedents of,
106 et seq.; origin and authorship,
117-141; Brinkerhoff's claim to,
121, 122, 125-126, 128-129, 133,
134-136; Wilmot's own story of,
133-134; his definition of, 269-270,
295-296; circumstances of its in-
troduction, 94 et seq.; moved by
Wilmot as an amendment to the
$2,000,000 bill, 97, 98, 100, 101,
132; passed by the House, 101;
talked to death in the Senate, 102;
reëntry at second session of
twenty-ninth Congress, 159; moved
by Wilmot as an amendment to the
$3,000,000 bill, 161; Greeley's fears
for its fate, 162-163; Wilmot's
speech, 163-181; debate in the
House, 182-201; in the Senate,
202-227; votes on, 199-201; Up-
ham offers it in the Senate, 215-
216; it is defeated, 221; Wilmot
reoffers it in House, 226; adopted
in Committee of the Whole, 226;
lost in the House, 227; Blaine at-
tributes its defeat to Administra-
tion, 227; resultant agitation, 230
et seq.; Wilmot Proviso Leagues,
230-231; engrosses National atten-
tion, 232, 263, 264, 359, 370; Presi-
dential campaign centers on Pro-
viso, 232; Buchanan, Cass and
Dallas repudiate it, 233; Zachary
Taylor's reactions, 234-235; wan-
ing support by politicians, 273-276,
299-300, 398, 399, 711-712; the
Proviso in the Thirtieth Con-
gress, 280 et seq.; incorporated in
bill for admission of Oregon, 286-
287; rejected by Syracuse conven-
tion (1847), 290; adopted by
Herkimer convention (1847), 292;
avoided by both whig and demo-
cratic National conventions
(1848), 310, 311; embodied in
free-soil platform (1848), 313;
keynote of free-soil campaign,
314; reaches a crisis in organiza-
tion of California and New
Mexico, 340 et seq.; appears again
in organization of Minnesota, 341;
Polk's determination to veto any
measure containing it, 340, 343
(note), 351-352; passage of Pro-
viso desired by South to precipi-
tate disunion, 379-380; denounced
as a principle antagonistic to Mis-
souri Compromise, 383; surren-
dered in compromises of 1850, 388-
390, 402; repudiated by Daniel
Webster, 391-397; the Proviso in
the convention that nominated Lin-
coln, 537-538; adopted in the act
establishing freedom in the terri-
tories, 612-613; becomes Thir-
teenth Amendment to the Consti-
tution, 571; the essence of Wil-
mot's relations to it, 640-642;
Schouler's tribute, 642.
Public lands, Wilmot's attitude to
ward sale of, 63, 156.
Quaife, M. M., The Doctrine of
Non-Intervention with Slavery in
the Territories; on the Brinkerhoff
claim, 122, 136.
Rathbun, George (N. Y.); consulted
by Wilmot on offer of Proviso,
135; defends it in House debate,
186-187.
Ray, Perley Orman, on the Chicago
convention, 539-540.
Reading, David Wilmot's early, 11-
Republican party; formerly synony-
mous with democratic, 22 (note);
birth of the modern, 464 et seq.;
Pittsburg conventions (1855,
1856), 469-471, 478-479; Wilmot
chairman of Pennsylvania State
Executive Committee, 471-472,
478; member first National Execu-
tive Committee, 479-486; drafts
first National platform, 486-489;
candidate for vice-president with
Fremont (1856), 490; temporary
chairman Chicago convention
(1860), 528-531; results of first
National campaign, 492-494.
Residences in Washington, Wil-
mot's, 48, 250, 407, 577, 630.
Retirement from House of Rep-
resentatives, 423-435; from Sen-
ate, 628-629.
Revenue bills, Wilmot's support of,
158, 253, 579, 624-625; his discus-
sion of principles, 603, 620. See
also National Bank Act, Tax.
Rhodes, James Ford, History of the
United States, 328, 366, 444, 446.
Rivers and Harbors bill, Wilmot's
opposition to, 63, 81, 252, 433; sup-
port of President's veto, 81-83; ap-
propriations for approved in first
republican platform, 489.
Schenck, Robert C. (Ohio), moves
to surrender California and New
Mexico, 333.
Schoolmasters, Wilmot's earliest, 7.
Schouler, James, History of the
United States Under the Consti-
tution; on origin of the Wilmot
Proviso, 127-128; on Webster's
claim thereto, 391, 392; tribute to
the Proviso, 642.
Schurz, Carl, Henry Clay (the Life
of), 161, 263, 310, 311, 328, 379,
387, 389, 391, 393, 404, 405, 406;
appointed Minister to Portugal,
574-
Scott, Eben Greenough, Reconstruc-
tion During the Civil War in the
United States, 108, 112, 113, 115.
Scott, General Winfield, adopts Wil-
mot's suggestion of detour around
Baltimore, 575.
Seaman, Henry I. (N. Y.), supports
Wilmot Proviso in House debate,
197.
Secession. See Disunion.
Senate; first suggestion of Wil-
mot's election to, 41; seriously con-
sidered in 1855, 465-468; he pre-
fers it to Cabinet post under Lin-
coln, 547; defeated by Cameron
and Edgar Cowan, 552; elected to
fill Cameron's place, 553, 571; ser-
vice in, 572-629; support of Lin-
coln in, 579; retirement, 628-629.
Seward, William H.; supports Wil-
mot Proviso against Clay's com-
promise proposals (1850), 399;
candidacy in Chicago convention
(1860), 539-541.
Sherman, John (Ohio), enters Sen-
ate at same time as Wilmot, 574-
Simpson, Henry; Wilmot's letter to,
249.
Sims, A. D. (S. C.), attacks Wil-
mot Proviso in House debate, 185-
186.
Slave power; balanced against free-
State, 113-114, 117, 119-120, 390;
not dominant in first session of
Twenty-ninth Congress, 130; Wil-
mot denounces, 447-463, 481-483,
690 et seq.; Lincoln's advice
against compromise with, 390.
See also following titles:
Slavery; Divine origin claimed by
the South, 186, 193-195, 343; Wil-
mot's views of, 174, 176, 179-180,
271-272, 499-502, 690-698, 757,
759-760; economic argument
mot Proviso, 127; Wilmot's letter
supporting his candidacy for Con-
gress, 421-422; in Senate with
Wilmot, 579; Wilmot supports his
arraignment of disloyal senators,
585-589, 590-593.
against, 180, 272, 675-676, 706- | Sumner, Charles; on origin of Wil-
707, 714-718; doctrine that it is
implanted by the Constitution, 344;
denounced in first republican plat-
form, 487; in Chicago platform,
538. See also District of Colum-
bia, Slave power, Slave trade.
Slavery propagandism; Benton on
democratic party's espousal of,
299 (note); Wilmot on same, 299,
323, 324, 355-357, 367-369, 373-377,
450-463, 500-501, 660-661, 672-676,
681, 706.
Slave trade in District of Columbia;
Wilmot's early votes on, 49; his
discussion of, 335-339; abolished
under compromises of 1850, 403,
407.
Slaves, Wilmot favors a tax on, 604-
606.
Smith, Gerrit, joins in appeal
against repeal of Missouri compro-
mise, 446.
Smith, William Henry, Political
History of Slavery, 121.
Smithsonian Institution; Wilmot's
service on organizing committee,
54-58.
Sovereignty, Wilmot's discussion of,
70, 177 et seq.; "squatter," 382-383,
386.
Speakership of Thirty-first Con-
gress; struggle over, 357-366; Wil-
Syracuse convention (1847), 290.
Tarbell, Ida M.; on origin of Wil-
mot Proviso, 126, 128; on Lin-
coln's attitude toward it, 251, 252;
supplies a Wilmot anecdote, 175
(note).
Tariff of 1846, 84 et seq.; Wilmot's
letters discussing, 85, 90-93;
speech on, 87-90, 643-658; support
of, 86, 145-150, 330; prosperity
following, 228-230; Wilmot's tariff
theories, 259-260, 654-655; his
shift toward protectionist views,
90, 572; Morrill tariff, his support
of, 90, 572, 602, 611, 612; his
criticism of, 603-604, 606-611.
Tax; Wilmot proposes a direct, 254
et seq.; opposes an inheritance,
611; an income, 610-611; a tax on
coal, 607-611; favors a tax on cot-
ton, 605-607; a tax on slaves, 604-
606; argues this is not a poll tax,
605-606; his views on taxation,
259-261, 603.
mot a candidate for, 357, 358, 365; | Taylor, General Zachary; letters on
his defense of his course, 367-369,
373-376.
Specific duties, argument for, 656-
657.
"Squatter sovereignty," 382-383, 386.
Stark, Senator Benjamin (Oregon);
Wilmot joins Sumner in arraign-
ing him for disloyalty, 590-593.
Stephens, Alex. H (Ga.), opposes
Wilmot Proviso in House debate,
192; finds the North weakening in
its support, 398; elected vice-presi-
dent of Confederacy, 559.
Strong, Stephen (N. Y.), attacks
Wilmot Proviso in House debate,
183-184.
Subtreasury. See Independent
Treasury.
Wilmot Proviso, 234, 235; nom-
inated by whigs in 1848, 311; mes-
sage on California, 381.
Temperance movement, Wilmot's
activity in, 22 (note).
Territories; Constitutional right of
Congress to legislate for, 109-110,
233 (note), 336, 353, 362, 418, 420,
487, 661-669, 681-684; Wilmot's
speech on slavery in, 659-679; pas-
sage of act establishing freedom
in, 612-613.
Texas, history of the question, 50;
Wilmot's vote on, 51; annexation
of State, 118; Wilmot's support,
167; establishment of State boun-
dary, 403-406.
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