Fourth Democratic National Convention, 1844..

Fifth Democratic National Convention, 1848

Sixth Democratic National Convention, 1852.

Seventh Democratic National Convention, 1856.

Eighth Democratic National Convention, 1860..

Mr. Avery's (N. C.) Majority Report, from Com-
mittee on Platform; Mr. H. B. Payne's Mi-
nority Report from Committee on Platform;
Senator Wm. Bigler's Compromise proposition
Mr. Avery's amended Majority Report; Mr.
Avery's remarks in favor of same; Mr. H. B.
Payne of Ohio in reply

His extracts from Breckinridge, Orr, and Ste-

phens; Mr. Samuels's (of Iowa) Minority Re-

port..

Minority Report adopted, 165 to 138; Alabama

protests and withdraws..

Mississippi withdraws

27

South Carolina, Florida, and Texas withdraws.

Arkansas retires...

28

28

11

Defeated for President in Whig Convention at

Harrisburg, 1839. Defeated for President in

1844..

13

Defeated for President in Whig Convention,

1848..

15

Georgia retires...

Louisiana withdraws; Speech of Wm. B. Gaulden

of Georgia in favor of the Slave-Trade

Fruitless ballots (57) for President; Adjournment

to Baltimore; The Seceders at Charleston; Se-

nator Bayard, of Delaware, Chairman; They

adopt the Avery Platform

They adjourn to Richmond; They meet at Rich-

mond June 11; They finally adopt Breckin-

ridge and Lane; The adjourned Convention at

timore; Gen. Cushing's opening Speech.

Mr. Howard, of Tennessee, moves admission of

original Delegates; Mr. Kavanagh, of Minne-

sota, moves to lay on table; Previous question

defeated..

Proposition of Mr. S. E. Church, of New-York;

Report of Committee on Credentials

Minority Report of do.; Admission of Douglas
Delegates from Louisiana and Alabama

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland

and California withdraw.

207

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10

172

CUSHING, Gen. CALEB, of Massachusetts,

President of Democratic National Convention,

1860...

DICKINSON, DANIEL S., of New-York, sup-

ported for President in Democratic National Con-

vention, 1860...

29

DALLAS, GEORGE M., of Pennsylvania, nomi-

nated for and elected Vice-President, 1844.

DAVIS, GARRETT, of Kentucky, defeated for

President in the American National Convention...

DAVIS JEFFERSON, of Mississippi, supported,

1860, for President in National Democratic Con-

vention

His resolutions as they passed the Senate...

DAVIS, JOHN, of Massachusetts, defeated for

Vice-President in Whig National Convention, 1844.

DAVIS, JOHN W., of Indiana, President De-

mocratic National Convention, 1852.....

DAYTON, WILLIAM L., of New-Jersey, Re-

publican nominee for Vice-President, 1856; de-

feated therefor....

13

20

13

DOBBIN, JAMES C., of North Carolina, beaten

DODGE, Gen. Henry, of Wisconsin, nomi-

nated for Vice-President by New-York Radicals in

1848, but declined..

DONELSON, ANDREW J., of Tennessee, nomi-

nated for Vice-President by American Convention.

Indorsed by Whig National Convention, 1856 ...

DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A., of Illinois, beaten

for President in Democratic Convention, 1852...

Beaten for President in Democratic Conven-

tion, 1856..

....

22

Nominated at Baltimore in 1860

DELAWARE Declares for Free Territories

through Legislative resolves in 1820.

62

vereignty in the Territories..

Also in 1849

201

Speech at Springfield, Ill., June 12, 1857.

Speech on the John Brown raid, July 16, 1860,

proposing a Sedition Law..

He tells what Popular Sovereignty has done for

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.-First

DOWNS, SOLOMON U., of Louisiana, beaten
for Vice-President in Democratic Convention,
1852.

EVERETT, EDWARD, of Massachusetts, Union
candidate for Vice-President in 1860...

His views on Slavery-His "Knapsack" Speech
in Congress-Replies of Messrs. Mitchell, Ran-
dolph and Cambreleng-Mr. Everett on Geo-
graphical Parties-Later Views on Slavery,
in Letters of 1837 and '89..

His Acceptance of the Nomination for Vice-

President of the United States.

His views on the Sumner Outrage..

ELLMAKER, AMOS, of Pennsylvania, Anti-

Masonic candidate for Vice-President, 1882.....

ELECTION RETURNS IN DETAIL, of all the

Presidential Elections since 1886...

Aggregate vote by States, for President, from

1824 to 1856..

Alabama vote for President.

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29

204

214

215

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216

California vote for President..

Connecticut vote for President..

Delaware vote for President.

Florida vote for President.

Georgia vote for President..

46

Illinois vote for President..

Whig nominee for Vice-President, 1848

Elected Vice-President, 1848..

Defeated for President in Whig National Con-

vention, 1852..

American nominee for President in 1856..

Indorsed by Whig National Convention in 1856.

His views on Slavery-Buffalo Letter of 1838,

and Albany Speech of 1856....

His Letter to New-York Union Meeting, 1860..

FITZPATRICK, BENJAMIN, of Alabama, beaten

for Vice-President in Democratic Convention of

1856..

Nominated by Democratic Convention, 1860..

Declines the Nomination..

FLOURNOY, FRANCIS B, of Arkansas, tem-

porary Chairman of Democratic National Con-

vention, 1860......

FLOYD, JOHN, of Virginia, supported by

South Carolina for President, 1832..

243 FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE, of New-Jersey,
220 Nominated and defeated for Vice-President in

Congress, 1858.

Legislature, 1858..

246

1844....

247

Indiana vote for President..

66 Congress, 1858..

Iowa vote for President..

66 "Governor, 1859..

Kentucky vote for President..

66 Congress, 1859.

Louisiana vote for President..

Maine vote for President..

66

Maryland vote for President.

66

Massachusetts vote for President..

246

222 FREMONT, Col. JOHN C., of California, Re-

publican nominee for President, 1856..

237

Defeated for President, 1856.

247

Declines a re-nomination, 1860..

Congress, 1859..

Governor, 1859..

240

224

66 Congress, 1858..

Michigan vote for President...

221

Berrien for voting to confirm Mr. Everett as Min-

ister to England........

241 GRAHAM, WILLIAM A., of North Carolina,

217 Whig nominee for Vice-President, 1852..

Defeated for Vice-President, 1852..

216

217

GRANGER, FRANCIS, of New York, Presi

dent Anti-Masonic National Convention.....

Beaten for Vice-President, 1886.......

GUTHRIE, JAMES, of Kentucky, supported

for President in National Democratic Conven-

tion...

HALE, JOHN P., of New-Hampshire, Free

Democratic nominee for President, 1852..

HAMLIN, HANNIBAL, of Maine, nominated

for Vice-President by Republican National Con-

vention, 1860...

Renounces the Democratic party in the U. S.

Senate...

Accepts nomination for Vice-President..

245 HARRISON, Gen. WILLIAM H., of Ohio, nom-

inated and defeated for President in 1836.

Nominated for President at Harrisburg, Decem-

ber, 1889; elected President in 1840.

HICKMAN, JOHN, of Pennsylvania, support-

ed for Vice-President in Republican Convention,

1860....

HOUSTON, Gen. SAM, of Texas, supported

for President in Union Convention, 1860....

248 HUNTER, ROBERT M. T., of Virginia, sup-

JOHNSON, ANDREW, of Tennessee, supported
for President in National Democratic Convention:

JOHNSON, HERSCHEL V., of Georgia, beaten

for Vice-President in Democratic National Conven-

tion in 1856..

Nominated for Vice-President by Democratic

National Committee, 1860..

Speech on Slavery in the Territories in 1848

Holds that capital should own the laborer, in a

speech at Philadelphia in 1856. His Report

affirming the absolute right of holding slaves

in the Territories..

JOHNSON, RICHARD M., of Kentucky, beaten
in Convention for Vice-President, 1832..

Nominated and elected Vice-President in 1836..

Beaten for Vice-President in 1840..

Beaten for President in Democratic Convention,

1844.

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12

12

172

64

13

87

JOHNSON, WILLIAM COST, of Maryland, Pre-
sident of Young Men's National Convention.....
JULIAN, GEORGE W., of Indiana, Free De-
mocratic candidate for Vice-President, 1852....
KANSAS OUTRAGES, Report of Howard and

Sherman thereon..

KILLINGER, JOHN W., of Pennsylvania,

offers an Anti-Slavery resolve in the American

Convention, 1856..

KING, LEICESTER, of Ohio, President of Lib-
erty Party National Convention, 1843..
KING, WILLIAM R., of Alabama, beaten
for Vice-President in Democratic Convention of
1848..

Democratic nominee for Vice-President in 1852.
Elected Vice-President in 1852..
LANE, Col. HENRY S., of Indiana, Presi-
dent of the Republican National Convention, 1856.

LANE, Gen. JOSEPH, of Oregon, beaten for

President in Democratic National Convention,

1852.....

Nominated for Vice-President by Seceders at

Baltimore in 1860..

Accepts nomination.

LAW, GEORGE, of New-York, defeated for
President in American National Convention, 1856.
LAWRENCE, ABBOTT, of Massachusetts, de-
feated for Vice-President in Whig Convention, 1848.

LEAKE, SHELTON F., of Virginia, for Disso-

lution....

LEE, HENRY, of Massachusetts, supported
by South Carolina for Vice-President, 1882.......

LEMOYNE, FRANCIS J., of Pennsylvania,

Abolition candidate for Vice-President, 1840.

LETCHER, JOHN (Governor of Virginia),
⚫ for Dissolution.....

LIBERTY PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION held

at Buffalo in 1843.

No Platform adopted openly by Whig Con-

vention, 1848.

15

Democratic National Platform, 1848..

Buffalo Free Soil Platform, 1848..

Whig National Platform, 1852..

Democratic National Platform, 1852..

Free Democratic Platform, 1852..

Republican National Platform, 1856.

American National Platform, 1856..

Democratic National Platform, 1856.

Whig National Platform, 1856.

Republican National Platform, 1860..

Constitutional Union Party Platform, 1860..

Democratic (Douglas) Platform of 1860...

Addition thereto by Baltimore Convention..

Seceders' Platform adopted at Charleston..

The same readopted by the Seceders' (Breckin-

ridge) Convention at Baltimore..

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17

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20

21

22

23

24

25

26

No Platform adopted by second Democratic

Convention; no Platform adopted by Whig

Convention at Harrisburg, 1839; First Demo-

cratic National Platform, 1840..

Whig National Platform, 1844.

Democratic National Platform, 1844

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32

48

41

Slavery Restriction proposed by Gen. James

Tallmadge of N. Y.; Proposition sustained by

the House; Remarks thereon by Mr. T. Fuller

of Mass...

48

Remarks of Gen. Tallmadge of N. Y..

Reply of Mr. Scott of Mo....

POLK, JAMES K., of Tennessee, nominated

for and elected President, 1844..

Restriction negatived in the Senate..

13

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE TERRITORIES,

invented by Gen. Lewis Cass, in his Nicholson

Letter...

House refuses to concur; Second Missouri

Struggle; Mr. John W. Taylor of N. Y. moves

a Committee; Memorial of Daniel Webster in

favor of Slavery Restriction..

PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRITO-

ries: Letter of Martin Van Buren thereon..

PUGH, JAMES L., of Alabama, for Dissolu-

Resolves of N. J. and Pa...

Adopted in the Senate, and Bill passed; House

refuses to concur..

12

15

Mr. Foote of Miss. moves a Committee of Thir-

teen; Mr. Clay reports from said Committee;

Mr. Jefferson Davis's Amendment..

Mr. Chase of Ohio moves a prohibition of Sla-

very; The Omnibus defeated as a whole, but

passed in separate bills; The Kansas-Nebraska

Struggle..

Mr. Atchison's remarks thereon; President

Pierce protests against the renewal of agita-

tion; Mr. Douglas's first Nebraska Report...

He amends his bill; Mr. Chase proposes to au-

thorize the people of Kansas to prohibit Sla-

very therein; Opposed by Messrs. Bell, Doug-

las, etc., and defeated..

Mr. Clayton's "American" amendment; Mr.

Chase moves that the people of the Territory

be authorized to elect their own Governor;

Defeated by 30 to 10; Mr. Seward's speech

against the bill...

The Kansas-Nebraska bill passes the Senate....

Beaten for Vice-President in Democratic Con-

vention, 1856..

RANDOLPH, JOHN, of Virginia, on Everett, 204

RAYNOR KENNETH, of North Carolina, de-

feated for President in American Convention,

1856...

23

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 1856 22

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 1860 26

REVOLUTION PROPOSED by William L. Yan-

cey..

RIVES, WM. C., of Virginia, defeated for

Vice-President in Democratic National Conven-

tion..

RUSH, RICHARD, beaten for Vice-President

173

124

The Clayton Compromise; Mr. J. M. Root's Re-

solve for Slavery Restriction; Proposition of

Isaac P. Walker of Wisconsin..

Proposition of Mr. Richard W. Thompson, of

Ind.; Slavery excluded from Oregon Terri-

tory.

Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, proposes to extend the
Missouri line of restriction to the Pacific....

Senate agrees, but House refuses; The Compro-

mise of 1850; Gen. Taylor's recommenda-

tions; Gen. Sam Houston's proposition; Hen-

ry Clay's plan of Compromise; John Bell's

proposition..

Objections to Mr. Clay's scheme by Foote of

Miss, and Mason, of Va..

The Lecompton bill; Passed in the Senate, but

defeated in the House; The Crittenden-Mont-

gomery substitute..

VOTE IN WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION,

1852, on Resolve approving Compromise Measures

of 1850...

121

122

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24

12

Yeas and Nays on adopting substitute.

Senate refuses to concur; Mr. English moves a

Conference Committee; Carried by the Speak-

er's casting vote; The English Compromise

bill..

Carried through both Houses; The Wyandot
Convention and Constitution..
Mr. Grow proposes, and the House votes to ad-
mit Kansas under the Wyandot Constitution;
Senate refuses to act on the bill....

SLAVE-TRADE ADVOCATED in Democratic

National Convention by Mr. Gaulden, of Georgia.

Also by Governor Adams, of S. C., in Message to

Legislature

SPENCER, AMBROSE, of New-York, Presi-

dent Whig National Convention, 1844

SPENCER, JOHN C., of New-York, Presi-

dent Anti-Masonic National Convention

STEVENSON, ANDREW, of Virginia, Presi-

dent Second Democratic National Convention.....

Ditto, President National Democratic Conven-

tion, 1848....

STRANGE, ROBERT, of North Carolina, beaten
for Vice-President in Democratic Convention,
1852

123

125

WARD, JOHN E., of Georgia, President of

the Democratic National Convention, 1856......................

WEBSTER, DANIEL, of Massachusetts, sup-
ported by Massachusetts for President, 1836..

Defeated for President in Whig Convention, 1848
Beaten for President in Whig Convention, 1852..
Memorial to Congress for Slavery Restriction...
His view on the powers of Supreme Court..
Speech against Slavery Extension.

WELLER, Col. JOHN B., of California,

beaten for Vice-President in Democratic National

Convention, 1852.

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18

59

177

202

126

20

89

WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, held at Har-

12

Held at Baltimore, Md., 1844

13

Held at Philadelphia, Penn., 1848..

15

13

Held at Baltimore, Md., 1852

13

Held at Baltimore, Md., 1856

25

WIRT, WILLIAM, of Maryland, Anti-Ma-

sonic candidate for President, 1832

WILKINS, WILLIAM, of Pennsylvania, sup-
ported by Pennsylvania for Vice-President, 1882..

WISCONSIN declares for Free Territory,

through Legislative Resolves......

WOODBURY, LEVI, of New-Hampshire, beaten
for President in Democratic Convention, 1848 ....
WRIGHT, SILAS, of New-York, nominated
for Vice-President by Democratic National Con-
vention of 1844, but declined...

YANCEY, WILLIAM L., of Alabama, offers

a "non-interference " resolve in Democratic Con-

vention, 1848

10

11

201

16

13

17

He advocates Revolution in the South..

YOUNG, Col. SAMUEL, of New-York, Presi-

dent of the Barnburners' Convention at Utica in

1848..

178

17

LDEN, DANIEL R., of Ohio, proposes

Offers Anti-Slavery Resolves in Senate of New-

davery Restriction in Whig Convention. 1848

SUMNER, CHARLES, of Massachusetts, de-
feated for Vice-President in Republican National
Convention, 1856...
SUPREME COURT, Power and DUTIES OF-
Opinions of Thomas Jefferson...

Opinions of John Taylor of Caroline, Va., John
Randolph of Roanoke, Nathaniel Macon of
N. C., and John Bacon, of Massachusetts.....
Opinions of John J. Crittenden, Nathaniel Macon,
James Barbour, Supreme Court of Georgia,
Legislature of Georgia, Supreme Court of Penn-
sylvania, and Court of Appeals of Virginia....
Opinions of Mahlon Dickerson, Richard M. John-
son, Gen. Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Web-
ster...